Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience working in public affairs, strategic/political communications, political campaigns, or within government.

• 10 years of experience working on technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, law, or relevant industry associations, including AI.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with product or engineering teams, with an understanding of technical issues.

• Experience in government relations, with the ability to integrate public policy with business strategy.

• Ability to learn and think about the latest research in AI and societal/ethical implications.

• Ability to effectively make decisions in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Excellent communication skills.

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 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 tech policy. We develop views on the appropriate regulation of AI and other emerging technologies to enable their responsible deployment, and we engage with policymakers and experts around those issues. We develop views on other public policies to support ongoing AI innovation. We support efforts to partner with governments around innovation policy and to highlight how AI can be harnessed to address major societal problems.

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.

• Help define and shape Google’s AI public policy agenda in Europe and globally.

• Serve as an expert in AI policy issues for European audiences, including engaging with policymakers and experts on how AI should be regulated.

• Work with internal Google and GAPP teams to support our public policy positions and advise on global public policy developments, as well as supporting regional teams on AI regulatory files and other AI policy issues.

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