Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Consumer Product

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.

The Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) Consumer Product team’s mission is to advance Google’s license to innovate by helping governments, civil society, and Google’s product leadership responsibly navigate issues of our time.

As the GAPP Manager for Consumer Products, you’ll help lead Google’s public policy efforts relating to Google Ads, Search, Maps, and News as well as other product-related issues in Europe. You will manage projects across a host of issues, coordinate with the global team and key cross-functional partners to execute our policy strategy, and advise product, business, and engineering teams on the public policy implications of their work. You will develop, organize, manage, and communicate plans, initiatives, and strategy, while tracking various regulatory proposals and analyzing their potential impact on Google’s business.

You will serve as an advisor to our product teams and help inform our perception and direction.

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

• Lead public policy strategy within a set region for Google’s Consumer product areas, including working with cross-functional teams to support our global business objectives and drive policy and regulatory outcomes.
• Manage policy projects on a host of issues affecting Google’s Consumer product areas, including privacy, content, and cross-industry relations.
• Work closely with Product, Business, and Engineering teams as well as the regional policy teams in Europe to advise on the policy and political implications of products.
• Work within a global team to develop public policy strategies and positions for Google’s Consumer products, including the creation of materials supporting advocacy on those positions.
• Engage with external parties, teams, and stakeholders to shape discussions that impact Google’s business objectives.