Senior Policy Manager - Digital Economy DIGITALEUROPE

DIGITALEUROPE represents the digital technology industry in Europe. Our members include some of the world’s largest IT, telecoms and consumer electronics companies and national associations from every part of Europe. DIGITALEUROPE wants European businesses and citizens to benefit from digital technologies and for Europe to grow, attract and sustain the world's best digital technology companies.  

DIGITALEUROPE ensures industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies. DIGITALEUROPE’s members include 60 global corporations and 33 national trade associations from across Europe. In total, 10,000 companies employing two million citizens and generating €1 trillion in revenues. Our website provides further information on our recent news and activities: http://www.digitaleurope.org

DIGITALEUROPE is now recruiting

Senior Policy Manager - Digital Economy

Working closely with the group chair and taking guidance from the director, director-general and other colleagues as appropriate:

• Using the organisation’s vision and mission as a guide; develop the vision and mission for the digital economy policy group
• Develop and manage a strategy, forward activity plan and schedule
• Agree a working modus operandi with the chair, vice chairs and issue group leaders
• Assist and ensure groups reach timely high- quality, well- articulated and clear positions. (use other resources eg writing specialists to assist as required)
• Develop outreach and communications plans for each higher priority issues (use other resources eg communications specialists, event planners to assist as required)
• Develop close working relationships with a network of policymakers, peers and other stakeholders essential to the creation and execution of those strategy and plans

Largely autonomously, but consulting as appropriate and indicated in the modus operandi:

• Execute these outreach and communications plans using members and other staff (eg the director general)  as appropriate

- This will include personally giving speeches, writing articles, attending meetings, arranging events to explain positions etc

• Manage the use of the resources in the team (currently a policy manager and intern(s))
• Help the members of the team to develop professionally
• Ensure the highest quality administrative support
• Manage the team to provide monitoring of relevant developments
• Contribute to the organisational success of DIGITALEUROPE

A high level of skill and experience in:

• leadership: the ability to organise divergent interests around common goals and strategies
• advocacy
• digital economy issues and ideally the digital industry sector
• European policy making
• personal communications skills (written and oral)
• management skills (people, strategies, resources and tasks)
• using communications channels to best effect, including contemporary channels such as social media
• being a team player
• fluent in English

Interested candidates should forward their CV and salary requirements to Marianne Bonfond:Marianne.Bonfond@digitaleurope.org

Deadline for application : December 15 2012