Competition and Consumer Protection Policy Analyst

corporate_fareGoogleplaceLondon, UK

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years of experience working in compliance, policy, risk management, or a related field.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Public Policy, Business, Engineering, Law, or a related field.
  
• Knowledge of the competition and consumer protection regulatory landscape, and adjacent risk areas.
  
• Understanding of compliance program management principles, risk assessment methodologies, and internal control frameworks.
  
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with cross-functional teams, executive management, regulators, and external stakeholders.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex compliance concepts and requirements to diverse audiences.
  
• Excellent attention to detail, investigative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and assess their impact on business operations.
  

About the job

In this role, you will bring together critical compliance, assurance, risk, and governance functions across Google to help the company meet compliance needs and enable our businesses to innovate. You will focus on making compliance an engaged advantage for Google by driving scaled, data-driven, and policy-based compliance programs. You will manage our operations through risk-based prioritization and governance, and consistent and constructive regulator engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, shape, and maintain Google’s compliance policies leveraging legal interpretation, stakeholder input, and research.
  
• Collaborate with product areas and functions to design controls that are adequate to ensure compliance with policy requirements. Participate in risk reviews to approve exceptions to policy.
  
• Help develop training programs and awareness initiatives for employees to enhance their understanding of compliance requirements, standards, and regulatory obligations.
  
• Review issues and incidents to assess risk and ensure remediation plans are adequate.
  
• Identify risk trends through external research and monitoring of regulatory priorities and consumer sentiment.