Senior Regional Manager, State and Local, Texas and Florida, Government Affairs and Public Policy
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 14 years of experience working on technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, law, or relevant industry associations.
- 5 years of experience in people management.
- Experience working in government relations, government affairs, public policy, political campaigns, lobbying, outreach, or research in the State of Texas.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in state government or leading policy strategy for corporations or third-party organizations.
- Experience with staffing and managing executives, with excellent leadership and collaboration skills.
- Ability to integrate public policy with business strategy and corporate development.
- Ability to track record of successful regulatory discussion and policy achievement within the Texas state legislature and executive branches.
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 the lead Policy Strategist for Texas and Florida, you will be at the forefront of shaping technology policy in one of the most dynamic regions in the country. You will be responsible for developing and executing sophisticated legislative and regulatory strategies on a wide range of issues impacting Google, including artificial intelligence, data privacy, content moderation, energy, competition, cybersecurity, privacy, and the future of work. This is not a traditional lobbying role; it requires a deep understanding of the legislative process and the ability to engage in detailed policy analysis, redline legislation, and discuss directly with policymakers and their staff to achieve our objectives. You will be expected to know the levers of government and how to use them to protect and advance an open and innovative internet.
Google Client Services, an entity within the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team, manages the company’s engagement with executive branch officials, legislators, regulators and third-parties in the formation of public policy in the United States. 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 perspectives with external stakeholders. While we focus on challenges affecting the Internet, our issue areas are increasingly broad and encompass areas where public policy, business, and technology intersect.Responsibilities
- Build relationships with governors’ offices, state legislators, third-parties and others. Establish and implement strategies to communicate policy positions to key constituencies.
- Analyze, and interpret state legislation and regulations primarily in Texas and Florida, with a focus on emerging technology policy issues such as AI, data privacy, and energy.
- Develop and execute comprehensive policy strategies to influence legislative and regulatory outcomes. Draft legislative language, prepare expert testimony, and create detailed policy briefs. Represent Google as the lead policy expert in legislative hearings, and industry roundtables.
- Engage directly in legislative and regulatory discussion with elected officials, committee staff, and executive agency personnel to advocate for Google's official policy positions.
- Advise internal teams on emerging state policies to ensure product and operational success, and build relationships with policy opinion formers and trade associations to support shared regulatory goals.
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