Lead a team to support them in having outsized impact on the technology policy issues most relevant to the viability of human rights and democracy globally.

Responsibilities

• Co-create and oversee the implementation of Initiative strategy and goals for advancing rights respecting approaches to technology policy and development, making use of Atlantic Council publishing, events-based, convening, and other resources.
• Manage a team of research fellows and practitioners to grow as professionals and operate as a team, while implementing grants, driving strategy, and delivering on program goals.
• Oversee the Initiative’s budget, and lead development efforts to sustain and grow the program.
• Build relationships and collaborate with key government officials and offices, industry representatives, and civil society leaders around the globe.
• Identify key opportunities for policy impact, build actionable strategies for taking advantage of them, and support the Initiative’s existing programs.
• Oversee the strategy for and publication of research that contributes to the Initiative’s mission and advances the ACtech’s overarching goals.
• Maintain coordination mechanisms with civil society and industry working on similar issues.
• Stay current on policy discourse surrounding foreign policy and national security, internet freedom, geopolitics of technology, comparative digital regulation, emerging technology, trust and safety as a field, internet governance, connectivity and infrastructure investments, data governance, digital public infrastructure, and other related issues.
• Represent the Initiative and Atlantic Council in public fora, in the press, and major gatherings.
• Shape the policy relevance of ACtech and DFRLab research by identifying potential areas of inquiry where open source or digital forensic research would be valuable or underreported.
• Represent the Initiative within ACtech, liaise with Atlantic Council senior leadership, and work collaboratively to embed the Initiative’s work with the Atlantic Council’s overarching approach to technology.

Skillset

• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience and demonstrated subject matter expertise.
• Mastery of issues related to tech policy, human rights, geopolitics, and tech industry operations with a global context.
• Experience working with global civil society and government officials.
• Excellent research, writing, and editing skills in English.
• Experience raising funds from a diversity of sources and managing budgets.
• Experience managing virtual and international teams and growing organizations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to work well in a team and deal effectively with individuals ranging from interns to top officials in government and the private sector.

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