# Senior Manager - EU Government Affairs

**Company**: Spotify
**Location**: Brussels
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Government Affairs
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic candidate to join Spotify's EU Government Affairs team in Brussels as Senior Manager - EU Government Affairs.

The Government Affairs team is responsible for understanding the global and local policy landscape in relation to Spotify's business objectives and advocating on the company's behalf on critical public policy issues. We represent the company before legislators and regulators, interact with civil society and industry, and mitigate potential risks.

In this role, you will be an active member of the team and will provide advice and external advocacy on policy matters that have an impact on Spotify in Europe. You will report to our Senior Director of European Policy and will be based in our Brussels office.

Key responsibilities include:

- Engaging regularly with EU policymakers, including the Commission, Parliament, Council, and policymakers at national level

- Working on priority public policy issues affecting Spotify in the EU, with a focus on platforms and content regulation, consumer rules, and trade and tech regulation in general

- Collaborating with other groups and departments inside Spotify, including legal, licensing, communications, social impact, compliance, and trust and safety, to understand the priorities of internal partners and create approaches to key policy issues that advance the interests of Spotify

- Developing engagement and partnerships with external organizations, such as trade associations and civil society organizations

Requirements:

- 10+ years of experience in EU government affairs, for a government/public authority, a company, and/or a trade association

- Expertise on regulatory issues, especially in the field of platform and consumer regulation

- Excellent understanding of the tech sector and policy, and ability to rapidly understand and master complex policy issues

- Mastery of AI tools, such as Claude, Chat GPT, Gemini

- Strong written and oral communications skills and attention to detail

- Ability to work with a cross-section of stakeholders, including trade associations, companies, and civil society

- Ability to work independently, across time zones and cultures

- Full English language proficiency is required

- Knowledge of an additional EU language (e.g., Dutch, Polish) is a positive asset

This role is based in our Brussels offices and requires occasional in-person meetings. However, we offer flexibility to work from home and ask that you come in three days per week.

## Skills

### Required
- EU government affairs
- regulatory issues
- platform and consumer regulation
- AI tools
- written and oral communications
- attention to detail
- cross-cultural communication

### Nice to have
- Claude
- Chat GPT
- Gemini
- Dutch
- Polish

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