Community Development Manager, Google Data Centers

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience developing and launching local, state, national or global public-private partnerships.
  
• 5 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: data centers, utilities, government, advanced manufacturing.

Preferred qualifications:

• 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.

The Community Development and Engagement team (CDE) drives 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.

As a Community Development Manager, you will combine your community engagement and industry knowledge to support Google’s infrastructure growth. You will support Google Data Centers's (GDC’s) strategic community development and workforce innovation goals by providing data-driven insights and programmatic engagement that are based on community assessments for existing and prospective data center markets.

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 the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

The Community Development and Engagement team (CDE) drives 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.

As a Community Development Manager, you will combine your community engagement and industry knowledge to support Google’s infrastructure growth. You will support Google Data Centers's (GDC’s) strategic community development and workforce innovation goals by providing data-driven insights and programmatic engagement that are based on community assessments for existing and prospective data center markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead global data center community development strategies, investments, and impact. 
• Engage with key opinion formers, community groups, industry partners, economic development organizations, educational 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 communities about our data centers, and create locally focused plans that are self-sustaining. Localize and implement community development initiatives in each community.
  
• Build and maintain relationships with a broad set of internal stakeholders, including acquisition and development, energy, government affairs and public policy, cloud supply chain and operations, marketing, and local Google data center teams.