Regional Advocacy Lead, Americas

Google LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Public holidays

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a policy-focused professional to advance public policy priorities and engage with government stakeholders. The role involves developing compelling advocacy narratives, coordinating campaigns, and driving meaningful policy engagements across regions.

Strong communication and relationship-building are essential. Responsibilities include building coalitions, coordinating with product and policy teams, and ensuring alignment with Google's public policy strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in policy analysis and campaigns, focusing on technology issues or related policy environments.
• 4 years of experience within government, think tanks, public interest groups, tech industry groups, or corporate public policy organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop localized advocacy narratives and collateral for policy and product priorities for policymakers and stakeholders.
• Drive advocacy campaigns leveraging cross-functional partners and mobilize external stakeholders.
• Lead engagements connecting policymakers with policy and product priorities and demonstrate corporate responsibility.
• Build and maintain a database of policymakers and local policy influencers to support ongoing engagement.
• Provide strategic counsel across regional partners and scale responsive tools to address local needs.

Skills

Policy analysis

Communication skills

Advocacy experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.

Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in policy analysis and campaigns, working on technology issues or the policy environments that surround them.
• 4 years of experience working within government, think tanks, public interest groups, technology industry groups, or corporate public policy organizations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in policy or political advocacy.
• Experience with Government relations.
• Experience working in a corporate environment.
• Excellent communication skills.

About the job 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Develop localized, compelling narratives and collateral for advocacy related to both policy and product priorities; including leveraging global narratives, product GTMs, company moments, executive visits, policy insights, etc., to drive meaningful interactions with policymakers, regulators and stakeholders.
• Develop and drive advocacy campaigns to share the policy environment; leverage internal cross functional partners and resources and mobilize external grasstops and grassroots stakeholders.
• Drive meaningful convenings and engagements that connect policymakers and stakeholders with our policy and product priorities, demonstrate our commitment to responsibility, and deepen connections between policymakers, creators and our platform.
• Build and maintain database of policymakers and key local stakeholders and policy influencers to support ongoing engagement.
• Provide strategic counsel across regional partners; facilitate information sharing; measure impact; manage resources; develop and scale responsive tools and tactics to address local needs and norms.

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.