Public Affairs Manager,Events - AI Campaign Job Austin area,Texas USA,Marketing / Advertising / PR

Summary:

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. You'll be embedded in a strong team tackling some of the most important challenges the company faces — and your work will directly shape how the most influential decision-makers understand and engage with Meta's AI this role, you will help drive strategy, development, and execution of marquee events and elite policy engagement programming — from intimate dinners and policy salons to high-profile round tables and briefings — that position Meta as a trusted and forward-leaning voice on AI conversation.

You have familiarity working with and alongside senior executives, government officials, think tank leaders, academics, and civil society principals, and serve as the connective tissue between Meta's internal campaign functions — communications, marketing, policy, research, and legal — to ensure all elite engagement programming ladders up to the AI campaign's strategic objectives.

Required Skills:

Public Affairs Manager, Events - AI Campaign 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 round tables, 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

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 work streams 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:

Demonstrated ability to…