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Public Affairs Subject Matter Expert, Data Center Operations

Google
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Hybrid (Reston, VA; Atlanta, GA)$176k - $256kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Public affairs role focused on strategic negotiation and data center operations, delivering expert testimony, developing playbooks, and coordinating with site selection, planning, and data center teams to support Google’s infrastructure growth.

Responsibilities

  • Deploy on short notice to contested municipal hearings, planning commissions, and community town halls to counter misinformation, field technical cross-examinations, and address local concerns directly.
  • Deliver formal and sworn expert witness testimony before local regulatory dockets, zoning boards, administrative bodies, and legislative committees.
  • Author standardized operational playbooks, technical FAQs, and rapid-response one-pagers for regional public affairs teams to deploy locally.
  • Lead "Data Center 101" education to translate physical systems—such as thermal cooling architectures, acoustic dampening, backup generation, and physical security—into accessible, fact-based narratives.
  • Partner directly with site selection, planning, data center operations, and other internal teams to drive data center market efforts seamlessly from concept to completion.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, public policy, or equivalent practical data center operations experience.
  • 10 years of experience working with technical infrastructure projects, including hyperscale data center operations, facility design, or site development.
  • Experience in stakeholder management, strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Experience in public speaking and communicating data center operations to varied audiences.
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, often on short notice for municipal hearings and community forums.

Skills

Required:Public speakingStakeholder management
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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