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Director, Policy Strategy
Mozilla
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Lead a small global team of product policy experts.
- Collaborate closely with Mozilla’s regional government relations leads in the US and Europe.
- Partner with cross-functional colleagues in Product, Engineering, Legal, Communications, and Marketing.
- Drive the planning and development of policy positions on core product concerns in areas such as privacy, competition, advertising, AI, and security.
- Identify the regulatory trends that should be a priority for our work which align with our long term product vision and Manifesto.
- In partnership with the regional government relations teams, manage multi-stakeholder campaigns from conception through execution, aligning product policy advocacy with Mozilla’s ethos and product goals, specifically around privacy-preserving advertising, security, responsible AI, choice and competition.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to product, engineering, legal, marketing and comms teams, embedding policy understanding and considerations into product design, roadmaps, and launches.
- Identify policy risks and opportunities early in the product lifecycle and translate complex technical concepts into policy narratives and advocacy positions for internal and external use.
- Represent Mozilla in high-level discussions with policymakers, regulators, and civil society.
- Build trusted partnerships across the global tech policy ecosystem, including with peer companies, industry associations and civil society.
- Drive Mozilla’s thought leadership through public speaking, media commentary, and publications.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a small distributed team of product policy professionals.
Requirements
- Subject matter expertise and experience in one or more priority policy areas for Mozilla: privacy, competition, advertising, and AI - and demonstrate the ability to get quickly up to speed on others.
- Degree in public policy, law, international affairs, or related field.
- 12+ years of leadership experience in technology policy roles (public or private sector).
- Proven track record of influencing policy outcomes in multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong strategic thinker with experience shaping product roadmaps in light of policy environments.
- Excellent communicator with ability to translate technical concepts for policymakers and vice versa.
Benefits
- Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
- Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
- Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
- Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
- One-time home office stipend
- Annual professional development budget
- Quarterly well-being stipend
- Considerable paid parental leave
- Employee referral bonus program
- Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc.varies by country
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
policy developmentregulatory analysisstakeholder managementproduct advocacypolicy risk assessmenttechnical translationthought leadershippublic speakingmedia commentarypublications
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringrelationship buildinginfluencingteam managementproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
degree in public policydegree in lawdegree in international affairs
