Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager (Japanese, English)
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience working with national politics, government, think tanks, non-profit, or corporate public policy and public affairs.
- Ability to communicate in Japanese and English fluently as this is a customer-facing role that requires interactions in Japanese with local stakeholders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in politics, public advocacy or the private sector’s government affairs field with knowledge of policy making.
- Experience working in fluid environments.
- Knowledge of Cloud, security, cybersecurity, AI and an understanding of Japan’s geopolitical policy.
- Knowledge of the technology sector or challenges impacting the internet (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, etc.).
- Ability to work as part of a team and with people from a broad range of backgrounds and excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to write and translate complex issues into a language suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.
About the job
As a member of Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you will be part of a diverse global government affairs team, working across regions, product areas, and functions. You will combine creativity and intellectual excellence with the organizational skills to manage various campaigns, projects and initiatives. 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 shape the future of how we use and build technology for everyone. 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, acknowledge 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
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific and US headquarters.
- Develop and execute logistical arrangements.
- Develop and lead public policy campaigns across the full range of policy areas that impact Google Cloud.
- Engage with politicians and policy-makers and share our narratives.
- Build a network across government agencies, trade associations, think tanks, experts and others to support policies that will help create/maintain a user-focused online environment as well as an open internet.
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