Program Manager, Government Contracts and Political Law Compliance

The Political Law and Government Contracting team within the Ethics and Business Integrity organization is responsible for developing and enhancing governance processes to improve efficiency, transparency, and control, as well as ensuring alignment with Google’s ethical standards and compliance with key U.S. federal, state, local, and international laws and regulatory requirements. In fulfilling this mandate, the team collaborates closely on planning, execution, and governance with control partners across Product Areas, Legal, Risk and Compliance, Engineering, Security, and Privacy teams to ensure a unified approach to global government contracting integrity and compliance with campaign finance and other election laws.

As a Program Manager, you will design, own, run, and optimize programs for the Political Law and Government Contracting team.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $136,000-$197,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong working relationships and effectively partner with key stakeholders and subject matter experts across the organization to accomplish global compliance goals.
• Administer essential programs to address government contracts compliance requirements across federal, state and local, and international jurisdictions.
• Own and maintain compliance programs related to campaign finance compliance, global elections, and other political law risk areas.
• Identify and educate control owners to agree on interim and end-state governance and control requirements (e.g., Federal Acquisition Regulation / Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (FAR/DFARS), international sovereignty mandates).
• Propose controls for integration into the continuous controls monitoring dashboard and collaborate with a team of control owners to establish global standards and processes.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in compliance, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with controls governance, risk management, control requirements, and best practices for audits and controls, foundational knowledge of general risk management practices.
• Familiarity with AI tools.
• Knowledge of government contracts or political law compliance.
• Understanding of legal or compliance risk, how it relates to business risk, and the ability to evaluate control effectiveness within a regulated context.
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and internal Google tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Austin, TX, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year