Data Center Community & Partnerships Lead

Google; Eemshaven; On-site; EUR 124,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior professional to help grow infrastructure in the Netherlands through strategic community development. You will engage with governments, schools, and non-profits, turning research into actionable plans while building strong internal partnerships across Google’s data center teams.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to operate across a fluid multinational environment with fluency in English and Dutch.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience working with local municipalities, associations, key opinion formers, non-profit decision makers, education institutions, and community members.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead global data center community development strategies, investments, and impact for the Netherlands.
• Engage with key opinion formers, community groups such as municipal leaders, industry partners, economic development organizations, schools, education institutions, and non-profits.
• Collaborate with team leaders and peers to develop strategies to scale sub-regional Community Affairs coverage in emerging markets, focusing on place-based frameworks and partnerships to produce location-specific development plans based on research data turned into actionable insights to prioritize community needs.
• Develop communication tools and processes to educate local communities about the role and impact of our data centers, and create locally focused self-sustaining investment plans.
• Build and maintain key internal relationships with a set of internal stakeholders, including Acquisition and Development, Energy, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Cloud Supply Chain and Operations, Marketing, Google, and local Google data center teams.

Skills

Program management

Municipal engagement

Travel 25%

Analytics-informed decisions

Public-private partnerships

Multinational environment

English and Dutch fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA or Master's degree

Job description

Google is seeking a senior professional to help grow infrastructure in the Netherlands through strategic community development. You will engage with governments, schools, and non-profits, turning research into actionable plans while building strong internal partnerships across Google’s data center teams.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to operate across a fluid multinational environment with fluency in English and Dutch.