Community Engagement Manager

Meta; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 153,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Platforms, Inc. seeks an experienced Community Development professional in Hartford, CT to build and manage relationships with local stakeholders, including officials, organizations, and schools.

You will partner with internal teams to advance infrastructure goals and manage community initiatives. You will lead strategic planning for regional data center community programs, monitor local needs, and coordinate charitable activities.

Qualifications

• ? Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience in public affairs, nonprofit management, government relations, economic development or public facing engagement.
• ? Bachelor's degree in public relations, communication, external affairs, business field, or equivalent practical experience
• ? Experience with nonprofit grants, donation, and corporate social responsibility planning
• ? Experience with confidential information handling
• ? Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholder coordination
• ? Experience with local/state policy and legislative processes

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders in the data center community
• Collaborate with site selection, operations, communications, and public policy teams
• Advance community development initiatives at local levels
• Maintain and optimize Meta's regional data center community development plan
• Build partnerships with local community organizations to mitigate risks
• Monitor community needs and report risks to leadership
• Coordinate charitable activities and community initiatives
• Manage external relationships through engagements and media interviews
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 50%)

Skills

Stakeholder relations

Public affairs

Community engagement

Strategic planning

Risk management

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Media relations

Travel readiness

AI tools awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Summary:

Meta Platforms, Inc. designs, builds, and operates some of the most innovative and efficient data centers in the world. Developing, operating and managing the data center infrastructure and facilities the "right" way is synonymous with ensuring high uptime, capacity availability, flexibility and capital and operational cost efficiency in a safe, healthy working environment.Additionally, it is important to us that we play a positive role in the communities in which we operate our data centers.Meta is seeking an experienced individual to join our data center community development team. This role will partner with our site selection, operations, communications, and public policy teams to advance community development initiatives and maintain important relationships in each of our global data center regions.

Required Skills:

1. Create, maintain, and manage relationships with key stakeholders in the data center community
2. This includes local county elected officials, business organizations, non-profit organizations, local school districts, etc
3. Partner with internal teams to understand company and infrastructure related goals and initiatives and how to advance them at the local level
4. Maintain and optimize Meta's regional data center community development plan
5. Build key relationships with local community partners that help alleviate risks locally to advance infrastructure development
6. Monitor local community needs and report back to leadership with regular cadence with risks to larger business goals
7. Work in partnership with internal teams to develop strategies for community involvement
8. Coordinate diligence and strategic planning surrounding charitable activities and other community initiatives
9. Manage external relationships through engagements and media interviews in local markets
10. Lead various projects related to our data centers as needed
11. Travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 50%)

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 7+ years of relevant experience in public affairs, nonprofit management, government relations, economic development or public facing engagement
2. Bachelor's degree in public relations, communication, external affairs, business field, or equivalent practical experience
3. Experience with nonprofit grants, donation, and corporate social responsibility planning
4. Experience to communicate and work with highly confidential information
5. Experience with communication, organizational and program management skills, with the experience to manage multiple projects and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
6. Experience collaborating and building productive cross-functional and working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
7. Experience with local and state policy and legislative processes. Experience with understanding of legislative proceedings and planning at a local level

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
3. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
4. Data center experience
5. Public Relations Experience
6. Master of Public Administration or Master of Business Administration

Public Compensation:

$153,000/year to $224,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff

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