Government Relations and Policy Manager (North America)

We’re looking for a Government Relations and Policy Manager (North America) on an ongoing basis to advance our policy and regulatory objectives in the U.S and Canada and help us get closer to achieving our mission of lower cost, higher speed and more convenient and transparent cross border payments.You will be based in Washington, D.C. and work closely with our product, banking, public relations and legal teams across North America, with offices based in New York City and Austin, Texas.The team:Over the past ten years, Wise has given millions of people and small businesses the power to handle money better. The Government Relations Team is a small and agile group of GR professionals who prioritize active advocacy and campaigns to achieve our mission.We primarily focus on ways to modernize financial rules and regulations in the U.S. and Canada, to achieve cheaper, faster, more convenient and more transparent international payments for our customers. Key policy areas include: transparency in cross-border payments for consumers and small businesses, and access to payments infrastructure, among others.What you’ll experience:You will be based in Washington, D.C. and report to the Americas Policy Lead, who oversees strategy and policy across North and South America (also based in Washington, D.C.); you will have a high degree of autonomy in how you work to achieve our mission goals. More than 20% of this role’s time will be spent engaging policymakers and federal agencies in Washington, D.C. There will also be scope for geographic expansion in the role depending on your skillset. Working closely with colleagues in Product, Banking, Compliance and Public Relations, you will generate, develop and implement public policy strategy to achieve our regulatory goals.While your main policy stakeholders will be in Washington, D.C., you will travel to other regional offices to align with North America colleagues, as well as internationally for occasional team offsites/company-wide events on a quarterly basis. You will also be expected to play an integral part supporting our Americas leadership team and global C-suite in their external facing responsibilities amongst trade associations and with governments and regulators.