Industry Relations Manager

Google; Mumbai; On-site; INR 15,00,000 - 30,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech industry leader is seeking a Partnerships Development role focused on building relationships with industry associations and regulators in Mumbai. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the advertising or tech sector and a strong background in public policy. This position requires strategic relationship management and alignment with Google’s objectives to support their ads business.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in advertising or tech industry.
• Experience with C-level executives and cross-functional management.
• Proven ability as an effective public speaker and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Build strategic relationships with industry associations and regulators.
• Monitor and research emerging business and regulatory intel.
• Execute IR's strategy in India, aligning with global priorities.
• Collaborate closely with internal policy teams on shared objectives.
• Frame complex issues for Google executives.

Skills

Industry relations

Public policy

Partnerships

Effective communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, Political Science, or equivalent

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, Political Science, International Relations, Public Relations or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working within the advertising or tech industry in functions such as industry relations, partnerships, public policy or public relations
• Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.
• Experience managing agreements or partnerships.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience within the advertising or tech industry in functions such as industry relations, partnerships, public policy, public relations, or management consulting.
• Experience working with government, think tanks, public interest groups, technology industry groups, or corporate public policy organizations.
• Familiarity with advertising, tech, and trade associations and deeper understanding of the business and public policy landscape facing Google and the digital advertising industry in India.
• Entrepreneurial and a solutions driven mindset and proven ability as an effective public speaker and communicator.
• Adept relationship builder capable of fostering trust externally.

About the job

Google's line of products and services to our clients never stops growing. The Partnerships Development team is responsible for seeking and exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Equipped with your business acumen and extensive product knowledge, you are right on the front line of interacting with our partners, and helping them find ways to grow using Google's newest product offerings.

The Global Partnerships organization is responsible for exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Google's Global Partnerships team works with a wide range of partners to bring the best of Google to power their business.

Advertising Industry Relations is the team tasked with engaging, supporting and influencing the advertising industry at an ecosystem level, i.e. the most influential trade bodies, industry associations and regulators in the market.

Our task is to support Google's ads business, alongside the long-term success of the advertising industry. If our partners succeed, so do we.

We seek regular feedback from the industry, which we then feed through to our teams, to help ensure our products, services and industry messaging work for all.

Responsibilities

• Build and cultivate strategic relationships with industry associations, groups, regulators, think-tanks, and policy-shapers. Develop and implement joint partnership plans with industry bodies, understanding their goals and aligning to Google's objectives.
• Monitor, research and surface emerging business, regulatory and competitive intel to Google's Leadership to inform business decisions.
• Execute IR's strategy and priorities in India, ensuring full alignment with the global Industry Relations strategic vectors. Contribute to and shape content at industry events, including preparing briefing documents for Leadership.
• Work cross-functionally, driving consensus to craft Google's perspective and actions on initiatives. Serve as an industry expert within your regional team, collaborating closely with internal policy teams on shared objectives and incident response.
• Frame complex issues, providing clear structure to Google execs to navigate challenging situations.