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. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, campaign-style environment where relationships, precision, and strategic instinct drive impact. You will play a critical role in building understanding and support for AI among senior policy elites and thought leaders, directly shaping how the most influential decision-makers engage with Meta's AI vision.

You will drive strategy, development, and execution of marquee events and elite policy engagement programming—from intimate dinners and policy salons to high-profile roundtables and briefings—that position Meta as a trusted and forward-leaning voice in the AI conversation. You’ll serve as the connective tissue between Meta's internal campaign functions—communications, marketing, policy, research, and legal—to ensure all elite engagement programming aligns with the AI campaign's strategic objectives.

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.

Requirements

• 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, handling 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

• 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.
• 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—rallying internal partners through influence, clarity, and shared purpose.
• 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—comfortable hosting a private dinner with senior officials as well as leading an internal cross-functional alignment meeting.
• Experience working across both DC-based, Silicon Valley/tech industry stakeholder ecosystems, and international forums (e.g., Davos).
• Courage and conviction to bring ideas forward, and the adaptability to shift strategy as conditions on the ground evolve.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

Pay

$146,000/year to $206,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.