Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships Office

Google; Minnesota; On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in the United States is seeking a Community Development Manager to lead strategic partnerships and drive data center-related community engagement across markets. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, engage with municipal leaders and government officials, and develop location-specific development plans from research data turned into actionable insights.

The role focuses on accelerating infrastructure delivery, protecting licenses to operate, and delivering measurable social

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, coordinating with stakeholders to plan requirements and manage schedules.
• Identify risks and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company.
• Drive measurable social impact by accelerating new infrastructure delivery and growth, and leveraging community partnerships.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key opinion formers, government officials, and nonprofit leaders to align initiatives with community needs.
• Engage with community leaders, associations, and local organizations to prioritize development plans based on research data.
• Entrench community development best practices within a rapidly growing organization and serve as a subject matter expert on data center delivery and strategic community engagement.

Skills

Program management

Public-private partnerships

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA or Master’s degree in Education, Public Relations/Policy or related field

Job description

Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships Office

• 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• 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.

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines. As a part of the Community Development and Engagement team, you will drive business value by accelerating new technical infrastructure delivery and growth, protecting Google’s license to operate in markets around the world, and leveraging community partnerships and innovative expertise to deliver solutions for community development and engagement. In this role, you will support strategic community development goals by providing data-driven insights and programmatic engagement that are based on community assessments for existing and prospective data center markets. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive measurable social impact, develop and maintain relationships with key opinion formers/stakeholders and government officials and engage with a portfolio of community leaders, associations, and nonprofit organizations. You will be responsible for further entrenching community development best practices within an organization experiencing rapid growth, serving as a subject matter expert on data center delivery and strategic community engagement and development. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Engage with key opinion formers, community groups such as municipal leaders, industry partners, economic development organizations, schools, education institutions, and non-profits to ensure initiatives are centered around community needs and accelerating business objectives.
• 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.
• Design communication tools and processes to educate local communities about the role and impact of data centers, and create locally focused investment plans that are self-sustaining, while implementing 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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