Senior Manager, Australia Government Relations

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company? AirTrunk is a hyperscale data centre company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering the digital infrastructure that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow. Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning… Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground. Purpose Lead political and government engagement for AirTrunk's priority Australian development projects, working upstream with project, planning and community teams to identify political risks and opportunities, build stakeholder support and intervene early to maximise project delivery certainty. Core responsibilities Project political strategy Embed GR early in priority project development and approval processes. Develop and maintain a political strategy for each priority project. Identify government dependencies, decision points, risks and opportunities. Political risk and stakeholder management Map critical political and government stakeholders for priority projects. Maintain relationships with key state and federal stakeholders. Monitor political sentiment and assess project political health. Develop strategies to build informed political support ahead of critical decisions. Project enablement and escalation Partner with Development, Planning, Community, Legal and other teams to identify and resolve government barriers. Lead government and political engagement on material project issues. Develop escalation strategies where normal pathways are delayed or at risk. Recommend when and how senior executive or ministerial intervention should be deployed. Government and community coordination <span