Job Description

Overview

Senior Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy State and Local

Base pay range: $304,000.00/yr - $423,000.00/yr

US base salary range for this full-time position is $304,000-$423,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Compensation details reflect base salary; bonus, equity, and benefits are additional. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by work location and other factors.

Preferred locations include Mountain View, CA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Washington D.C., DC.

Minimum qualifications and preferred qualifications are listed below.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a coordinated state and local policy agenda, in support of Googles business priorities.
• Monitor policy issues of importance to Google, create a positive regulatory environment to enable innovation and growth by synthesizing Googles positions and educating policy makers on key policy issues, and communicate policy positions effectively to government constituencies.
• Build trusted relationships with US state and local political leaders and institutions, including governors, attorneys general, mayors, city councils, state legislators, and other relevant stakeholders. Establish and implement strategies to communicate policy positions effectively.
• Develop public affairs strategies and campaigns that build relationships, strengthen our reputation, and advance our public policy and business objectives.
• Create and manage executive engagement plans with legislators, other elected officials and state agencies, including staffing executives for visits, preparing documents, briefing executives, updating executives on critical topics.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience
• 15 years of experience working within government, think tanks, public interest groups, technology industry groups, or corporations
• Experience working in state and local government relations, government affairs, public policy, political campaigns, lobbying, outreach, or research

Preferred qualifications

• Experience leading teams through change, innovation, or disruption, and adapting strategy as needed
• Experience leading policy or public affairs work for corporations or third-party organizations (e.g., being a lobbyist or running campaigns)
• Experience leading cross-functionally with multiple senior stakeholders and a proven ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Experience with staffing and managing executives, with excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
• Familiarity with Internet/technology policy with demonstrated interest in keeping the Internet open and free
• Ability to integrate public policy with business strategy and corporate development

About Google and Equal Opportunity

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 companys engagement with executive branch officials, legislators, regulators and third-parties. We identify key policy issues, listen to diverse views, and distill the companys perspective for external stakeholders. Our focus includes internet-related challenges and broader policy areas where public policy, business, and technology intersect.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and 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. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See Googles EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you require accommodations, please notify us via the Accommodations for Applicants form.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal and Public Relations

Industries

• Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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