Microsoft Government Affairs Manager 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

220602188

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in government affairs, public affairs, or public policy within government, corporate government affairs office, agency, industry association, coalition or equivalent group or a policy-focused research institution.
• Demonstrable experience in parliament, Ministerial office or political party

Preferred Qualifications

• Technology company experience.
• Capability to build and maintain relationships and provide service in a highly matrixed internal organization.
• Proven ability and skills to conceive, analyze, develop, and execute medium-to-long term strategies and campaigns to deal with complex issues of technology, policy, and law, involving multiple issues and players. Ability to work autonomously and with ambiguity will be an asset.
• Attention to detail and curiosity to learn are key indicators of success.
• Proficient oral, written, presentation and interpersonal skills.

• Advocates for, and manages, policy issues (e.g., social, political, technical), and leads the company’s engagement and campaign with senior internal stakeholders related to government affairs on priority issues, strategies, and programs.
• Contributes to, and develops, Microsoft’s policy agenda and advocacy strategies for top priorities.
• Responds to key strategic issues and recommends well thought-out actions by prioritizing, ensuring alignment with stakeholder positions, leveraging specialists, or escalating matters.
• Manages affairs in rapidly changing and ambiguous political, policy, and industry environments.
• Develops strategies for multiple regulatory and legislative initiatives by serving as a subject matter expert on regulatory and legislative issues to assess their impact on Microsoft goals and objectives; delivers materials (e.g., strategy, policy briefings, other documentation) to internal stakeholders.

Subject Matter Expertise and Influence

• Develops and implements strategies for leveraging partnerships with external partners and key influencers to advance Microsoft's public policy agenda in several key areas.
• Develops and establishes an intelligence network, gathers and analyzes external/internal data and relationship interactions, and shares internal and external intelligence findings in support of Microsoft’s and customers' business objectives.
• Provides counseling on public policy and geo-political or cultural topics to business units related to specific product development or business plans.
• Develops and recommends highly creative solutions for advancing Microsoft policy and political agenda, while managing risks and consequences.

Representing Microsoft

• Participates in internal/external events; supports executive engagement and participation in international events.
• Directs political strategies, provides strategic vision, and develops communication framework and messaging in partnership with Communications team for Microsoft by implementing strategies across diverse stakeholders.

External Relationships

• Builds and maintains a strong, ongoing network and coalition with complex governmental and non-governmental stakeholders (e.g., peer and industry organizations, think tanks, academics, businesses, community leaders) to align interests to significantly advance Microsoft's objectives in key priority areas; builds strategic relationships that position Microsoft as a key trusted advisor to targeted political leadership, trade bodies and think tanks
• Serves as a strategic partner to the Public Sector and other key business leads by supporting sales and market opportunities, building Microsoft's reputation as a globally trusted provider of technology, and assisting in navigating, minimizing, or removing roadblocks in order to drive business results.

Internal Collaboration

• Acts as a subject matter expert for large, critical projects, and may provide direction to teammates or a cross-functional project team, or act as a project lead across country and team lines.
• Resolves complex, cross-group priority conflicts and gains alignment across teams to enable the achievement of shared business objectives; facilitates and coordinates internal business operations within region to raise awareness and facilitate communication and coordination of effort.
• Collaborates with, and influences, senior-level internal stakeholders and subject matter experts within and outside of Government Affairs to ensure a mutual understanding and alignment of objectives, priorities, and resources