Public Affairs, Public Policy Manager

1 day ago


الرياض, Saudi Arabia Google Full time

**Minimum qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience working on public affairs, political communications or tech policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, the private sector, or relevant industry associations.
- Experience working in MENA and specifically on Saudi markets issues.

**Preferred qualifications**:

- Experience working with international teams and a variety of cross-functional stakeholders, and in executing strategies to deliver exceptional solutions.
- Knowledge of Internet technologies and the policy environments that surround them.
- Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement, and to operate in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent personal, political, analytical and communication skills, and high attention to detail.

**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.

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**:

- Develop, execute, and measure a public affairs strategy that benefits Google’s users, our business, and the wider web.
- Work with the broader Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team and other internal stakeholders to develop and execute a global Public Affairs strategy, with particular emphasis GAPPs Business Growth Drivers (AI, Cloud, Personalization, Leveling the Playing Field).
- Work on Google’s presence and policy programming at key international convenings of policymakers, influencers, and key opinion formers.
- 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 key opinion formers to shape policy and political dialogue on Google’s policy efforts.

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.



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