Strategic Partnerships & Community Development Lead

Google; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Program Manager to lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary initiatives spanning offices, time zones, and hemispheres. You’ll plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks, and coordinate with stakeholders across the company to deliver results that scale globally.

The role sits in the Public Affairs and Civic Outreach team, advancing expansion goals through civic engagement, partnerships, and responsible infrastructure rollout, with a focus on local to global 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.
• MBA or Master’s degree in Education, Public Relations/Policy or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

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

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Public-private partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

Google is seeking a Program Manager to lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary initiatives spanning offices, time zones, and hemispheres. You’ll plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks, and coordinate with stakeholders across the company to deliver results that scale globally.

The role sits in the Public Affairs and Civic Outreach team, advancing expansion goals through civic engagement, partnerships, and responsible infrastructure rollout, with a focus on local to global impact.