Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in policy analysis working on Internet technology issues and/or the policy environments that surround them.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in government relations, political campaigns, outreach, and/or research in the Great Lakes region including Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
- Experience working with or in state/local government, leading policy work for third-party organizations, (e.g., being a lobbyist or running campaigns).
- Familiarity with Internet/technology policy with demonstrated interest in keeping the Internet open and free.
- Ability to integrate public policy with business strategy and corporate development.
- Excellent leadership and collaboration skills.
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 manage our various public policy and product-related agendas with policy makers inside and outside government with a focus on the Great Lakes region.
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
- Craft Google’s positions on policy issues of our day.
- Work with trade associations, industry partners, non-profit groups, and other third-parties to promote and build support for Google’s policy positions.
- Establish and implement strategies to communicate policy positions to key state and local government constituencies.
- Monitor current and forthcoming policy issues of importance to Google.
- Advocate before the relevant elected officials and public entities (e.g., Governor, state legislature, state agencies, Mayor, local legislators, etc.) on behalf of Google and the interests of a free and open Internet.
