APAC Policy Manager
About the Role
You will track regional and national policy developments across the Asia-Pacific region, translate complex blockchain and technical issues into accessible materials, and coordinate ecosystem-level policy strategy. You will convene stakeholders, produce explainers and issue trackers, develop readiness plans, brief technical teams and leadership, support standards participation, and establish processes and public resources for APAC audiences.
Requirements
- 7+ years in legislative staff public policy or regulatory affairs in tech financial regulation digital infrastructure or adjacent
- Strong grasp of APAC policy environments and 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 including client diversity consensus rollups L2s cryptography privacy and MEV
- Skilled convener with excellent meeting design and follow-through
- Excellent English and Mandarin with proficiency in another major regional language as a strong plus
- High integrity public-interest mindset and respect for open-source communities
Responsibilities
- Convene and maintain a trusted network of APAC stakeholders
- Produce neutral high-quality explainer materials such as briefs primers FAQs and annotated bill trackers
- Curate regular APAC policy digests and maintain issue trackers
- Host knowledge-sharing calls workshops and public-interest teach-ins
- Convene coalitions of aligned stakeholders to support educational or awareness campaigns
- Map priority policy files government consultations and regulatory timelines across APAC jurisdictions
- Develop ecosystem-level readiness plans and frameworks
- Identify research gaps and coordinate neutral research to inform public dialogues
- Create playbooks and templates for independent groups to adapt for advocacy and engagement
- Brief leadership and technical teams on APAC developments and potential ecosystem impacts
- Translate technical realities (consensus client diversity L2s rollups security privacy) into accessible narratives
- Partner with communications to publish educational resources and visualizations
- Track international and regional standards activity and coordinate community participation
- Support open workshops and roundtables to surface stakeholders and reduce information asymmetry
- Establish processes for sourcing ecosystem input and maintain a public repository of APAC resources