Director, Head of US Public Policy

Available Locations: Washington DC

About the role

Public Policy at Cloudflare

Cloudflare is one of the most dynamic and innovative companies providing services on the Internet. As regulation of the Internet across a number of technologies and jurisdictions is exploding Cloudflare is seeking to be a leader and trusted voice for understanding the implications of these new technologies around the globe. Were looking for a new team member who can help foster our unique corporate philosophy and approach in which the security and privacy of our customers are paramount.

This is a fast-moving work environment with goals that are closely linked to business priorities however policy issues are typically within the areas of cybersecurity AI data protection/privacy and intermediary liability.

What youll do

Cloudflares Public Policy team helps the company by anticipating regulatory challenges acting as an external advocate for Cloudflare on priority policy issues advising our internal teams on public policy challenges and opportunities and identifying opportunities to build relationships with external partners. For our Director Head of US Public Policy were looking for someone who can foster our unique corporate philosophy develop public policy solutions to challenging technology issues and be comfortable giving front line support on issues requiring engagement.

The Director Head of US Public Policy will be primarily focused on addressing US policy issues. Because of the scope complexity and diversity of the companys work our Public Policy team members must be flexible talented and able to work collaboratively across multi-functional teams to find and present policy solutions to carry the Cloudflare narrative and promote the public policy brand externally.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cloudflares government-facing advocacy in the United States.
• Evaluate US policy conversations and legislative developments and work to understand the impact on Cloudflare across its full product set.
• Develop US policy strategy that is aligned with Cloudflares international public policy efforts and global business priorities.
• Participate in and shape Cloudflares engagement with trade associations including building and crafting positioning and key initiatives.
• Develop talking points policy narratives and presentation materials for use at external events and meetings and for other communication purposes (company blog position papers etc.).
• Articulate Cloudflares positioning to relevant policy makers and officials.
• Work to build and maintain relationships with key US policy makers and to find engagement opportunities with business civil society entities and other third party organisations.
• Provide timely updates to colleagues from the Cloudflare Public Policy Legal Trust & Safety Teams and other internal stakeholders.

Desirable Skills Knowledge and Experience:

• BA with strong academic credentials required JD or applicable graduate degree desirable
• 12 years of experience working closely with US federal regulators and officials as well trade associations and industry groups. Experience within a tech or telecoms company is preferred.
• Deep understanding of US laws regulations and policy developments important to Cloudflare as well as associated rule making and legislative processes.
• Experience drafting or substantively reviewing proposed legislative text regulatory comments and formal policy submissions.
• Strong network of US regulators officials peers and industry stakeholders
• Fluency in and proven passion for cutting edge technology.
• Strong communications (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to articulate complex policy issues to executive audiences.
• Curiosity and willingness to experiment with new technologies ways of working and policy approaches.
• Management experience preferred.
• Team player and a sense of humor
• Detail oriented well organized and a sense of initiative
• The ability to manage many issues and engage with multiple teams within Cloudflare

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Washington DC Metro: Estimated annual salary of $238000 - $327000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

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