Public Policy Manager

Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Legal, Policy, Trust & Privacy teams help keep users and their stuff safe, protect Dropbox, counsel Dropboxers on challenging problems, and are always synced with the Dropbox teams they work with. We deal with novel issues every day while standing up for users and helping the company and product grow.

Role Description

Dropbox’s Public Policy and Government Affairs team evangelizes Dropbox’s mission of simplifying the way people work together and protecting our users. We aim to promote an open and vibrant digital society and to advance user privacy and data security.

As a member of Dropbox’s Public Policy team, you will have responsibility for developing our global public policy positions on the issues most important to Dropbox, Dropboxers, and our users. You will analyze public policies critical to our business, create and refine Dropbox’s strategic policy positions, prioritize policy interests against business objectives, anticipate future policy issues relevant to our product roadmap, and work in conjunction with our Government Affairs teams to advance our interests with legislators and regulators around the world. You will represent Dropbox in a myriad of settings. You will build advocacy coalitions with our industry partners and civil society. The strength of your relationships with these groups and your policy smarts will enable you to effectively promote Dropbox’s policy interests. To top it all off, you will be experienced at managing crises and rapid change.

This role will report to our Head of Global Public Policy and will be based in Washington, DC, with travel to our San Francisco headquarters and other locations as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop Dropbox’s positions on technology policy issues globally, drive cross-functional consensus around these positions, and craft policy position documents, talking points, and other materials for internal and external communication
• Partner with industry leaders, trade associations, civil society organizations, think tanks, and other external constituents to build support for our policy positions
• Work closely with our global Government Affairs teams to help advocate our policy positions in executive, regulatory, and legislative settings
• Work closely with our Communications team to create and execute compelling communication strategies around our policy priorities
• Monitor and analyze policy issues and developments of importance to Dropbox and provide strategic advice to company stakeholders on these matters
• Partner with product and business teams across Dropbox’s global offices to understand and counsel on the policy implications of strategic decisions
• Exemplify Dropbox values
  
  

Requirements

• Passion for public policy and 3-4+ years experience in technology policy settings
• Experience working with government officials, industry partners, and civil society organizations
• Experience analyzing, drafting, and/or amending legislative proposals
• Skilled at advocating complex policy positions before a wide variety of audiences, persuasively and diplomatically
• Adept at building relationships at the individual level and coalitions at the organization level
• Attention to detail of complicated and nuanced issues, from a policy, business, and relationship perspective
• Guided by a personal integrity that reflects Dropbox’s core values and commitment to our users’ trust
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a fast-paced team environment
• Law degree preferred, but not required
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant prior public policy experience at 1 or more tech company or trade association
• Passion for and deep understanding of US lawmaking and political landscape
• Legal expertise (e.g. junior lawyer)
• Pre-existing relationships with civil society, trade associations and other coalitions, and lawmakers
  
  

Total Rewards

US Zone 1
$152,200—$206,000 USD

US Zone 2
$137,000—$185,400 USD

US Zone 3
$121,800—$164,800 USD

The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role, subject to change.

Please note, OTE are for sales roles only.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation. We target most new hire offers between the minimum up to the middle of the range.

Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current US Zone locations are as follows:

• US Zone 1: San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro
• US Zone 2: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington DC metro, and West Virginia (DC metro)
• US Zone 3: All other US locations
  
  

Dropbox is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in all authorized locations.

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support
• Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.tomaking it easy to book flexible workspaces for collaboration or individual work
• Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Disability and neurodivergence support benefits
  
  

Additional benefit details are available upon request.

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).