Content and Special Projects Manager

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or communications.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently to support stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

• Extensive experience in executive content development (speeches, narratives, social media, video).
• Proven experience reimagining priority events and engagements to reach new audiences across emerging channels, ultimately advancing core narratives.
• Experience identifying editorial storytelling opportunities, staying on top of news and industry trends, or leveraging social media platforms.
• Strong global stakeholder management skills, capable of delivering projects to tight deadlines while marshaling input from teams.
• Outstanding organisational skills with a demonstrated ability to solve problems proactively and rapidly.
• Deep curiosity and a relentless drive to find ways to advance GCPA’s strategy.

About the job:

The Global Communications and Public Affairs (GCPA) team communicates with priority audiences, from creators to developers to media, and other influential voices about Google's mission, its AI-powered products and approaches.

As the Content and Special Projects Manager, you will accelerate GCPA’s communications work by leading the coordination of priority campaigns, tent-pole events, executive visits, and content development. You will drive a rewired communications approach, delivering reputation-enhancing campaigns that reach new and priority audiences. A critical component of this role is overarching content development, requiring you to craft compelling speeches, shape narratives, and produce engaging multimedia content. By cultivating strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and global teams, you will drive best practices and scale impactful campaigns across channels. Ultimately, your work will play a vital role in advancing GCPA’s overarching strategy.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally with teams across the world to devise proactive communications campaigns to advance Google's business and defend the company on product issues and regulatory debates. We're looking for a great communicator and net-worker who can understand complex topics and explain them to priority audiences simply and engagingly.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Google’s priority narratives through proactive multichannel storytelling campaigns and comprehensive content development—including speeches, narratives, briefs, social media, and video—that advance Google’s business and communications objectives.
• Lead the development, coordination, and organization of international executive trips and visits to accelerate key business objectives and amplify reputation.
• Guide a rewired communications strategy for priority events by identifying influential audiences and orchestrating creative plans to engage them.
• Cultivate and own collaborative relationships with executive leadership and global teams to serve as a communications advisor and scale impactful campaigns while coordinating with global teams to deliver priority events, engagements, and materials and lead high-priority projects with tight deadlines.
• Build and own the coordination of priority campaigns, ensuring they are well-structured and organised to empower country teams to campaign for our top priorities.