External Affairs Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy

External Affairs Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Share External Affairs Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 7 years of experience working on state technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, relevant industry associations, consulting, or corporate government affairs

• Experience working with trade associations or public policy groups.

• Experience in state-level public policy issues.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing and executing strategies and working with groups of internal and external stakeholders to manage projects.

• Experience with Internet and technology policy.

• Experience as a leader and collaborator with effective investigative and communications skills.

• Ability to integrate public policy with business strategy and corporate development

About the job

As a member of Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you'll be part of a global government affairs team, working across regions, product areas, and functions. You’ll combine creativity and intellectual excellence with the organizational skills to manage various campaigns, projects and initiatives. In this role, you’ll advocate for Google to bring external perspectives back into the company to inform our perception and direction. You're passionate about the opportunity to shape the future of how we use and build technology for everyone.

Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP’s) US Federal Affairs team leads the company’s engagement on federal public policy. Within that team, the External Affairs team manages relationships with national trade associations, think tanks, and issue advocacy groups.

In this role, you will be specifically responsible for engaging with these national organizations on state policy issues. You will bring Google’s insights and perspectives to these groups. You will work closely with the State and Local GAPP team to deeply understand, and be able to convey their priorities. You will work closely with other members of the GAPP team to ensure our external engagement advances the company's relationships and public policy priorities.

Google takes its responsibilities seriously, including engaging with government and other stakeholders on important public policy challenges. The Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team leads the company’s engagement with executive branch officials, legislators, regulators and third-parties in the formation of public policy. Working closely with Google leaders, GAPP seeks to identify key policy issues, listen carefully to others’ views and opinions, and distill and share the company’s perspective on those issues with external stakeholders. While we focus on challenges affecting the internet, our issue areas are increasingly broad and encompass many areas where public policy, business, and technology intersect.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

• Build and lead engagement on state-level public policy issues with national trade associations, think tanks, and issue advocacy groups.

• Develop and execute advocacy strategies to engage national third-party groups on critical state legislative and regulatory issues affecting the company.

• Collaborate with the State and Local GAPP team to identify policy priorities to bring in national partnerships to support advocacy efforts.

• Advise the company on the latest industry trends, best practices, and the sentiments of national stakeholders regarding state policy. Represent the company at public events and meetings with third parties, companies, and policymakers.

• Engage in broader trade association work, including coordinating policymaker events with trade associations and Google executives across the country.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.