Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of communications experience in a business and media environment.
• Experience building relationships with media, writing external communications, working with social media creators, podcasters and shaping communications strategies.
• Experience serving as a communications partner to senior executives and leadership teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with consumer technology at a multi-product company as a senior communications leader.
• Management experience in large multinational enterprises, including in managing change.
• Solid understanding of consumer and ad tech and policy landscape, including artificial intelligence, online safety, privacy, and security.
• Ability to build well-developed media and influencer relationships across consumer, business, and technology press in ANZ.

About the job

As Google’s Director of Communications for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), you will be expected to drive an integrated comms strategy internally and externally, manage and grow a team of communications professionals, work cross-functionally to communicate with journalists, creators and other thought leaders, devise specific communications materials and campaigns across the countries.

You’ll lead a team in telling clear stories about our products, distinctive company culture/values, and our approach to the big policy issues affecting us and our industry.

You’ll manage numerous projects at once, from preparing concise written materials that communicate key messages, to managing multi-product campaigns and budgets, agency partners and maintain relationships with key thought leaders (editors, creators and others).

As a key member of the Google ANZ Management team, you will work with senior sales, product, policy, legal and marketing leads to help set a clear narrative and strategy for people to have a clear understanding of our business.

The role takes responsibility for all communications activities for Google in ANZ.

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

• Create long-term multi-channel communications and storytelling campaigns about our products and projects.
• Develop close, productive relationships with editors, creators, influencers, product reviewers and our key partners in ANZ.
• Train and provide advice to executives and senior leaders for press conferences and media interviews. Manage PR agencies to help support day-to-day inquiries, special projects, events inquiries, and events.
• Innovate how we get our message out to key audiences and apply AI to increase our impact.
• Lead and develop a team of experienced communicators and manage team budgets and operational strategy.