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A Public Policy Manager to support government relations across central and eastern Europe, with a focus on Hungary, Slovenia, Romania and Ukraine.

The person in this role is a key member of a multi-skilled campaign team, defining policy goals and positions, co-shaping and implementing the client´s strategy and representing the company in conversation with external stakeholders.

You will be working alongside other functional experts who support those goals through content, community engagement and media relations.

The role is also working in partnership with relevant cross functional teams.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in regulatory or political work in a relevant business or non-governmental organisation, or in a political, governmental or regulatory context. This role will report to the Senior Public Policy Manager for DACH/CEE.

About the role:

• Support the Campaign Lead in developing political strategies and priorities, advise on local needs, plan relevant activities and design policy positions across these geographies
• Identify partnership and alliance opportunities - new potential partners and partnerships programmes - work with partners to develop MOU's, work with internal teams to deliver on partner MOU's and maintain partner/stakeholder relationships
• Establish new and maintain existing relationships with an extensive network of political contacts on federal state level, and in the national government
• Act as representative in meetings with government and political stakeholders, in coalitions and collaborations to advance our advocacy initiatives, including crafting and negotiating language for legislation, drafting comments on administrative registrations, and authoring issue briefs and position papers
• Advise our teams on public policy matters to guide development of products, services and policies and manage the operational implementation of national and local policy proposals and legislative measures, working with colleagues in our legal and California-based product teams
• Engage in research, writing and other activities to provide analysis and critical thinking on developments affecting our priorities
• Monitor legislation and regulatory matters and advise the company with respect to policy challenges
• Manage the consultants who provide on-the-ground support, ensuring that they are properly briefed and engaging energetically in line with the agreed strategy
• Flag local policy issues that may have pan-regional implications, and work with colleagues elsewhere in Europe and in San Francisco to develop global solutions and approaches as required

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience working with complex political or regulatory issues in a relevant business or non-governmental organisation, or in a political, governmental or regulatory context (Ideally, this experience has been built in travel, urbanism or technology)
• In this role you must be skilled in policy engagement with a wide variety of external stakeholders at national and regional but also at local and city level - able to work proactively with elected officials, governments as well as administrative bodies to help stakeholders understand the contribution of the collaborative economy to sustainable tourism
• Excellent knowledge of the political landscape and legislative processes in CEE are mandatory (Knowledge of EU regulation is an advantage)
• Experience of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Highly organised and able to stay on top of multiple projects simultaneously, while staying focused on overall strategic goals
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues, and understand how these can be managed using a broad range of campaigning strategies
• Expert communicator with great interpersonal and presentation skills
• Fluent English and one other CEE language (like for example Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Ukrainian) are required

For over 30 years, Nash direct has been helping remarkable people to win exciting roles at world-leading technology companies in Germany. Our Mission is to give our employees the best possible experience in working with us.

Interested? Then we would love to receive your application and we guarantee a quick feedback!

For more information on the role please get in touch with Marlena Marzano Monterosso.

Marlena Marzano Monterosso