Policy Manager, Copyright, Media, and News, Government Affairs and Public Policy

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.

This is a global team, working across geographies, business areas and functions to help shape Google’s approach to content regulation and the future of the open web.

In this role, you will be part of a global team focused on policy and regulatory issues related to copyright, intellectual property and liability, and media/publishers, including issues related to Artificial Intelligence. In doing so, you will partner with product, legal, communications, government affairs, and trust and safety teams across the company to develop and execute our policy strategy, analyze and respond to new legislative and regulatory proposals, and craft our external narrative on key policy issues. You will provide subject matter expertise to internal stakeholders working on these issues and represent the company with government legislators and regulators, third-party experts, civil society organizations, and industry groups.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$205,000 + 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

• Lead US strategy on the defense of fair use (federal and state), including influencing government action (e.g., U.S. copyright office reports) and promoting good copyright policies overseas.
• Serve as the Americas Regional Policy Lead for copyright and AI, media, and news, driving proactive advocacy and education strategies to shape emerging legislation across LATAM and Canada.
• Architect and implement the global policy on piracy and site-blocking, modernizing frameworks to address the emerging intersections between managing piracy and AI training.
• Act as the global policy authority on emerging issues around likeness and voice, ensuring digital replica policies are driven as a centralized, company-wide objective.
• Support outreach and engage directly with policymakers, regulators, industry players and key opinion formers in thoughtful dialogue on copyright, digital replicas, and media policy issues.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years of experience working on technology or content policy issues within industry, government, think tanks, public interest groups, or industry associations on issues related to copyright, intellectual property, and media/publisher policy issues.
• Experience in copyright or media/news policy issues across the Americas.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with international teams and a variety of stakeholders, developing rich relationships internally and externally.
• Knowledge of US fair use doctrine and its application to emerging technologies, including AI and digital replicas.
• Track record of managing global policy issues, particularly concerning international anti-piracy efforts and cross-border IP enforcement.
• Ability to help solve problems with multiple approaches to reach an optimal solution.
• Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement and to lead and evaluate issues independently.

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