Product Communications Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or
communications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Demonstrated 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 JOB:

As a member of the Global Communications & Public Affairs team, you will work
cross-functionally to help communicate with journalists and other thought
leaders; devise specific communications materials and campaigns; engage in
face-to-face meetings with commentators and other opinion formers; and develop
print and web-based material supporting these campaigns. We're looking for great
communicators who can understand complex issues and explain them in person and
also via well written, simple blog posts, FAQs, video scripts and more. 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. You
are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To succeed in this
role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous projects with
tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at Google, and to do great work, you need
to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally with partners
across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Craft and implement strategic communications plans aimed at enhancing the
reputation of our 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.