Public Affairs Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Nigeria

Google is not a conventional company, and we don't intend to become one. True, we share attributes with the world's most successful organizations - a focus on innovation and smart business practices comes to mind - but even as we continue to grow, we're committed to retaining a small-company feel. At Google, we know that every employee has something important to say, and that every employee is integral to our success. We provide individually-tailored compensation packages that can be comprised of competitive salary, bonus, and equity components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial bonuses and rewards.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Public Affairs Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa

Location: Lagos

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 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.
• Experience in working with international teams and cross-functional stakeholders, and in executing strategies to deliver solutions.

How to Apply
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