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AWS is hiring a Community Engagement Manager to lead InCommunities initiatives for the AWS Data Center Community. This position will be based out of Chicago, IL and will support the business across the midwest. This is a strategic role that will allow the right candidate to Dive Deep to support the AWS business.
As a Community Engagement Manager, you will:
- Be a subject matter expert on external issues management and working with our neighbors around our Data Center Infrastructure. You will identify and collaborate with partner organizations and key stakeholders to understand community needs, build relationships and collaborate on impactful outcomes. You will serve as the region’s community issues manager and lead the identification and deployment of programs designed to have sustaining and lasting impacts in the communities we live and work. The AWS InCommunities team launches long-term, innovative programs that will have a lasting impact in our regions around the world where we work, live, and raise our families. AWS InCommunities is obsessed with being good neighbors, and we start with the community and work backwards to represent infrastructure communities inside AWS.
Key job responsibilities:
- Lead strategy development and bespoke execution of Community Engagement expertise for major development projects.
- Design and execute InCommunities signature events and programs. Provide vision for the sustainable community engagement initiatives across the region, and manage these initiatives with attention to detail and a high bar for quality.
- Communicate the impact of InCommunities programs internally and externally. Represent AWS Infrastructure publicly in meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Utilize multiple communications channels including, but not limited to newsletters, the intranet, social media, and email campaigns to drive employee awareness and involvement in community engagement initiatives.
- Serve as the region’s Issues Manager. Be able to proactively address internal and external issues that pose reputational risks to AWS and business objectives. Serve as the point of contact for community-centric issues and concerns.
- Support community assessment for new sites in the region, identify potential community related risks and develop a community engagement plan to proactively mitigate the risks. Think strategically in order to scale InCommunities programming as AWS business grows.
- Capture data to demonstrate community engagement’s quantified and qualified impact on AWS Infrastructure, its employees, and the community, and communicate these values internally and externally.
- Work with cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, real estate, energy, water, sustainability, construction, legal, public policy, and public relations to deliver results.
- Be physically, on-the-ground in locations, roll up sleeves and get work done when required.
About the team:
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years professional experience in External Affairs, Public Policy, Communications, Community Engagement or related field
- Previous experience supporting major infrastructure development projects
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross functional teams across geographies and business units
- Experience working with technical and product stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and influence product roadmaps
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Location: USA, IL, Chicago
Salary: 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
AWS is hiring a Community Engagement Manager to lead InCommunities initiatives for the AWS Data Center Community. This position will be based out of Chicago, IL and will support the business across the midwest. This is a strategic role that will allow the right candidate to Dive Deep to support the AWS business.
As a Community Engagement Manager, you will:
- Be a subject matter expert on external issues management and working with our neighbors around our Data Center Infrastructure. You will identify and collaborate with partner organizations and key stakeholders to understand community needs, build relationships and collaborate on impactful outcomes. You will serve as the region’s community issues manager and lead the identification and deployment of programs designed to have sustaining and lasting impacts in the communities we live and work. The AWS InCommunities team launches long-term, innovative programs that will have a lasting impact in our regions around the world where we work, live, and raise our families. AWS InCommunities is obsessed with being good neighbors, and we start with the community and work backwards to represent infrastructure communities inside AWS.
Key job responsibilities:
- Lead strategy development and bespoke execution of Community Engagement expertise for major development projects.
- Design and execute InCommunities signature events and programs. Provide vision for the sustainable community engagement initiatives across the region, and manage these initiatives with attention to detail and a high bar for quality.
- Communicate the impact of InCommunities programs internally and externally. Represent AWS Infrastructure publicly in meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Utilize multiple communications channels including, but not limited to newsletters, the intranet, social media, and email campaigns to drive employee awareness and involvement in community engagement initiatives.
- Serve as the region’s Issues Manager. Be able to proactively address internal and external issues that pose reputational risks to AWS and business objectives. Serve as the point of contact for community-centric issues and concerns.
- Support community assessment for new sites in the region, identify potential community related risks and develop a community engagement plan to proactively mitigate the risks. Think strategically in order to scale InCommunities programming as AWS business grows.
- Capture data to demonstrate community engagement’s quantified and qualified impact on AWS Infrastructure, its employees, and the community, and communicate these values internally and externally.
- Work with cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, real estate, energy, water, sustainability, construction, legal, public policy, and public relations to deliver results.
- Be physically, on-the-ground in locations, roll up sleeves and get work done when required.
About the team:
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years professional experience in External Affairs, Public Policy, Communications, Community Engagement or related field
- Previous experience supporting major infrastructure development projects
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross functional teams across geographies and business units
- Experience working with technical and product stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and influence product roadmaps
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Location: USA, IL, Chicago
Salary: 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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Translate your credentials into PERM language
PERM requires your degree and experience to match the employer's minimum requirements exactly. Get foreign degrees evaluated by a NACES-member credential evaluator and make sure your transcript reflects the field listed in the job description.
Target employers with nonprofit or public-sector ties
Nonprofits, healthcare systems, and local government contractors regularly sponsor Community Engagement Managers because they have dedicated HR infrastructure and long-term retention goals. Filter your search to organizations with stable funding cycles, not project-based startups.
Verify the role meets EB-2 specialty occupation standards
EB-2 eligibility depends on the position genuinely requiring an advanced degree, not just preferring one. Review the O*NET occupation profile for Community Engagement Managers to confirm typical education requirements before negotiating the job description with your employer.
Search for sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Community Engagement Manager jobs by employers with active green card sponsorship history. This cuts out roles that list sponsorship as possible but rarely follow through on PERM filings.
Understand the PERM recruitment timing before accepting an offer
DOL requires employers to run a competitive recruitment process before filing PERM. Ask hiring managers whether they have an immigration policy and whether they're prepared to start that recruitment window within six months of your hire date.
Check prevailing wage before your offer letter is signed
PERM certification requires your employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the wage level before your offer is finalized, so there are no surprises during the filing process.
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Does a Community Engagement Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the role requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as communications, social work, or public administration, it qualifies under EB-3 as a skilled worker or professional. If the employer can demonstrate that an advanced degree is the standard minimum for the position, EB-2 becomes an option. The distinction matters because EB-2 can offer faster priority dates for some nationalities.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is a path to permanent residency, not a temporary work authorization. There is no annual lottery at the EB-3 level for most countries, and the employer's commitment is long-term. H-1B requires annual cap registration and grants only temporary status. The PERM process takes longer up front, often 12 to 24 months from labor certification to green card approval, but the result is lawful permanent residency rather than a visa that must be renewed.
How can I find Community Engagement Manager jobs with green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search specifically for employers with verified green card sponsorship history in community engagement and public affairs roles. Generic job boards don't filter by actual PERM filing activity, so you can spend months applying to roles where sponsorship is listed as a possibility but never initiated. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have gone through the process before.
What does the PERM process look like for a Community Engagement Manager?
Your employer files Form 9089 with DOL after completing a mandatory recruitment period, typically 30 to 60 days of advertising the role to U.S. workers. If no qualified U.S. applicants are found, DOL certifies the labor condition. The employer then files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS on your behalf. Once your priority date is current, you file for adjustment of status if you're already in the U.S., or apply for an immigrant visa abroad.
Can a nonprofit or local government employer sponsor a green card for this role?
Yes, and these are among the most common sponsors for Community Engagement Managers. Nonprofits, public health agencies, and municipal governments regularly file PERM applications for this job title because the role is central to their mission and hard to fill with short-term hires. Some nonprofits also qualify as cap-exempt H-1B employers, which can accelerate temporary work authorization while the green card process runs in parallel.
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