Senior Public Policy & External Affairs Lead

Meta; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 153,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Public Policy Manager to lead external affairs strategy and engagement with government officials, industry coalitions, trade associations, and civil society organizations across regulatory environments.

You will develop and execute advocacy plans on content governance, data privacy, competition, and emerging technology, coordinating with policy, legal, communications, and product teams to align on positions and messaging.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of public policy or external affairs experience engaging government officials.
• Experience advocating on technology policy topics such as content governance, data privacy, competition, or platform regulation.
• Proven ability to build and manage relationships with senior government officials, trade associations, or civil society.
• Experience drafting policy documents, position papers, regulatory submissions, or advocacy materials for external audiences.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams including legal, communications, and product to align on policy positions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute external affairs strategies to advance policy priorities with government officials, regulators, industry coalitions, and civil society.
• Represent Meta in direct engagement with policymakers, legislative staff, and coalitions on content governance, data privacy, competition policy, and emerging tech regulation.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across policy, legal, communications, and product teams to align advocacy positions and external messaging.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and craft proactive policy responses and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Draft and review policy submissions, position papers, testimony, and advocacy materials for external audiences.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior government officials, industry partners, and third-party advocates to support external affairs objectives.
• Identify policy risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies with regional and global policy teams.
• Contribute to organizational strategy by setting goals for external affairs workstreams across policy domains.
• Leverage AI tools to improve policy analysis, stakeholder mapping, and advocacy material development.

Job description

Meta seeks a Public Policy Manager to lead external affairs strategy and engagement with government officials, industry coalitions, trade associations, and civil society organizations across regulatory environments.

You will develop and execute advocacy plans on content governance, data privacy, competition, and emerging technology, coordinating with policy, legal, communications, and product teams to align on positions and messaging.