Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnership Office

Google's infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers. As our products and services scale globally, we work behind the scenes to secure infrastructure to build Google's future. The Strategic Partnership Office (SPO) operates at the intersection of industrial innovation, external affairs, and civic impact, bridging Google’s technology capabilities with real-world partners. Within SPO, the Economic and Community Development team is a vertically integrated organization responsible for analyzing and mitigating economic, community, and labor risks to deliver an optimized inventory of assets meeting business operating needs, ensuring growth and resilience through place-based strategies. We provide hyperlocal civic impact, community sustainability, and external engagement strategies, programs, and tools to expand economic, community, and workforce development outcomes.

The Community Development and Engagement (CDE) team drives business value by: 1) accelerating new technical infrastructure delivery and growth; 2) protecting Google’s license to operate globally; and 3) leveraging community partnerships and innovative expertise to deliver impactful solutions.

In this role, you will combine community engagement and industry knowledge to support Google’s infrastructure growth in Belgium. This role supports SPO’s strategic goals by providing data-driven insights and executing programmatic engagement based on community assessments across existing and prospective data center markets. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive measurable social impact, cultivate relationships with key opinion formers (KOFs), government officials, and community leaders, and research new in-market opportunities. Additionally, you will help entrench community development best practices across a rapidly growing organization, serving as a subject matter expert on data center delivery and strategic community engagement.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Netherlands: €124000 - €127000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Lead global data center community development strategies, investments, and impact for the Netherlands.

• Engage with key opinion formers, community groups such as municipal leaders, industry partners, economic development organizations, schools, education institutions, and non-profits.

• Collaborate with team leaders and peers to 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 self-sustaining investment plans.