Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, YouTube

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New Delhi, Delhi, India; Gurugram, Haryana, India.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience working on technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, law, or relevant industry associations.
• 10 years of experience working in public affairs, political communications, or political campaigns, or within government.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on public policy issues in the technology industry as a trusted advisor and partner to business teams in go-to-market, product development and other business areas.
• Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver exceptional work products.
• Understanding of YouTube’s primary product offerings and their intersection with the public policy environment.
• Knowledge of current and emerging public policy trends relating to online content platforms, child safety and privacy, and technology generally.
• Excellent problem-solving 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.

As a member of the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team at YouTube(YT), you will be an ambassador for YouTube's issues and interests in India.

In this role, you will advocate for Google to bring external perspectives back into the company to inform our perception and direction. You're passionate about the opportunity to support the future of how we use and build technology for everyone. You will engage with opinion formers in co-ordination with the Director YT GAPP, India and collaborate effectively across teams and functions to help support and implement strategies and campaigns which advance our business drivers and protect our ability to operate in the market.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and take ownership of the definition of policy positions through a cross-functional approach.
• Advise analysis of positions on regulatory or legislative proposals related to policy issues that impact YouTube’s product and business equities.
• 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 stakeholders and uses this to support the approach, without losing sight of Google’s equities and policy positions.
• Engage, as required, with governments and policymakers on public sector agreements and upcoming regulation impacting our business and products being a trusted advisor to YouTube and Google leadership.
  
  
  

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