Public Affairs Manager, Events - AI Campaign

About the role

We are looking for a public affairs professional with deep experience in elite stakeholder engagement and high-level event production who can design and execute programming that convenes the most influential voices in AI — and who thrives in a fast-paced, campaign-style environment where relationships, precision, and strategic instinct drive impact.

The ideal candidate has a track record of organizing high-touch convenings, and knows how to translate elite engagement into measurable campaign outcomes. You will play a critical role in one of the company's most strategic initiatives: building understanding and support for AI among senior policy elites and thought leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a single-threaded owner for events programming within Meta's AI public affairs campaign, defining the strategy, developing the programming, and driving execution across priority markets.
• Manage external event vendors, venues, and budgets; oversee logistics for both intimate high-touch gatherings and larger-format convenings with flawless execution.
• Own the end-to-end production of high-impact events — including roundtables, dinners, salons, policy briefings, convenings, and receptions.
• Act as the quarterback across Meta's communications, marketing, policy, legal, research, and product teams to ensure events programming is fully integrated with the broader AI campaign strategy and delivers a unified, compelling narrative.
• Develop compelling event programming with proven experience working with external event production teams, agencies, and partners.
• Identify and act on emerging moments in the AI policy landscape to deploy timely, high-value engagements — ensuring Meta is present and positioned in the conversations that matter most.
• Build and maintain strong internal relationships across functions, ensuring that events and engagement strategies are informed by the latest policy intelligence, product developments, and campaign priorities.
• Define success metrics for events programming; track outcomes including relationship deepening, narrative advancement, policy influence, and earned media impact; and report results to campaign leadership.
• Build repeatable best practices for elite engagement and events programming that can scale across markets and adapt to evolving campaign needs.

Qualifications

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 8+ years of experience in public affairs, diplomatic protocol, political campaigns, government relations, or elite stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing high-profile events or convenings with senior government officials, C-suite executives, or policy elites
• Experience coordinating across multiple internal functions or departments (e.g., Communications, Policy, Legal, Marketing) to deliver integrated campaign outcomes
• Ability to manage multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously with a campaign-speed mindset and exceptional attention to detail, multiple events at once
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing briefing materials and programming for executive and VIP audiences
• Attention to detail, logistics, and low ego

Preferred qualifications include:

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Direct experience producing events or convenings that brought together senior government officials, policy leaders, or heads of state — with demonstrated outcomes in relationship-building or policy advancement
• Proven success operating in a large, matrixed organization where campaign outcomes depend on coordinating across teams you don't directly manage
• Existing network among AI policy thought leaders, senior Hill staff, administration officials, think tank principals, or academic leaders in AI/technology
• Experience in technology, AI, or innovation policy — with the ability to communicate complex technology topics in accessible, compelling terms for elite audiences
• Track record of identifying and capitalizing on emerging policy moments to create high-value engagement opportunities that advance organizational objectives
• Exceptional leadership skills with a willingness to take initiative, be scrappy, and operate with a high degree of autonomy and judgment
• Sound strategic instincts combined with hands-on execution
• Experience working across both DC-based, Silicon Valley/tech industry stakeholder ecosystems, and international forums
• Courage and conviction to bring ideas forward, and the adaptability to shift strategy as conditions on the ground evolve

Pay

The salary for this role is $146,000/year to $206,000/year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.