Travel domestically as needed (up to 50%)11+ years of relevant experience in public affairs, government relations, communications, community engagement, economic development, political strategy, or senior advisory roles Bachelor's degree in public policy, communications, public affairs, political science, business, or equivalent practical experience Experience serving as a strategic partner or principal advisor to a senior executive, elected official, or organizational leader, including experience representing that leader's position in their absence Experience helping shape strategy at portfolio or enterprise scale, not solely executing programs within a defined strategy Experience operating at the intersection of policy and communications, with proven ability to develop and drive strategy in both domains Experience working effectively with regionally distributed teams, including influencing and supporting colleagues who do not report to you Experience influencing senior executives and driving decisions without direct authority across 5+ functions Experience leading in ambiguous, high-consequence situations where precedent does not exist and the path must be defined Experience with state and local policy, legislative, regulatory, and permitting processes Experience handling highly confidential information and navigating politically sensitive environments with discretion Demonstrated excellence in executive-level written communication - memos, briefings, and narrative documents that drive decisions 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 Experience at a technology, energy, or infrastructure company navigating large-scale siting, expansion, or community relations at national scale Data center, energy generation, transmission, or large-scale infrastructure development experience Senior background in state or federal government, a governor's office, utility regulation, or statewide economic development Fluency in energy procurement, grid reliability, interconnection, and sustainability narratives as they relate to AI-era data center growth Established senior relationships with elected officials, utility leadership, or economic development organizations across multiple data center markets Experience building an operating function or capability from an early or undefined state Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Policy, or Juris DoctorMeta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Design and maintain the operating model, playbooks, and decision frameworks that allow community engagement to scale with Meta's infrastructure growth without diluting quality or consistency Help shape the enterprise narrative architecture for data centers and community impact, in partnership with communications and public policy, and drive consistency across markets, functions, and spokespeople Take point on some of the team's most sensitive, ambiguous, or highest-consequence market situations - the ones without precedent or playbook - in close coordination with the Director Help develop and maintain the team's view of emerging policy, regulatory, reputational, and political risk tied to data center siting, permitting, energy procurement, and operations, and drive the response in partnership with leadership Build the early-warning capability that tells leadership which markets are turning before they turn, and what leverage Meta actually has Exercise sound judgment on when to escalate, when to absorb a problem within the team, and when to recommend a change of course Partner closely with Regional Leads to connect market-level realities to enterprise strategy - synthesizing what's happening across their regions into a portfolio-level view, and helping translate company priorities into regional engagement approaches that Regional Leads own and drive Serve as a strategic resource to Regional Leads and Community Engagement Managers on complex, precedent-setting, or politically sensitive situations, bringing frameworks and cross-market pattern recognition without displacing regional ownership of those relationships Drive alignment across infrastructure, site selection, real estate, energy, sustainability, communications, public policy, and legal - without direct authority - on sequencing, messaging, and engagement posture Mentor and help raise the bar across the broader Community Engagement Team, modeling strategic rigor, strong written communication, and sound stakeholder judgment.