Manager, Government Affairs And Public Policy, Civics And Social Impact

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Washington, DC, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with or in government, think tanks, public interest groups, technology industry groups, or corporate public policy organizations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on a global team with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience with information integrity as it relates to civics and health.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently.

About the job

As a member of Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you'll be part of a diverse 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.

In this role, you will gain a global view of the public policy issues impacting Google Search and develop expertise on social impact and information issues. Through managing high-impact, and high-visibility projects, you will be able to deepen your knowledge of our products, policies, and core principles. You will also work on project management and build cross-functional relationships.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Search product areas on key civics, health, and social impact features to maximize impact with public policy. Mitigate potential risks.
• Manage international, cross-functional relationships with product teams, legal colleagues, trust and safety experts, and others to help demonstrate the value Google can provide in surfacing high-quality information to users around elections, health topics, crisis situations, economic recovery initiatives, and more.
• Track relevant regulatory trends related to information issues by coordinating with Product and cross-functional teams on engagement strategies.
• Work closely with relevant Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) and regional teams to manage emerging information issues and regulation on behalf of the Search product areas.

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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.