Public Affairs Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Nigeria

Job Description

• 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.
• In this role, you will lead efforts across narratives development and writing; go-to-market strategies development and execution; stakeholders engagement; event planning and execution; and community outreach.
• You will coordinate with the Emerging Markets Government Affairs and Public Policy team, the business and product organizations, and cross-functional partners to execute our policy strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and measure a public affairs strategy.
• Develop ways to engage policymakers and stakeholders on matters affecting Google’s products, its contribution to society, and responsible stewardship.
• Work with the Government Affairs and Public Policy team and other internal stakeholders to develop and execute a global Public Affairs strategy, with particular emphasis on business growth drivers such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, and personalization of services.
• Shape messaging strategies and draft communications.
• Engage with policymakers, industry players, think tanks, and ideas formers to help shape policy dialogue.

Requirements
Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in policy analysis and campaigns, with working on technology issues or policy environments.
• Experience working with Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) policy or public affairs related issues.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with working on public affairs, political communications or tech policy issues within government, public interest groups, the private sector, or a related industry associations.
• Experience in working with international teams and cross-functional stakeholders, and in executing strategies to deliver solutions.
• Experience in managing core tech policy issues with the knowledge of Internet technologies and the policy environments.
• Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement and to operate in a changing environment.