Privacy Senior Analyst, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in policy analysis and campaigns, working on technology issues or the policy environments that surround them.
• 4 years of experience working within government, think tanks, public interest groups, technology industry groups, or corporate public policy organizations.
• Experience in public policy, privacy, and issues relating to surveillance and government access frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to understand trends and develop strategy across issue areas and geographic boundaries.
• Outstanding communicator with the ability to write and present clearly, adapting a message to varied audiences.
• History of policy stakeholder engagement and demonstrated influencing ability.
• Track record delivering impact by contributing to ambitious policy programs.

About the Job

As a member of Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, you’ll be part of a diverse 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.

The Centers of Excellence (COE) organization is the strategic hub within Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), providing issue and functional expertise, horizon-scanning for the policy issues affecting our business, ensuring a central global perspective, and developing strategies and positions for Google’s regulatory and political engagement. Within COE, the Privacy, Safety, and Security (PSS) COE is responsible for this mission in relation to privacy, security, child safety, government access to data, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with these issues.

As a member of the team, you’ll provide policy expertise on a range of issues relating to privacy. In this role, you will shape Google’s approach to diverse policy topics such as law enforcement access to data, surveillance laws, international data flows, and help shape Google’s participation in a range of external forums. You understand the U.S. and global political and regulatory contexts on privacy and government surveillance. You have a keen interest in looking around corners to anticipate the evolution of the policy debate.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $108,000-$158,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Google’s policy strategy on diverse privacy topics such as government surveillance and law enforcement access to data, encryption, international data flows, and a range of questions arising from new privacy laws and regulations, partnering with policy teammates and cross-functional colleagues in the US and globally.
• Analyze current and proposed policies, and identify and monitor privacy policy issues that may affect Google.
• Develop company-wide positions, narratives, collateral, and programming.
• Engage with external stakeholders on legislative, regulatory, and policy initiatives.
• Help shape Google’s participation in external stakeholder forums and working groups, and help shape Google’s engagement with policymakers and regulators.

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