Job Description
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
The LinkedIn Legal & Public Policy Team is made up of legal and policy professionals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets who have set an extremely high bar for providing legal and policy solutions. If you like smart, witty, and motivated people, you will fit in well with the Legal & Public Policy Team.
We are looking for a passionate, authentic, and highly motivated Public Policy leader to represent LinkedIn in the UK. As LinkedIn’s Senior Public Policy & Economic Graph Manager, you will actively influence public policy on some of the most pressing issues around technology and the future of work. You will represent the company with UK policymakers and officials as well as contribute towards our broader global policy strategies and campaigns.
Based out of our UK office in Farringdon, you will also work with a cross-functional team of LinkedIn employees across the globe as well as with leaders across the company to advance policy positions that benefit our members and help accomplish our mission and vision.
The role will involve frequent, in-person meetings in London in Whitehall and with regulatory agencies such as Ofcom.
Responsibilities :
Deliver a UK public policy and government affairs strategy that enables LinkedIn to pursue its vision, mission, and business strategy;
Represent LinkedIn externally to UK policymakers and other key external stakeholders and build positive relationships with key influencers;
Work with industry partners, non-profit groups, and other policy influencers to promote and build support for LinkedIn;
Actively monitor relevant policy and regulatory proposals in the UK and formulate strategies, in collaboration with colleagues, to help shape outcomes;
Prepare and deliver executive communications about policy developments and engagement plans for senior- and executive management.
Work closely with LinkedIn’s global and regional teams to ensure consistency, coordination, and effectiveness in achieving our global public policy and government affairs goals;
Engage proactively with policy makers and influencers to highlight LinkedIn’s impact on the UK economy and its vision of its Economic Graph.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years experience in the UK digital tech policy space with strong regulatory and/or political engagement expertise
Preferred Qualifications:
Deep knowledge of online safety and AI policies and strong prior experience of engaging with lawmakers and regulators on these issues
Solid experience in producing briefing docs, consultation responses and white papers
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
Exceptional written and oral communications skills with a talent for turning complex issues into ones that a busy layperson understands easily
Ability to partner and collaborate across teams in a multinational organization
Strategic and entrepreneurial self-starter
Integrity-driven, collaborative team player
Results-driven and detail-oriented
Strong industry and policy stakeholder networks
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