APAC Policy and Regulatory Strategist

You will support CertiK's Capital Markets and Policy team in understanding, tracking, and shaping the regulatory environment across APAC. You will turn regulatory developments into clear, actionable intelligence, help produce policy analysis, consultation responses, and regulator-facing materials that anchor engagement with the public sector, and support commercial efforts with institutions. This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role where you will work directly with senior leadership, draft submissions, and see your research shape real decisions both inside CertiK and in wider policy conversations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and enforcement developments across key APAC jurisdictions
• Maintain an internal tracker of consultations, licensing regimes, guidance, and policy signals relevant to digital assets and blockchain security
• Produce clear, well-sourced briefs, memos, and explainers translating regulatory developments into actionable insight
• Research and help draft CertiK's responses to public consultations and requests for comment from regulators
• Prepare reports ahead of engagements with regulators and the public sector and follow up on outcomes
• Support CertiK's engagement with law enforcement and public-sector partners including capacity-building and training materials
• Prepare briefing packs for regulator and law enforcement engagements
• Build research dossiers and market maps for target jurisdictions covering regulatory frameworks, market segmentation, licensing pipelines, competitive and pricing benchmarks, and prospect landscapes
• Handle ad hoc requests

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in law, public policy, international relations, political science, economics, finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in policy, regulatory affairs, financial regulation, management/strategy consulting, a think tank, a law firm, a regulator or public-sector body, or a compliance function
• A solid working understanding of financial regulation and/or the digital asset and blockchain landscape
• Prior exposure to regulators, central banks, international organizations, whether through employment, secondment, or engagement
• Excellent written and verbal English
• Professional working proficiency in an additional Asian language, particularly for reading regulatory sources in the original language
• Strong research, synthesis, and analytical skills to work through primary sources and extract what matters
• Familiarity with the APAC regulatory landscape and ability to navigate differences across jurisdictions
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines with limited supervision
• Proficient user of AI tools to work faster and sharpen output
• Working knowledge of blockchain, on-chain analytics, AML/CFT, or virtual asset compliance concepts
• Hands-on experience drafting consultation responses, policy submissions, or regulatory position papers
• An advanced degree (LLM, MPP, MPA, or equivalent) or a relevant professional certification (e.g., CAMS)