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.
As a Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, you'll help shape Google's policy efforts in Spain. You will coordinate with the global Government Affairs and Public Policy team, business and product organizations, and cross-functional partners to execute our policy strategy, and lead outreach to stakeholders. You'll develop, organize, manage, and communicate plans, initiatives, and strategy, while tracking various regulatory proposals and analyzing their potential impact on Google's business.
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.
ResponsibilitiesWork with Legal, Communications, Marketing, and other teams across Google, both locally and internationally, to execute outreach programs on policy priorities.Develop and lead public policy campaigns across the full range of policy areas that impact Google and the web.Engage directly with policymakers, industry players, think tanks, and opinion formers to help shape policy and political dialogue on Google's policy efforts.Monitor and research current and relevant public policy issues.Build and drive a network of trade associations, industry partners, non-profit groups, and other stakeholders to support policies that will help create and maintain a user-focused online environment.Minimum QualificationsBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.Experience with technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, regulatory agencies, corporate public policy teams, or related industry associations.Experience with technology policy issues in Spain, with institutions or within an in-house corporate policy function.Ability to speak and write in English and Spanish fluently.Preferred QualificationsExperience working with or in government, NGOs, regulatory agencies, or corporate public policy teams.Experience analyzing, studying, providing insights, or advocating for digital-related policies, both at national and European levels.Experience working with cross-functional teams and a variety of stakeholders, and executing strategies to deliver solutions.Knowledge of Internet technologies and the policy environments that surround them.Ability to identify and gather insights and effectively communicate technology policy issues.Excellent political and communication skills.
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