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Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This senior-level, individual‑contributor role focuses on technology policy issues within the UK Global Affairs team (CELA). The successful candidate will bring significant experience in technology policy, government relations, and regulatory affairs.
Responsibilities
* Provides strategic vision and leadership for developing and executing top-priority program frameworks for achieving policy and political goals.
* Leads the formation of Microsoft’s policy agenda and positions on a broad range of issues, including designing and executing strategic campaigns, and identifying strategic opportunities for Microsoft to advance its long‑term goals.
* Provides advice and counsel to executive management on unusually complex and critical issues or matters of concern to Microsoft and the industry.
* Anticipates and addresses novel issues and opportunities facing Microsoft and the industry in a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment and leads the development of associated strategies.
* Directs strategies to ensure regulations and legislation positively impact Microsoft’s products, operations, associates, and customers by collaborating with coalitions and relevant interest groups to achieve desired regulatory or legislative outcomes; negotiates and aligns complex or conflicting policy with Microsoft’s goals and strategy; monitors and responds to complex regulatory issues and new policies.
* Develops and implements strategies for leveraging partnerships with external partners and key influencers to significantly impact the advancement of Microsoft’s policy and political agenda.
* Maintains relationships with key influencers to gather and apply intelligence findings through a network of key senior executives and external stakeholders regarding highly strategic or sensitive issues affecting Microsoft’s long‑term objectives or future issues.
* Advises and partners with senior executives and key/senior‑level external stakeholders to gain buy in on policy positions by providing expertise, strategic vision and anticipating future issues; prepares senior and executive stakeholder for public testimony on complex issues.
* Provides thought leadership and champions cutting‑edge initiatives and solutions that significantly impact the advancement of Microsoft’s long‑term objectives and priorities.
* Determines strategy for developing internal/external events to drive Government Affairs objectives and social media engagement.
* Drives the communication framework and messaging development for Government Affairs to drive and enhance company reputation.
* Leads efforts to create strategic partnerships and coalitions with highly complex governmental and non‑governmental thought leaders (e.g., peer and industry organizations, think tanks, academics, businesses, community leaders) to align stakeholder interests to Microsoft and optimally position them as advocates for Microsoft policy, political, and business priorities; drives strategic long‑term, meaningful relationships with key political leadership and trade/think tanks and looks for opportunities to partner on public policy issues.
* Provides thought leadership for identifying and unblocking potential regulatory issues that prevent access to market opportunities; strategically partners with the Public Sector and other key business/client leads.
* Designs, leads, and collaborates on cross‑group projects that are of strategic importance to Microsoft, or that involve senior executive participation, to develop scalable and sustainable solutions.
* Leads the resolution of competing policy approaches by collaborating with Microsoft senior executives within legal and non‑legal organizations (e.g., how Legal and Engineering would deal with accessibility) to ensure a coordinated approach on issues with Microsoft‑wide impact or high external visibility.
* Collaborates with, and influences, executive‑level stakeholders across the company to educate on government/regulatory requirements and policy landscape implications, guide business and product strategies, identify partnerships to grow the business and ensure alignment of objectives, priorities, and resources.
Qualifications
* Demonstrable experience including significant experience working as a government affairs, public affairs, or public policy expert in government, a multinational organization, a corporate government affairs office, an industry association, coalition or equivalent group or a policy‑focused research institution.
* Demonstrable experience leading Govt Affairs for an organisation or agency.
Preferred Qualifications
* Capability to build and maintain relationships and provide service in a highly matrixed internal organization.
* Ability and skills to conceive, analyze, develop, and execute medium‑to‑long term strategies and campaigns to deal with complex issues of technology, policy, and law, involving multiple issues and players. Ability to work autonomously and with ambiguity will be required.
* Attention to detail and curiosity to learn are key indicators of success.
* Proficient oral, written, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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