Senior Manager, Public Policy

Senior Manager, Public Policy - RING

Amazon Services LLC

Washington, DC

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctor or Master’s preferred.

Basic Qualifications:

At least 8+ years of public policy experience with a keen working understanding of consumer protection, data privacy and security, and consumer electronics.

Experience interacting with law enforcement stakeholders and community and civil society organizations.

Strong skills in advocacy and using spoken and written rhetoric to persuade and inform.

Demonstrated experience working within government, companies, consultancies, trade associations, or equivalent organizations.

Prior experience with steep learning curves.

Ability to effectively communicate complex information to a wide variety of audiences.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Ring Public Policy, who will report to the Senior Manager, Federal Public Policy. The Senior Manager will be responsible for developing and executing public policy and advocacy priorities on issues in support of the policy needs of Ring, a home security company and subsidiary of Amazon. The Senior Manager will represent Amazon before state and federal policymakers, executive branch agencies, law enforcement, and community organizations. The Senior Manager also will coordinate advocacy work on these issues with external consultants, trade associations, and other relevant stakeholder groups.

The Senior Manager will work collaboratively and transparently with Ring and others in public policy, legal, PR, and business units to ensure alignment between business priorities and public policy goals. The Senior Manager will assess and communicate potential government activities back to the business, develop mitigation or enhancement strategies and positions, and help coordinate external advocacy efforts, outreach programs, and key initiatives in concert with business objectives.

This position is based in Washington, D.C.

Preferred Qualifications:

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

Highly effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively and comfortably interact at all corporate and political levels; create factual, relevant and easily understandable talking points and other messaging; and persuasively deliver messaging to relevant audiences.

Interject points intelligently, concisely, and in a friendly way.

Maintain highest personal levels of ethical conduct, confidentiality, and integrity, with strongest professional reputation in the industry.

Self-starter who can take general direction and produce specific results.

Ability to identify and understand key technical aspects pertaining to corporate operations in legislative and regulatory proposals, understand business implications, and synthesize policy documents for internal and external customers.

Think critically, process data from multiple sources, forecast potential scenarios, prioritize based on probability and desired outcome, and recommend a best course of action.

Ability to influence, negotiate with, and persuade others. Be flexible and demonstrate strong judgment/decision-making skills, and political acumen. Ability to intelligently build a course of action, analyze trade-offs, and make recommendations even in ambiguous situations.

Personal Qualities:

Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:

Exhibits excellent judgment

Hires great people. Develops great people.

Has relentlessly high standards

Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution

Expects and requires innovation of her/his team

Thinks big and has convictions

Is action and results oriented

Is highly analytical and structured

Has the ability to inspire passion in others

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation