Manager Public Policy

Description

Are you ready to shape how Amazon engages with policymakers at the highest levels of government? As a Policy Manager on our Public Policy team, you'll develop and lead a policymaker engagement program for Amazon's senior executives — driving strategy across state and federal policy priorities and helping set the public policy and advocacy agenda.

You'll work directly with senior leaders to represent Amazon before the highest levels of government, collaborate across public policy and business teams to ensure policy goals are aligned with business priorities, and partner with communications teams to craft policy briefs and talking points on a wide range of topics. This role reports to the Head of Executive Engagement, Public Policy.

This position is based in Arlington, VA.


Key job responsibilities
- Develop and execute a policymaker engagement program for Amazon's senior executives related to policy priorities at the state and federal levels
- Implement strategies to represent Amazon before high levels of government
- Collaborate with public policy and business teams to ensure alignment between business priorities and public policy goals
- Partner with communications teams to draft policy briefs and talking points on a range of topics
- Serve as a thought partner to policy and communications teams, helping to shape engagement strategy
- Ability and desire to travel is required


A day in the life
Your primary focus is building fluency across a wide range of policy issues and turning that knowledge into engagement strategies that support Amazon's senior executives. This is a fast-paced role with frequent quick-turnaround deliverables, often produced on compressed timelines to support senior-executive engagements. You'll spend your time shaping engagement strategy, drafting policy briefs and talking points, and working closely with Amazon's senior executives and communications partners to ensure Amazon is well-represented before policymakers at the state and federal levels.

About the team
You'll join Amazon's Public Policy team, where business priorities and public policy goals come together. The team collaborates closely with Amazon's senior executives, business teams, and communications partners to shape how Amazon engages with policymakers at the state and federal levels. Your work will directly support Amazon's public policy and advocacy agenda.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience in lobbying and/or government affairs

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and online services on tight deadlines
- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
- Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
- Managing policy-related engagements for senior corporate executives
- Absorbing and synthesizing a broad range of policy issues across unfamiliar policy domains, and distilling complex information into clear, persuasive verbal and written communication for a wide variety of audiences
- Producing clear, concise, and thoughtful written materials on tight deadlines, including confidently briefing senior executives and engaging with high-level government and external audiences; prior experience in communications preferred
- Maintaining high levels of ethical conduct, confidentiality, and integrity

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.