Manager, YouTube Business Public Policy

Google•Washington, DC

8h•$181,000 - $247,000

About The Position

As a Business Policy Manager, you will shape YouTube’s policy efforts relating to business policy and emerging products. You will partner with YouTube business teams—including partnerships, marketing, communications, and legal—and Google’s global Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team to execute YouTube’s policy strategy, develop its external narrative around key policy challenges, and advise business teams through a public policy lens. You will develop, organize, manage, and communicate critical plans, initiatives, and strategy, while tracking regulatory proposals and analyzing their potential impact on YouTube’s business. You will manage a global portfolio across multiple markets and help shape YouTube’s policy efforts relating to the responsible development and deployment of new products, features, and policies concerning copyright, AI, music, and subscriptions. You will also help shape pending regulations by educating stakeholders on YouTube’s policies, processes, and tools. The role calls for analytical and organizational skills, effective written and verbal communication, an aptitude for learning, the ability to develop and implement creative ideas, and the discipline to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines. Relevant experience may include working with or in government, NGOs, regulatory agencies, music publishing or licensing, or corporate public policy teams, as well as identifying and gathering insights and communicating complex technology policy issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience working on technology policy issues within government, think tanks, public interest groups, law, or relevant industry associations.
Experience working with product and business teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver an exceptional work product.
Knowledge of current and emerging global public policy trends relating to copyright, AI, music, and subscriptions.
Ability to operate proactively in a fast-paced environment and a strong track record of executing cross-functional projects.
Ability to exercise good judgment in a rapidly changing and sometimes stressful environment.
Exceptional analytical skills, including assessing and negotiating regulatory or legislative proposals and texts.
Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Act as a thought leader in the Government Affairs and Public Policy function, influencing and directing business priorities and translating them into a policy strategy.
Anticipate and define government affairs and policy problems, and craft tailored solutions by researching and assessing different approaches and leveraging new ideas.
Advise senior executives on critical issues and manage the development and execution of policy strategy that directly affects the future direction of government and policy programs at YouTube.
Lead the integration of cross-functional or cross-organizational program timelines, drive program improvements and recommendations, and define operational goals and objectives.
Lead process improvements, drawing on expertise inside and outside YouTube to influence the application of concepts to new areas and challenge conventional wisdom and existing models.
Execute YouTube’s policy strategy in partnership with business teams and Google’s global Government Affairs and Public Policy team.
Develop YouTube’s external narrative on key policy challenges and advise business teams through a public policy lens.
Track regulatory proposals and analyze their potential impact on YouTube’s business.
Help shape policy efforts concerning the responsible development and deployment of products, features, and policies related to copyright, AI, music, and subscriptions.
Educate stakeholders on YouTube’s policies, processes, and tools to help shape pending regulations.