Community Engagement Manager

Manna•Tulsa, OK

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At Manna, we’re changing how the world receives things — by taking delivery to the skies. Our mission is simple but ambitious: to make high-speed suburban delivery affordable, green, and safe. We design and build our own aviation-grade drones that deliver food, coffee, groceries, and more directly from local stores and vendors to people’s doors in just a few minutes. We’re a team that Drive with Impact, are Safety Focused, and knows that the best ideas come from Team Players who show up as their Authentic Selves. We move fast, we are passionate about what we do, and we’re always pushing a growth mindset to be better in everything we do. If you want to build world-changing technology with real-world impact (and have a bit of fun while doing it), you’ll love it here. Welcome to Manna — where we deliver the future. As Manna launches in Tulsa, this role is accountable for building genuine, grassroots-level acceptance of the service in the local community. This is a highly visible, relationship-driven role, one of four roles across the corporate affairs team, all reporting directly to Director of Corporate Affairs. Objective: build local trust and acceptance by embedding Manna in the Tulsa community and developing strong, lasting local relationships.

Requirements

3+ years in community engagement, local government, education outreach, nonprofit relations, or similar people-facing local roles.
Deep familiarity with, or roots in, the Tulsa/Oklahoma community.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills; comfortable representing a company at community events and informal government touchpoints.
Comfortable acting as the local execution partner to a more senior, remote-based stakeholder lead: strong communicator, reliable follow-through, no ego about who's in the room.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing or mentoring a junior team member is a plus.

Responsibilities

Attend routine local government meetings, council sessions, and informal touchpoints that don't require the Director of Corporate Affairs’ in-person presence.
Build informal, on-the-ground familiarity with council staff and local officials between scheduled visits.
Feed local context, sentiment, and emerging issues back to the Director of Corporate Affairs in a timely way.
Support logistics for visits and meetings when Manna Leadership are in Tulsa.
Maintain a regular presence in schools, community events, and local spaces.
Demonstrate what Manna does in a simple, tangible, approachable way.
Reinforce key themes of safety, benefits to the community, and innovation.
Develop advocates across schools, clubs, community leadership and local businesses.
Identify and cultivate voices who will speak positively about Manna in the community.
Maintain a visible, approachable, and consistent local presence.
Build relationships with community leaders, schools and educators, and local groups and organizations.
Work in close day-to-day partnership with the PR & Communications Manager to ensure local content and insight-gathering supports community engagement goals.