Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a business, media, technology, or non-profit environment.
• Ability to speak and write in English and French fluently.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing a third-party external communications agency.
• Understanding of technology and business priorities/strategies and how to make an impact within multiple products and business areas.
• Ability to work with colleagues in different countries and understand cultural differences.
• Ability work efficiently with a global team of colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders and think, plan, and execute on multiple projects simultaneously in an organized fashion.
• Ability to maintain good judgment in fast-paced environments with many obligations and escalate appropriately.

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.

As a Global Communications and Community Affairs Manager, you will leverage knowledge in consumer and business communications, align work with the overall business strategy, and provide direct communications support for executives. You will also work across our product and corporate communications areas to interact with journalists and other thought leaders. In addition, you will develop material to support campaigns for the French and English audiences in Quebec and wider Canadian audiences.

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

• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Policy, Development, and Product teams to communicate the wider Google Canada narrative to media in Quebec and support policy and business objectives.
• Work closely with our business-to-business and business-to-customer teams to showcase how Google helps Quebec businesses and culture through our various platforms.
• Uncover unique Quebec storytelling opportunities to spotlight local talent and Google’s presence in Quebec.   
• Manage engagement with Quebec journalists and commentators and act as a spokesperson for various company announcements and issues.
• Provide the Canada Communications team with counsel and support for reaching the Quebec audience when developing national campaigns/content.