The Community Engagement Manager will build and maintain relationships with local stakeholders to advance data center infrastructure goals and community initiatives. They will also monitor local needs, manage charitable activities, and coordinate strategic planning across internal and external teams.
Meta Platforms, Inc. designs, builds, and operates some of the most innovative and efficient data centers in the world. Developing, operating and managing the data center infrastructure and facilities the "right" way is synonymous with ensuring high uptime, capacity availability, flexibility and capital and operational cost efficiency in a safe, healthy working environment.
Additionally, it is important to us that we play a positive role in the communities in which we operate our data centers.Meta is seeking an experienced individual to join our data center community development team. This role will partner with our site selection, operations, communications, and public policy teams to advance community development initiatives and maintain important relationships in each of our global data center regions.
Responsibilities
Create, maintain, and manage relationships with key stakeholders in the data center community
This includes local county elected officials, business organizations, non-profit organizations, local school districts, etc
Partner with internal teams to understand company and infrastructure related goals and initiatives and how to advance them at the local level
Maintain and optimize Meta's regional data center community development plan
Build key relationships with local community partners that help alleviate risks locally to advance infrastructure development
Monitor local community needs and report back to leadership with regular cadence with risks to larger business goals
Work in partnership with internal teams to develop strategies for community involvement
Coordinate diligence and strategic planning surrounding charitable activities and other community initiatives
Manage external relationships through engagements and media interviews in local markets
Lead various projects related to our data centers as needed
Travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 50%)
Minimum Qualifications
7+ years of relevant experience in public affairs, nonprofit management, government relations, economic development or public facing engagement
Bachelor's degree in public relations, communication, external affairs, business field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience with nonprofit grants, donation, and corporate social responsibility planning
Experience to communicate and work with highly confidential information
Experience with communication, organizational and program management skills, with the experience to manage multiple projects and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
Experience collaborating and building productive cross-functional and working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Experience with local and state policy and legislative processes. Experience with understanding of legislative proceedings and planning at a local level
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Data center experience
Public Relations Experience
Master of Public Administration or Master of Business Administration
$153,000/year to $224,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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