Community Development Manager

$165,000 - $248,000/Yr

Google - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

5,001-10,000 employees

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About the position

As a Community Development Manager at Google, you will leverage your community engagement and industry expertise to support the growth of Google's infrastructure. This role focuses on achieving strategic community development goals through data-driven insights and programmatic engagement, particularly in relation to existing and prospective data center markets. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster social impact, build relationships with key stakeholders, and manage community development initiatives that address the unique needs of underrepresented communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and empower Community Managers in your subregion and develop strategies to expand community outreach in current and new data center markets.
• Develop communication tools and processes to educate local communities about the role and impact of our data centers, and create locally focused social impact investment plans that address community needs and are self-sustaining.
• Engage with local community groups such as municipal leaders and community-based non-profits to adopt Google's community initiatives into their core focus.
• Collaborate across Google, including with Energy and Sustainability teams, to maximize data center community impact and coordinate activities with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Produce location-specific community development plans with qualitative and quantitative data collection, and turn that research data into actionable insights to understand and prioritize community needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.
• 6 years of experience doing program or project management.
• Experience managing programs and processes across distributed systems.
• Experience organizing community engagement events with internal cross-functional teams and nonprofits.
• Experience with creating and implementing external communications plans, including crisis communication management, utilizing modern communication strategies.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical related field.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in building trust with local municipalities, non-profit decision makers, and community members.
• Experience in problem-solving across distributed, fast-paced, and constantly changing environments.
• Understanding of research methodologies, including experience in developing and sharing strategic recommendations from a broad range of data sources (e.g., survey data, social intelligence, qualitative research, online telemetry, business metrics).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Employee discount programs