EMEA/APAC Director, Economic Community and Workforce

Real Jobs; Amsterdam; Hybride; EUR 224 000 - 229 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Google is seeking a Director of Economic Community and Workforce Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands. You will lead the global economic development program for data centers, collaborate with internal stakeholders and strategic vendors, and advocate for industry growth.

You will drive infrastructure labor initiatives and shape a sustainable workforce pipeline across regions. You will embed best practices in community engagement, work with education partners to close skills gaps, and align

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Public Policy, Business, Political Science, or Economics or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of economic development experience within a corporate organization or similar.
• Experience in people management and developing business partnerships.
• Ability to communicate fluently in three regional languages.

Responsabilités

• Unlock new markets, reduce total cost of ownership, and improve community and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead industry coalitions, policy efforts, and mitigation of industry headwinds.
• Grow a global community engagement team spanning Public Affairs and Workforce Development.
• Develop talent pipelines and collaborate with education partners to bridge skills gaps.
• Advocate for Google and the data center industry while aligning with company goals.

Connaissances

Economic development

People management

Business partnerships

Multilingual communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

EMEA/APAC Director, Economic Community and Workforce

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Type: FULL_TIME

Category: TECHNICAL_INFRASTRUCTURE_ENGINEERING

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Is hybrid: No
Is remote: No
Employer: Google

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Dublin, Ireland; Amsterdam, Netherlands

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Public Policy, Business, Political Science, or Economics or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of economic development experience within a corporate organization (e.g., tax, policy, legal, real estate, etc.), law firm, accounting firm, consultancy, or government agency.
• Experience in people management.
• Experience developing business to business partnerships.
• Ability to communicate in 3 languages prevalent in the region (e.g., Dutch, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian) fluently to support client relationship management in this region.

Preferred qualifications:

• JD, MBA, or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience with any of the following: industrial-scale projects, or real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, and construction, or utility contracts, or energy-related issues and clean energy initiatives.
• Experience with economic development impact studies or economic development marketing.
• Government affairs and public policy experience.
• Experience or familiarity with a range of economic development issues such as indirect taxes, economic development policy, infrastructure development, contract drafting and redlining, and presentation development.
• Ability to work cross-functionally while coming up with commercially and technically creative solutions.

About the job

As Director, Economic Community and Workforce Development (WFD), you will combine your market and tech industry knowledge to support Google's infrastructure growth. You will build and execute economic development strategies, drive infrastructure labor, and workforce development programs, work with industry peers, and present strategies to executive leadership. You will advocate for Google and the data center industry, while identifying and addressing industry trends.

In this role, you will primarily lead the development of the company’s global economic development program for data centers. You will work closely with a network of internal stakeholders as well as strategic vendors to support the growth of Google’s products and services, and to provide the infrastructure that will help expand the company’s global reach. You will lead business discussions with the key stakeholders. Your knowledge of economic development, compliance, relationship and coalition building, policy and regulation, and company goals will position you to be an advocate for development and management of the global data center portfolio.

Additionally, you will embed community and workforce development best practices within a rapidly expanding organization, serving as a subject matter expert on WFD delivery, strategic community engagement, and labor market opportunities for data center communities. You will identify future talent resource needs and collaborate with local and regional organizations to bridge skills gaps, creating a sustainable workforce pipeline for the data center ecosystem. You will collaborate with education and training organizations to establish talent pathways, ensuring data center communities benefit from the digital economy.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €224000 - €229000 (EUR) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Unlock new markets, reduce overall total cost of ownership, and improve community and stakeholder engagement.
• Support the development of content to broaden and amplify our messaging and planning around the data center lifecycle, and take a leading role in industry coalitions, legislative efforts, policy advancement, and mitigation of industry headwinds.
• Practice retail data center diplomacy, community by community, listening sessions, meeting with local leads or grassroots organizers.
• Uncouple agitation from core grievance and create strategies that build community in both productive and challenging environments.
• Grow, develop, and manage a global community engagement team that includes Public Affairs, Workforce Development to drive in-market sentiment and optimize local market operating environments.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .