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Director, EMEA Government Affairs & Public Policy
Chainguard
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
100% remote
Experience
Senior · 8+ years
Job description
Key details
- Set and own Chainguard's European policy strategy, including priorities, positions, target institutions and officials, and the narrative taken into the policy process
- Engage governments, regulators, and standards bodies across Europe and the UK, including the European Commission (notably DG CNECT and DG GROW), the European Parliament, ENISA, and standards bodies CEN-CENELEC and ETSI, doing the technical work underneath the CRA and NIS2
- Decide where Chainguard shows up through industry coalitions (e.g., DigitalEurope, CCIA Europe, BSA, techUK) versus direct advocacy, and represent Chainguard in those bodies where it adds leverage
- Forecast emerging policy developments relevant to Chainguard, bringing political acumen and the ability to read where a debate is heading before it becomes public
- Develop policy positions, consultation responses, and written submissions, and speak authoritatively on Chainguard's behalf in public and industry fora
- Translate technical concepts into policy language and emerging requirements back into clear implications for messaging and roadmap
- Support product, marketing, and revenue teams with policy credibility and positioning while staying firmly on the policy side of the line
- Build the function by establishing processes, relationships, and intelligence flow that make European government affairs repeatable rather than a series of one-offs
- As the business grows in the region, help build the path toward leading a team
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Requirements & details
- 8+ years of directly relevant experience in government affairs or public policy within a public sector organization, a regulatory or standard-setting body, or a private company with a comparable government affairs function
- Senior official engagement experience, with the judgment and presence to represent a company credibly at that level
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical subject matter for policy audiences and to explain how you do it
- Comfort operating in ambiguity with minimal guidance, and a scrappy, resourceful approach to reach and impact
- Excellent written and verbal communication; credible with executives, engineers, and government stakeholders alike
- A degree and/or equivalent years of experience in the field
- Based in Europe and able to travel frequently across the region
- Preferred: A multi-country portfolio: policy work or government affairs relationships built across several European jurisdictions
- Preferred: Fluency in one or more European languages in addition to English
- Preferred: Experience across both public and private sector government affairs
- Preferred: Familiarity with ENISA, CEN-CENELEC, ETSI, and the major cybersecurity drivers regulatory and standardization bodies on the continent
- Preferred: Familiarity with the CRA's conformity assessment framework (risk classes, notified bodies) and with EU/UK lobbying transparency registers
- Preferred: Experience representing a company through industry coalitions or trade associations
- Preferred: Fluency in software supply chain security, cybersecurity, or AI subject matter
- Preferred: Experience at a high-growth company
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