Director, EMEA Government Affairs & Public Policy (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote in Europe; must be based in Europe and able to travel frequently across the region

Company

hirify.global provides hardened, secure, production-ready builds of open source software used by engineers and AI agents.

What you will do

• Set and own hirify.global’s European government affairs and public policy strategy.
• Engage governments, regulators, and standards bodies across Europe and the UK, including the European Commission, European Parliament, ENISA, CEN-CENELEC, and ETSI.
• Develop policy positions, consultation responses, written submissions, and public communications.
• Represent hirify.global through direct advocacy, industry coalitions, and trade associations.
• Translate technical cybersecurity and software supply chain concepts into policy language and convert regulatory developments into implications for product, messaging, and customers.
• Build repeatable processes, relationships, and intelligence flows for the European government affairs function, with a path toward leading a team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of directly relevant government affairs or public policy experience in the public sector, a regulatory or standards body, or a comparable private-sector function.
• Experience building or expanding a government affairs program, regulatory initiative, standards effort, or policy strategy through to an outcome.
• Experience engaging senior officials and representing an organization credibly at a senior level.
• Ability to translate complex technical subject matter for policy audiences and communicate effectively with executives, engineers, and government stakeholders.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments with minimal guidance.
• Based in Europe and able to travel frequently across the region.

Nice to have

• Policy or government affairs experience across multiple European jurisdictions.
• Fluency in one or more European languages in addition to English.
• Experience across both public- and private-sector government affairs.
• Familiarity with ENISA, CEN-CENELEC, ETSI, the Cyber Resilience Act, conformity assessment, and EU/UK lobbying transparency registers.
• Experience with cybersecurity, software supply chain security, AI, industry coalitions, or high-growth companies.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, remote-first culture with team meetups and bi-annual destination summits.
• Monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone, and internet costs.
• Stock options upon hire and promotion, with participation in secondary offerings and a 10-year exercise period.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance premiums covered for employees and dependents.
• Flexible time off and paid parental leave of up to 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.