Vice President, Regional External Affairs – North East

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🏖️ New Jersey, Ohio, +3 more states – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote

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👔 Vice President

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QTS Data Centers

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

QTS Data Centers is a leading provider of data center solutions, with a footprint of over 9 million square feet of mega scale data center space across North America. The company offers hyperscale and hybrid colocation services, utilizing a software-defined technology platform to deliver secure and compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity, and premium customer service to various clients, including 1,100 hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a comprehensive regional external affairs strategy aligned with QTS's growth, development, operational, and public policy objectives. • Lead and coordinate integrated advocacy campaigns at the state and local levels to advance business priorities and support market expansion efforts. • Direct and develop a high-performing regional team, establishing clear priorities, accountability, performance expectations, and professional development opportunities. • Partner closely with cross-functional leaders to align external affairs strategies with corporate objectives and operational priorities. • Manage regional operating plans, budgets, consultants, and external resources to support legislative, regulatory, business development, community engagement, and growth priorities. • Build and maintain influential relationships with elected officials, regulatory agencies, economic development organizations, business leaders, and community stakeholders. • Anticipate emerging political, policy, regulatory, and community issues and develop proactive strategies to mitigate risk and create opportunity. • Serve as a member of the External Affairs leadership team, contributing to enterprise-wide strategy, organizational development, and long-term planning. • Represent QTS externally as a senior leader and trusted advocate in support of the company's mission, values, and growth objectives. • Lead government affairs, legislative advocacy, regulatory engagement, and public policy efforts across the region. • Lead stakeholder engagement strategies that build trust, support development objectives, and enhance QTS's reputation. • Serve as QTS's senior regional representative with community leaders, business organizations, educational institutions, and other key stakeholders. • Partner with Development, Site Selection, Energy Strategy, and Operations teams to support market expansion, site development, infrastructure investments, and growth initiatives. • Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on political, regulatory, economic, and community dynamics affecting the business. • Support high-profile development, policy, permitting, and reputational matters through proactive planning and stakeholder strategy. • Lead and develop a high-performing regional external affairs organization. • Drive accountability, operational excellence, resource stewardship, and measurable business outcomes across the region. • Other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, Political Science, Business, Communications, Law, Economics, Urban Planning, or related fields. • 12+ years of leadership experience in government affairs, public policy, legislative affairs, lobbying, economic development, public affairs, or external affairs, including responsibility for a multi-state region. • Demonstrated success leading complex stakeholder engagement, advocacy campaigns, and public policy initiatives. • Experience leading teams, managing budgets, and driving results across executive-level, cross-functional organizations. • Strong understanding of legislative, regulatory, permitting, economic development, and community engagement processes. • Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, energy, technology, real estate, utility, telecommunications, or industrial development projects. • Ability to travel extensively throughout the assigned region. • Advanced degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration, Law, Industrial Labor Relations, or related field (preferred). • Experience in the data center, technology, infrastructure, energy, utility, telecommunications, or real estate sectors (preferred). • Prior experience in government, legislative affairs, public affairs consulting, lobbying, political campaigns, or economic development (preferred). • Established relationships with state, local, and regional policymakers and industry stakeholders (preferred). • Experience advising senior executives on complex public policy, reputational, or stakeholder matters (preferred).

🏖️ Benefits

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting • Every employee is bonus or commission eligible • Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays • Stock Purchase Plan (SPP) • 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked • Pet and Legal Insurance • Q-Rest Sabbatical Program • Q-Anniversary Service Award Program • Parental Leave • Military Benefits Package • QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program • QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents • QTS Crisis Fund • Wellness Program • Tuition Reimbursement Program