Manager, Public Policy

Job description

Are you ready to shape how Amazon engages with policymakers at the highest levels of government? As a Policy Manager on our Public Policy team, you'll develop and lead a policymaker engagement program for Amazon's senior executives — driving strategy across state and federal policy priorities and helping set the public policy and advocacy agenda.

You'll work directly with senior leaders to represent Amazon before the highest levels of government, collaborate across public policy and business teams to ensure policy goals are aligned with business priorities, and partner with communications teams to craft policy briefs and talking points on a wide range of topics. This role reports to the Head of Executive Engagement, Public Policy.

This position is based in Arlington, VA.

Key job responsibilities

- Develop and execute a policymaker engagement program for Amazon's senior executives related to policy priorities at the state and federal levels

- Implement strategies to represent Amazon before high levels of government

- Collaborate with public policy and business teams to ensure alignment between business priorities and public policy goals

- Partner with communications teams to draft policy briefs and talking points on a range of topics

- Serve as a thought partner to policy and communications teams, helping to shape engagement strategy

- Ability and desire to travel is required

A day in the life

Your primary focus is building fluency across a wide range of policy issues and turning that knowledge into engagement strategies that support Amazon's senior executives. This is a fast-paced role with frequent quick-turnaround deliverables, often produced on compressed timelines to support senior-executive engagements. You'll spend your time shaping engagement strategy, drafting policy briefs and talking points, and working closely with Amazon's senior executives and communications partners to ensure Amazon is well-represented before policymakers at the state and federal levels.

About the team

You'll join Amazon's Public Policy team, where business priorities and public policy goals come together. The team collaborates closely with Amazon's senior executives, business teams, and communications partners to shape how Amazon engages with policymakers at the state and federal levels. Your work will directly support Amazon's public policy and advocacy agenda.