Senior Field Strategist, Steel

Guided by an inspiring vision and strategic plan, we seek an entrepreneurial Senior Field Strategist to join our team. Industrious Labs is fully remote. A successful candidate in this role must be located in or willing to relocate to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio or Western Pennsylvania. This role reports to Partner and Field-Building Director Dominique Thomas.

The Senior Field Strategist is a highly skilled relationship builder with a proven ability to establish, grow, and sustain diverse coalitions of stakeholders. The Senior Field Strategist is energized by the challenge of the climate crisis, inspired to step into a new era of the movement and has a strong track record of working with diverse groups such as organized labor, environmental justice advocates, and policymakers. This is a public-facing role for an equity-centered leader with a solid track record of working in coalition with others and building capacity and collective vision across diverse perspectives and experiences. In doing so, the Senior Field Strategist further establishes Industrious Labs as a national leader in industrial decarbonization and a go-to resource for policymakers, policy influencers, climate advocates, and community leaders.

For decades, steel has been a pillar of America’s strength—building our cities, cars, and economy. But this industrial backbone has come at a steep cost: coal-based steelmaking spews toxic pollution that harms nearby communities and drives 11% of global climate pollution. Families in steel towns bear the brunt, breathing dirty air and paying the price in lost health, lives, and opportunities.

Now, the U.S. steel industry faces a choice: double down on polluting practices that harm our planet and people, or forge forward with investments in clean steel. By embracing modern, coal-free technologies, we can bring back good jobs, restore pride in American manufacturing, slash pollution, and seize a booming market for sustainable steel. Last year, federal funding showed what’s possible—historic commitments proved that bold policies can advance cleaner steelmaking and bolster real progress. The path forward is clear: hold companies accountable, fund solutions, and create demand for clean steel. Together, we can build a healthier, cleaner, and more prosperous future for all.

The Senior Field Strategist holds key responsibilities that will evolve over time as the team grows and functions are distributed. The Senior Field Strategist will lead on:

• Sustainable Steel Community Cohort: Develop, execute and implement an annual 6-month leadership development program, along with long term engagement towards our campaign goals. The purpose is to engage those impacted by dirty steelmaking in imagining the future of the steel industry. In 2024, we launched this program in Indiana and in 2025, we are launching this program in Michigan. The Senior Field Strategist will continue to hold relationships with all Cohort graduates after the completion of each program.
• Alliance for Clean Steel: The Senior Field Strategist will coordinate and facilitate this coalition space and ensure the space is on track for our campaign goals, while thinking about long-term power building efforts. The Alliance for Clean Steel is composed of organizations in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, where the U.S. steel industry calls home, as well as national partners. Together, we’re fighting for a thriving fossil-free steel industry.