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- Identifying the most critical issues for Amazon, and shaping our Public Policy agenda.
- Working with experts across the business (in the UK and globally) to define Amazon's view on the most critical issues. This will involve operating at a senior level across a wide variety of Amazon businesses.
- Shaping and executing our policy strategy – ensuring we engage with the right audiences, at the right time, in the right way. You will personally lead critical campaigns, ensuring we have the right objectives, the right teams and right resources in place to deliver.
- You will be a prominent representative for Amazon externally, engaging at the most senior levels across Government, Parliament, think tanks, civil society and industry groups.
- Acting as a senior advisor to our business leaders, ensuring they are well-sighted on the policy landscape, and our business plans reflects the policy risks and opportunities.
- Working with Amazon's policy teams globally, to collaborate on policy approaches and campaign strategies.
- You will primarily lead work on digital issues, but as a senior member of the team, you will also help to shape our strategy on the full breadth of policy issues relevant to the business. This includes, but is not limited, economic policy, media, sustainability, transport, employment and skills, small business support, customer trust, payments and financial services and regional growth and planning.
- BA/BS required
- Extensive relevant experience of public policy and advocacy. This could be within public administration (government, regulators or institutions), private sector organisations, trade associations or non-governmental institutions
- A keen working understanding of policy-making processes and government relations
- Highly effective oral and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively and comfortably interact at highest corporate and political levels
- Experience of competition or digital regulation policy, for instance, having worked in a regulated industry, the tech sector, or having worked on relevant legislative issues
- Outstanding written communication skills, and proven ability to convey complex arguments in writing
- Ability to identify and understand key technical aspects pertaining to corporate operations in legislative and regulatory proposals, understand business implications, and synthesise policy documents for internal and external customers
- Ability to influence, negotiate with, and persuade others. Must demonstrate strong judgment/decision-making skills, and political acumen
- Ability to take general direction and produce specific results working independently
- Ability to use experience and data to assess and recommend a best course of action even in an ambiguous situation
- Proven track record of successfully working with a wide array of functional groups across an organisation and cultures
- Ability to work at pace, prioritising competing demands
PP Mgr, Competition - London, United Kingdom - Amazon EU SARL (UK Branch)
Description
The PP Manager, UK Public Policy will be a senor figure in Amazon's UK Public Policy Team, shaping our policy and political strategy.
You will work broadly, across the most critical issues in tech.This includes current issues, such as competition, digital regulation and consumer policy, as well as nascent issues linked to new and emerging tech.
Key job responsibilitiesWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
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