Director, EMEA Government Affairs & Public Policy

Accountabilities:

• Define and own the European government affairs and public policy strategy, including priorities, policy positions, target institutions, stakeholders, and engagement narratives.


• Build and maintain relationships with governments, regulators, standards organizations, and senior officials across Europe and the UK.


• Engage with institutions and bodies involved in cybersecurity and technology regulation, including the European Commission, European Parliament, ENISA, CEN-CENELEC, and ETSI.


• Determine when to pursue direct advocacy versus engagement through industry coalitions and trade associations, and represent the organization in relevant forums.


• Monitor emerging political, regulatory, and standards developments and anticipate how policy debates may evolve.


• Develop policy positions, consultation responses, written submissions, and other materials for government and industry audiences.


• Translate complex technical subjects into clear policy language and communicate emerging regulatory requirements back to internal teams.


• Support Product, Marketing, and Revenue teams with policy insights, credibility, and positioning while maintaining a clear government affairs and policy focus.


• Establish repeatable processes for stakeholder engagement, policy intelligence, and regulatory monitoring across the region.


• Build the foundation for a future European government affairs team as the organization expands.

Requirements

• 8+ years of directly relevant experience in government affairs or public policy within government, a regulatory or standards organization, or a private-sector government affairs function.


• Proven experience building, establishing, or significantly expanding a government affairs program, policy function, or strategic policy initiative.


• Demonstrated ability to develop and advance regulations, standards, policy strategies, or advocacy efforts through meaningful outcomes.


• Experience engaging senior government officials and representing an organization credibly with high-level public-sector stakeholders.


• Strong ability to understand and communicate complex technical subject matter to policy audiences and explain regulatory implications to business and technical teams.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with credibility across executive, engineering, government, and industry audiences.


• Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with limited guidance and a resourceful, action-oriented approach.


• Degree and/or equivalent professional experience in government affairs, public policy, law, technology, or a related field.


• Based in Europe and able to travel frequently across the region.


• Experience managing a multi-country European policy portfolio is highly valuable.


• Familiarity with European cybersecurity regulation and standards organizations, including ENISA, CEN-CENELEC, ETSI, the Cyber Resilience Act, and NIS2.


• Knowledge of the CRA conformity assessment framework, EU and UK lobbying transparency requirements, and European regulatory processes is advantageous.


• Experience working with industry coalitions or trade associations is a plus.


• Understanding of software supply chain security, cybersecurity, or AI policy is strongly beneficial.


• Additional European language skills beyond English are an advantage.


• Experience working within a high-growth technology company and across both public- and private-sector environments is desirable.

• Flexible, remote-first working culture with opportunities for team meetups and bi-annual destination summits.


• Monthly stipend supporting coworking spaces, phone, and internet costs.


• Stock options upon hire and promotion, with opportunities to participate in secondary offerings.


• 10-year exercise period for stock options.


• 100% company-paid health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.


• Flexible time off designed to support sustainable performance and personal well-being.


• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with flexible use during the child’s first year.


• Opportunity to establish a new European government affairs and public policy function with significant strategic ownership.


• Exposure to major European cybersecurity, AI, software supply chain, and technology policy developments.


• International, collaborative environment with cross-functional engagement across executive, technical, product, and commercial teams.


• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

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