Public Policy Manager
Dropbox’s Public Policy and Government Affairs team evangelizes Dropbox’s mission of simplifying the way people work together and protecting our users. We aim to promote an open and vibrant digital society and to advance user privacy and data security.
As a member of Dropbox’s Public Policy team, you will have responsibility for developing our global public policy positions on the issues most important to Dropbox, Dropboxers, and our users. You will analyze public policies critical to our business, create and refine Dropbox’s strategic policy positions, prioritize policy interests against business objectives, anticipate future policy issues relevant to our product roadmap, and work in conjunction with our Government Affairs teams to advance our interests with legislators and regulators around the world. You will represent Dropbox in a myriad of settings. You will build advocacy coalitions with our industry partners and civil society. The strength of your relationships with these groups and your policy smarts will enable you to effectively promote Dropbox’s policy interests. To top it all off, you will be experienced at managing crises and rapid change.
This role will report to our Head of Global Public Policy and will be based in Washington, DC, with travel to our San Francisco headquarters and other locations as needed.
Responsibilities- Develop Dropbox’s positions on technology policy issues globally, drive cross-functional consensus around these positions, and craft policy position documents, talking points, and other materials for internal and external communication
- Partner with industry leaders, trade associations, civil society organizations, think tanks, and other external constituents to build support for our policy positions
- Work closely with our global Government Affairs teams to help advocate our policy positions in executive, regulatory, and legislative settings
- Work closely with our Communications team to create and execute compelling communication strategies around our policy priorities
- Monitor and analyze policy issues and developments of importance to Dropbox and provide strategic advice to company stakeholders on these matters
- Partner with product and business teams across Dropbox’s global offices to understand and counsel on the policy implications of strategic decisions
- Exemplify Dropbox values
- Passion for public policy and 3-4+ years experience in technology policy settings
- Experience working with government officials, industry partners, and civil society organizations
- Experience analyzing, drafting, and/or amending legislative proposals
- Skilled at advocating complex policy positions before a wide variety of audiences, persuasively and diplomatically
- Adept at building relationships at the individual level and coalitions at the organization level
- Attention to detail of complicated and nuanced issues, from a policy, business, and relationship perspective
- Guided by a personal integrity that reflects Dropbox’s core values and commitment to our users’ trust
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Great interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a fast-paced team environment
- Law degree preferred, but not required
- Significant prior public policy experience at 1 or more tech company or trade association
- Passion for and deep understanding of US lawmaking and political landscape
- Legal expertise (e.g. junior lawyer)
- Pre-existing relationships with civil society, trade associations and other coalitions, and lawmakers