External Affairs Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience working on public policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups or relevant industry associations.
• Experience influencing and working with a variety of stakeholders, and executing strategies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a leader and collaborator with effective analytical and communications skills.
• Experience with Internet and technology policy.
• Ability to integrate public policy with business strategy and corporate development.
• Ability to identify relationship opportunities and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in a rapidly changing and sometimes stressful environment.

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.

As External Affairs Manager on the Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you will design and lead Google’s engagement with external organizations in support of Google’s public policy agenda. In this role, you will be part organizer, part advocate, and part policy expert as you represent Google in the world of third-party organizations. You will prioritize and develop strategy for Google outreach while coordinating across several internal teams seeking to engage with external audiences. You will find common ground and build trusted relationships with key opinion formers including non-governmental advocacy organizations, policy institutes, industry associations and players, and policy influencers, sharing information and answering questions about Google’s products, policy priorities, and positive impact. You will work closely with other members of the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team to ensure a coordinated approach to these stakeholders.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $182,000-$248,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a representative of Google before external stakeholders (e.g., non-governmental advocacy organizations, think tanks, industry associations and players, and policy influencers).
• Engage directly with key opinion formers across the full range of policy areas that impact Google and our users (e.g., technology innovation, AI, competition, privacy, security). 
• Collaborate with the broader Government Affairs and Public Policy team, Product, and Partnerships teams to design and execute outreach strategies and ensure an informed and coordinated approach to external stakeholders.
• Develop and lead meetings, events, convenings, and product-focused initiatives to help external organizations better understand Google’s products, services, and public policy priorities.  
• Meet regularly and track areas of mutual alignment with external organizations.