APAC Policy Manager
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Posted on:
10-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Ethereum Foundation
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the Ethereum ecosystem in realizing the potential of Ethereum as an open neutral infrastructure for the practice we dynamically allocate resources to critical projects when needed and step back when others can take the lead.
Role Overview
The APAC Policy Manager will track critical regional and national policy developments across the Asia-Pacific region translate complex issues for technical and ethereum community audiences and coordinate relevant ecosystem policy strategy. Youll build strategies resources and processes that enable others (e.g. local associations civil society researchers and builders) to engage effectively and responsibly; while the Ethereum Foundation remains focused on convening education and information-sharing.
What Youll Do
- Convene and maintain a trusted network of APAC stakeholders (researchers client teams standards participants civil society academic labs and technical communities) to share policy context risks and research.
- Produce neutral high-quality explainer materials (briefs primers FAQs annotated bill trackers) that clarify implications for open infrastructure and builders.
- Curate regular APAC policy digests and issue trackers; host knowledge-sharing calls workshops and public-interest teach-ins.
- Convene coalitions of aligned stakeholders to support shared educational or awareness-raising campaigns.
Strategy & preparedness (non-lobbying)
- Map priority policy files government consultations and regulatory timelines across key APAC jurisdictions.
- Develop ecosystem-level readiness plans and frameworks to anticipate and respond to new developments.
- Identify research gaps; commission or coordinate neutral research to inform public dialogues.
- Create playbooks and templates that independent groups can adapt for their own advocacy and engagement.
Internal translation & guidance
- Brief EF leadership and technical teams on relevant APAC developments scenarios and potential ecosystem impacts.
- Translate technical realities (consensus client diversity L2s/rollups security privacy) into accessible narratives for non-technical audiences.
- Partner with comms to publish educational resources (blogs explainers visualizations) that elevate public understanding across the region.
Standards & multistakeholder participation (educational posture)
- Track relevant international and regional standards activity and coordinate community participation where appropriate.
- Support open workshops and roundtables that surface key stakeholders and reduce information asymmetry between regional actors.
Program building
- Establish lightweight processes for sourcing input from the ecosystem and maintaining a public repository of resources tailored to APAC audiences.
What Youll Bring
- 7 years in legislative staff public policy or regulatory affairs (tech financial regulation digital infrastructure or adjacent).
- Strong grasp of APAC policy environments including how regional coordination bodies and national processes interact and ability to track multi-jurisdictional timelines.
- Exceptional ability to create clear neutral and technically informed materials for varied audiences.
- Comfort engaging with developers and researchers on blockchain concepts (client diversity consensus rollups/L2s cryptography/privacy MEV) and translating them into accessible materials.
- Skilled convener who builds trust across diverse stakeholders; excellent meeting design and follow-through.
- Excellent English and Mandarin and proficiency in another major regional language is a strong plus.
- High integrity public-interest mindset and respect for open-source communities.
Nice to Have
- Prior work in crypto/web3 or adjacent open-source ecosystems.
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects or standards efforts.
- Existing networks with government regional think tanks civil society academic groups or technical standards bodies in APAC.
- Experience producing public educational content (reports visuals microsites workshops).
- Technical background
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Legal Drafting
- Communication skills
- Computer Operation
- Business Management
- Pricing
- Research Experience
- Information Security
- Project Management
- Administrative Experience
- Public Speaking
- Data Analysis Skills
- Writing Skills
About Company
The Ethereum Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to enabling better human coordination. The Foundation nurtures the Ethereum protocol and community by supporting research, projects, and events.
