Job Description
- 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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
- 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.
- 10 years of experience working on technology and media related policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, or relevant industry associations.
- Experience working with product and business teams.
- Experience working on public policy issues in an Americas market.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver an exceptional work product.
- Knowledge of current and emerging public policy trends relating to Ads policy, telecommunications, financial fraud and abuse, and online content platforms.
- Ability to operate proactively in a fluid environment and a strong track record of executing cross-functional projects.
- Ability to exercise good judgment in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment.
- Excellent investigative skills, including in assessing and negotiating regulatory or legislative proposals and texts.
About the job
As a member of Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you'll be part of a 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.
YouTube’s Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team leads the
company’s engagement with government officials, legislators, regulators and third-parties in the formation of public policy. While we focus on issues affecting the internet, our issue areas are increasingly broad and
encompass many areas where public policy, business, and technology
intersect.
Responsibilities
- Lead and take ownership of the definition of policy positions through a cross-functional approach, design and implement advocacy campaigns and strategies on complex and strategic issues with less guidance.
- Guide analysis of and negotiating positions on regulatory or legislative proposals related to policy issues that impact YouTube’s product and business equities.
- Advise product and business teams on the public policy implications of initiatives during the product development and launch process.
- Develop solutions for government affairs and policy problems that may be ambiguous or lacking clear precedent.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams, acting as a critical contributor who understands motivations and personalities of key stakeholders and uses this to shape the approach, without losing sight of Google’s equities and policy positions.