Senior Strategist of Public Policy in Brussels, Belgium

Microsoft has an immediate opening for a Senior Strategist of Public Policy to contribute to our public policy workstream in the Office of Responsible AI.

Microsoft is committed to ensuring that we develop and deploy our AI technologies in ways that uphold our AI principles and warrant people’s trust. The Office of Responsible AI plays a leading role in this effort as part of Microsoft’s Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) team. With a cross-company mandate, we establish internal policy to enact our responsible AI commitments, support the rollout of our responsible AI program, enable our community of Responsible AI Champs, manage the company’s AI governance commitments, and guide high impact engineering and customer projects. We also contribute to the conversation about new laws, norms, and standards needed to advance responsible AI for the benefit of society at large.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Public Policy Positions.  The Senior Strategist will help develop next-generation public policy positions and frameworks to ensure that effective regulatory guardrails are in place to secure the beneficial use of AI technologies.

• Collaborate with Research, Engineering and Inte r nal Policy Colleagues. The Senior Strategist will collaborate with colleagues who provide scientific and operational foresight on emerging issues and subject matter expertise on implementing each of our AI principles. Our responsible AI ecosystem at Microsoft combines policy and governance expertise with a commitment to research-led approaches that are engineered into the AI systems that we build.

• Collaborate with Legal Colleagues. The Senior Strategist will also collaborate with Legal Counsel focused on supporting Microsoft products and addressing responsible AI regulatory expectations. This partnership will be key to analyzing emerging laws and policies and to understanding trends and opportunities in regulator engagement.

• Collaborate with Global Government Affairs Colleagues . The Senior Strategist will work in close partnership with our Global Government Affairs teams around the world to ensure that public policy trends across geographies are identified in a timely way to help inform the Office of Responsible AI’s planning and prioritization processes. The Strategist will also help develop materials to equip and empower Government Affairs colleagues in their local policy advocacy on responsible AI issues. 

• Collaborat e with External Stakeholders. The Senior Strategist will build and maintain strong, ongoing relationships with external stakeholders and proactively identify opportunities to collaborate on effective regulatory safeguards, recognizing that the development and adoption of effective public policy measures requires deep collaboration with civil society, academia, government, and others across industry.

• Advocate in External Fora . * * The Senior Strategist will be called upon to represent Microsoft externally on a range of issues at the intersection of responsible AI and regulation, which include participation in targeted working groups and initiatives.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Law or a related field AND experience of working in technology, highly-regulated fields such as finance or healthcare,or government on the development of new regulatory concepts and public policy positionsto address complex and rapidly evolving issues at the intersection of technology, law, ethics, and society

• OR experience of working in technology, highly-regulated fields such as finance or healthcare,or government on the development of new regulatory concepts and public policy positionsto address complex and rapidly evolving issues at the intersection of technology, law, ethics, and society

Additional Qualifications

• Responsible AI Experience. Experience in the domain of responsible AI is valued highly. Applicants should have a demonstrated ability to identify existing and emerging sociotechnical issues in the development and deployment of AI technologies andbe able to design effective public policy strategies to address them.

• Regulatory Experience. Experience in crafting regulatory responses for new and emerging domains is valued highly. A deep knowledge of regulatory frameworksand public policy levers around the globe will be critical to success in this role.

• *Stakeholder Engagement: * A proven track record of being able to engage and influence a variety of stakeholders, both within and outside Microsoft. Applicants should have a desire to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes researchers and practitioners from computer science, statistics, social sciences, humanities, and other fields. At least 2 years of experience working in or with a large, matrixed organization.

• *Communication Skills: * Highly developed written and oral communication skills. Proven experience as an external presenter. Must be able to proactively advance company positions through high impact engagement in small group settings.

• Collaborati on *: * A strong record of being an effective team player dedicated to collective successes. The ability to promote cooperation and solve problems in a timely, creative, and professional manner.

• *Agility: * The ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to rapidly changing environments and demands. 

• *Growth Mindset: * A strong record of experimentation, learning from both successes and failures.  

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