- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience working on public affairs, strategic/political communications and/or tech policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, the private sector, or relevant industry associations.
- Experience working in emerging markets (Africa, Latin America, Middle East).
Preferred qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience working with international teams and a variety of cross-functional stakeholders, and in executing strategies to deliver exceptional solutions.
- Knowledge of Internet technologies and the policy environments that surround them, and experience advocating on behalf of Google’s core tech policy issues.
- Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement, and to operate in a fast-paced environment.
- Track record of executing cross-functional projects. Team player with the ability to exercise good judgment in a rapidly changing and sometimes stressful environment.
- Excellent personal, political, analytical and communication skills and high attention to detail.
The Government Affairs and Public Policy team is responsible for Google’s relationships with policymakers and political influencers and engages internally and externally to shape political outcomes in ways that are good for our users and our business. As the Head of Public Affairs for Emerging Markets (Africa, Latin America, Middle East), you will work with the broader Government Affairs and Public Policy team and cross-functional stakeholders in Marketing, PR and Google.Org, to shape Google’s efforts to demonstrate that it contributes to the economies, societies and cultures in which it operates.
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.
- Work with the broader Government Affairs and Public Policy team and other internal stakeholders to develop and execute a global Public Affairs strategy.
- Work on Google’s presence and policy programming at key international convenings of policymakers, influencers, and key opinion formers.
- Build relationships with tech policy thought leaders in order to support events and political outcomes that will help create/maintain a user-focused online environment as well as an open Internet.
- Develop strategy to meaningfully engage policymakers and key opinion formers on matters affecting Google’s products, net contribution to society, and responsible stewardship.
- Develop, execute, and measure a public affairs strategy that benefits Google’s users, our business, and the wider web.
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