Public Policy Manager

Our Client is an American public multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions.

Its most profitable products have come to dominate the commercial office suite market, and the company’s operating system, which has achieved near ubiquity in the desktop computer market. The company has also diversified in recent years into the video game industry as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market.

Their mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. To realize this mission, our customer aims to shape a policy and regulatory environment for cloud computing in the EU that leads to a trusted, responsible, and inclusive cloud.

Public Policy Manager

The public policy manager will support the the team that works towards Sweden Government Affairs in Stockholm. The candidate will join a team driving outreach and engagement on a range of public policy issues, including security, privacy, and cloud policy.
We are seeking a colleague who enjoys working independently but collaboratively in a collegial team environment within a fast-paced and dynamic company, and who is enthusiastic about developing practical approaches to policy issues. The candidate should be capable of assuming and researching vast amount of information, identifying core topics to focus on and should be able to build a solid understanding of Swedish policymaking institutions and build connections among relevant policymakers and influencers.

• Support the Rhythm of the Business for Swedish team which includes planning, execution and progress aligned with global direction
• Monitor, research and identify relevant tech policy matters, stakeholder mapping and produce needed analyses and reports
• Liaise with other European teams our customer operates
• Support on executive visits and provide hands on support on public policy events
• Attend assigned external meetings, produce briefs and represent our customer
• Execute with high integrity

Essential Skills:
• Strong organizational skills & attention to detail but also big picture
• Strong communication skills
• Critical-thinker/problem-solver
• Comfortable working and coordinating cross-group and with external partners
• Use of tools and processes

Essential attributes:

• Solution-and process orientated
• Collaborative
• Interested in technology
• Have the ability to adapt and change based on priorities

Education:

Ideal candidate has minimum 3-year experience in a field with correlating responsibilities such as student organization, policy consultant, policy advisor. We are primarily looking for a candidate with public policy and/or law background.

The candidates we are looking for are fluent in Swedish and English, only candidates with a Swedish work permit already in place will be taken into consideration. The position is going to be based at our clients’ Swedish office in the city center of Stockholm. This is a project position with a length upwards to 18 months depending on the budget and the candidate.

All applications and CV’s must be submitted in English, and as a Word document, in order to be taken into consideration. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please e-mail head of recruitment in the Nordics, stein.dale@venezu.no for questions regarding the position.
Venezu is a temp and recruitment agency that works exclusively with B2B companies in the ICT industry. We focus on the Nordic market and we are looking for motivated and skilled candidates that fit the innovative and can-do environment of our customers.