Manager, State and Local, Northeast, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in policy analysis working on internet technology issues or the policy environments that surround them.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in government relations, political campaigns, public affairs, external affairs in the northeast region.
  
• Experience working in state government or leading policy or public affairs work for third-party organizations (e.g., lobbyist or running campaigns).
  
• Experience working on technology policy issues within state and local government.
  
• Ability to integrate public policy advocacy with public affairs, communications, 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 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 Northeast 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

• Help create a positive regulatory environment to allow growth, protect products and promote a free and open internet. Help craft, monitor, analyze and influence state and local policy positions on current and future policy issues of importance to Google.
  
• Build relationships and coalitions with state and local elected officials, third-parties and other key opinion formers. Establish and implement strategies to communicate policy positions to key state and local constituencies. Educate stakeholders on Google's key policy positions and contributions and impact of products and services.
  
• Work with trade associations, industry partners, non-profits and other organizations to promote and build support for Google's policy positions.
  
• Advocate relevant elected officials and public entities (e.g., Governors, State Legislators, Mayors) on behalf of Google.