Sr. Manager, Corporate Affairs (Central)

Location: Austin or Dallas, Texas

About the role

As the regional Corporate Affairs lead, you'll serve as the primary communications partner for Digital Realty's Central markets. Working closely with Government Affairs, business leaders, media, and community stakeholders, you'll help shape our public narrative, support strategic initiatives, manage reputational risks, and ensure consistent messaging across the region. This role is ideal for a communications professional who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and enjoys combining media relations, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement to drive business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead corporate affairs and media relations activities across the Central U.S. region.
• Partner with Government Affairs to align communications with policy and regulatory priorities.
• Develop media strategies, pitch stories, and manage press inquiries.
• Create engaging content for press releases, executive messaging, social media, web, and internal communications.
• Support events, community engagement programs, executive visits, and milestone announcements.
• Monitor media coverage and identify emerging reputational risks and opportunities.
• Develop thought‑leadership opportunities for regional leaders.
• Track and report on media performance and communications impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Political Science, or a related field.
• 8‑10 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, media relations, or corporate affairs.
• Prefer background in technology, infrastructure, real estate, or data‑center industries.
• Strong writing, storytelling, and content‑creation skills.
• Experience building relationships with media, government‑affairs teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong judgment, organization, and problem‑solving skills.
• Occasional travel throughout the Central U.S. region and other company locations as needed.
• Prefer experience supporting government affairs, public policy, or regulatory initiatives.

About us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data‑center, colocation and interconnection solutions. Its global data‑center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty operates more than 300 facilities in over 50 metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

About the team

The Marketing team works in one of the world’s fastest‑growing and exciting sectors. It collaborates with Sales to develop effective strategies that build the business and ensure corporate strategy meets local market needs. The team translates unique offerings into bespoke campaigns, content, and propositions for different locations and customer segments.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a rapidly evolving sector with a courageous and passionate team.
• Supportive and inclusive environment that encourages bringing your whole self to work.
• Collaboration across different business areas, with the ability to challenge the status quo and put ideas into action.
• Plenty of development opportunities to build a rewarding and successful career.
• Competitive compensation package and excellent benefits as part of the company’s compensation philosophy.
• Strong focus on health and safety, with a culture of care and commitment to safeguarding lives, assets, and data.