Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships Office

Google

6d•$159,000 - $230,000

About The Position

As a Program Manager on Google’s Community Development and Engagement team, this role supports strategic community development goals through data-driven insights and programmatic engagement informed by community assessments in existing and prospective data center markets. The manager partners with cross-functional teams to drive measurable social impact, develops and maintains relationships with key opinion formers, stakeholders, and government officials, and engages community leaders, associations, and nonprofit organizations. The role helps accelerate technical infrastructure delivery and growth, protect Google’s license to operate in markets around the world, and use community partnerships and expertise to deliver community development and engagement solutions. It also advances community development best practices in a rapidly growing organization and serves as a subject matter expert on data center delivery and strategic community engagement and development. Google’s AI and Infrastructure team delivers AI and infrastructure at scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity, supporting Google customers, Cloud customers, and Google users worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program or project management.
5 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: data centers, utilities, government, advanced manufacturing, or capital-intensive industries.
5 years of experience developing and launching local, state, national, or global public-private partnerships.

Nice To Haves

MBA or master’s degree in Education, Public Relations/Policy, or a related field.
5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

Responsibilities

Engage with key opinion formers and community groups—including municipal leaders, industry partners, economic development organizations, schools, educational institutions, and nonprofits—to ensure initiatives reflect community needs and support business objectives.
Develop strategies to scale subregional community affairs coverage in emerging markets, using place-based frameworks and partnerships to create location-specific development plans based on research and actionable insights that prioritize community needs.
Design communication tools and processes to educate local communities about the role and impact of data centers.
Create locally focused, self-sustaining investment plans and implement community development initiatives in each community.
Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, including acquisition and development, energy, government affairs and public policy, cloud supply chain and operations, marketing, and local Google data center teams.
Provide data-driven insights and programmatic engagement based on community assessments for existing and prospective data center markets.
Drive measurable social impact in partnership with cross-functional teams and maintain relationships with stakeholders and government officials.