Regional Community Development & Partnerships Manager

Google; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary public affairs initiatives at the regional level, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to plan requirements, schedules, risks, and communications across offices and time zones.

This role focuses on civic outreach, site development, and sustainable regional progress, with a strong emphasis on partnerships with government officials, community groups, and industry partners to drive measurable social impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience in 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

• 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.
• Develop communication tools and processes to educate local communities about the role and impact of our data centers, and create locally focused investment plans that are self‑sustaining.
• Localize and implement 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.

Skills

Program management

Industry experience: data centers/util

Public-private partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary public affairs initiatives at the regional level, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to plan requirements, schedules, risks, and communications across offices and time zones.

This role focuses on civic outreach, site development, and sustainable regional progress, with a strong emphasis on partnerships with government officials, community groups, and industry partners to drive measurable social impact.