Sr. Manager, Corporate Affairs (West)

Location: San Francisco or Los Angeles, California

About the role

As the regional Corporate Affairs lead, you'll serve as the primary communications partner for Digital Realty's Western U.S. 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 Western 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 a 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 Western 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. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

About Our Team

Our Marketing team works in one of the world’s fastest-growing and exciting sectors. We collaborate with the Sales team to develop effective strategies that help build our business and also ensure our corporate strategy meets our local market needs. Our team helps the business keep the world connected and continue to grow by translating our unique offerings into bespoke campaigns, content and propositions for different locations and customer segments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance
• 401k match
• Disability benefits
• Wellness and education benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off and holidays

Pay

Compensation range: $130,000 to $170,000 per year. Individual pay is based on job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.