Manager, Responsible AI, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience working on technical or related policy, including AI policy.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a technology company, government, NGO or similar organization managing technology policy issues including AI.
• Experience in Government relations to integrate public policy with business strategy.
• Experience working closely with Product or Engineering teams.
• Ability to learn and think about the latest research in AI and societal/ethical implications.
• Ability to understand technical issues.
• Excellent written/verbal communications skills.

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 AI and Emerging Technology Policy team, within the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) Centers of Excellence, develops Google's perspectives on public policy around AI and other emerging technologies and serves as the GAPP issue experts on emerging technical policy. We develop views on the appropriate regulation of AI and other emerging technologies so as to enable their responsible deployment, and we engage with policymakers and experts around those issues.

In this role, you will develop views on other public policies to support ongoing AI innovation such as around research and development policy. You will partner with governments around innovation policy and to highlight how AI can be harnessed to address major societal issues.

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.

Additional Information:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $134,000-$194,000 + 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.

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Responsibilities

• Help define and shape Google’s AI public policy agenda, including our positions around responsible AI policy and regulation.
• Advance thought leadership around AI policy, including engaging with policymakers and experts on how AI should be regulated.
• Work with internal teams to get cross-functional input and support for our public policy positions, and to advise on public policy developments.
• Support Regional teams on AI regulatory files and other AI policy issues.

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