Sr. Manager, Corporate Affairs (Central)

The Business of HLTH Podcast; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty seeks a Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs to lead the regional communications function for the Central U.S. in Austin or Dallas. You will partner with Government Affairs, business leaders, media, and community stakeholders to shape public narrative and drive business impact.

You’ll develop media strategies, craft executive messaging, manage press inquiries, and create compelling content for multiple channels while supporting events and milestone announcements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Political Science, or a related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, media relations, or corporate affairs.
• Preferred background in technology, infrastructure, real estate, or data center industries.
• Strong writing, storytelling, and content creation skills.
• Experience building relationships with media, government affairs teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Occasional travel across the Central U.S. region and other locations as needed.
• Experience supporting government affairs or regulatory initiatives is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead corporate affairs and media relations activities across the Central U.S. region.
• Partner with Government Affairs to align communications with policy priorities.
• Develop media strategies, pitch stories, and manage press inquiries.
• Create engaging content for press releases, executive messaging, social media, web, and internal comms.
• Support events, community engagement programs, and executive visits.
• Monitor media coverage and identify reputational risks and opportunities.
• Develop thought leadership opportunities for regional leaders.
• Track and report on media performance and communications impact.

Skills

Strong writing

Media relations

Stakeholder engagement

Content creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Political Science, or related field

Job description

Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs (Central Region)

Location

Austin or Dallas, Texas

Your Role

As the regional Corporate Affairs lead, you'll serve as the primary communications partner for Digital Realty's Central markets. Working closely with Government Affairs, business leaders, media, and community stakeholders, you'll help shape our public narrative, support strategic initiatives, manage reputational risks, and ensure consistent messaging across the region. This role is ideal for a communications professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys combining media relations, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement to drive business impact.

What You'll Do

• Lead corporate affairs and media relations activities across the Central U.S. region
• Partner with Government Affairs to align communications with policy and regulatory priorities
• Develop media strategies, pitch stories, and manage press inquiries
• Create engaging content for press releases, executive messaging, social media, web, and internal communications
• Support events, community engagement programs, executive visits, and milestone announcements
• Monitor media coverage and identify emerging reputational risks and opportunities
• Develop thought leadership opportunities for regional leaders
• Track and report on media performance and communications impact

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Political Science, or a related field
• 8-10 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, media relations, or corporate affairs
• Prefer a background in technology, infrastructure, real estate, or data center industries
• Strong writing, storytelling, and content creation skills
• Experience building relationships with media, government affairs teams, and senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong judgment, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Occasional travel throughout the Central U.S. region and other company locations as needed
• Prefer experience supporting government affairs, public policy, or regulatory initiatives

A Bit About Us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Marketing

Our Marketing team works in one of the world’s fastest-growing and exciting sectors. We collaborate with the Sales team to develop effective strategies that help build our business and also ensure our corporate strategy meets our local market needs. Our team helps the business keep the world connected and continue to grow by translating our unique offerings into bespoke campaigns, content and propositions for different locations and customer segments.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.