Product Communications Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs

About This Role

This role is for a communications professional within the Global Communications and Public Affairs team, focusing on product communications. It involves working cross-functionally to engage with journalists and thought leaders, developing communication materials and campaigns, and explaining complex issues through various mediums. The ideal candidate is quick-witted, entrepreneurial, intellectually curious, and capable of managing multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Craft and implement strategic communications plans aimed at enhancing the reputation of the products across Asia Pacific, across a range of product areas and topics
• Collaborate with Google Business, Marketing, Product, Legal and other cross-functional teams to create proactive communications strategies and handle reactive media inquiries/escalations to convey Google’s point of view and contribution
• Craft narratives, develop written materials and content, including story pitches, messaging, blog posts and social assets, Questions and Answers (Q&As), presentations and speeches
• Coordinate and facilitate interviews and develop briefing materials to prepare key spokespeople for cross-organizational communication, coaching executives on Public Relation (PR) and external communication to be effective Google spokespeople

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, social and influencer programs, or product communications within the technology or digital media industry
• Experience managing integrated external communications in the digital ads industry
• Experience translating complex technical capabilities into clear value propositions for businesses, creators, or consumers
• Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders across different departments
• Ability to think, plan, and execute on multiple projects simultaneously in an organized fashion
• Capable of working on multiple priorities, creating clear and compelling written materials, managing budgets, and building relationships with multiple key stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About the Company

We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day.