Bolt is building a future where people don’t need to own personal cars to move around safely and conveniently. A future where people have the freedom to use transport on demand, choosing whatever vehicle’s best for each occasion — be it a car, scooter, or e-bike.
It is helping over 150 million customers move around in more than 500 cities globally, while also supporting more than 3.5 million drivers and couriers earn a living. The best bit? They are only just getting started. Read more at bolt.eu
Bolt is looking for a Public Policy Manager to manage its regulatory efforts in Thailand.
You will be in charge of guiding the company on all regulatory, compliance and policy matters on a national and regional level.
Ultimately, you will own Bolt’s relationships with a variety of relevant stakeholders in the region including regulators, political contacts and business connections such as fleet and business partners.
Position reports to: Director of Public Policy Africa & International Markets
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading Bolt’s regulatory and political communications in Thailand, travelling frequently as required.
- Providing guidance on complex regulatory and compliance requirements and processes to commercial teams.
- Supporting expansion efforts to other markets and verticals as required either independently or with partners.
- Ensuring Bolt’s operations comply with its licensing conditions (via audits, external assessments etc) and applying for new licences on a recurring basis.
- Drafting annual strategies to achieve defined objectives as agreed with commercial and product teams.
- Helping to draft Bolt’s messaging and corporate communications and supporting responses to incoming media enquiries as they arise.
- Establishing effective relationships with policy-making and regulatory stakeholders.
- Instructing and managing consultant public affairs agencies
Requirements:
- Ideally At least 5 years of professional experience in a legal, compliance, public policy or regulatory capacity. You will likely have spent time managing complex regulations, influencing and changing legislation or working on detailed administrative procedures in a highly regulated environment.
- Demonstrable success in managing regulatory and political risks with tangible examples of results achieved.
- An understanding or interest in learning complex regulatory and licensing procedures related to taxi and private hire for numerous locations.
- Experience of developing and executing sophisticated public policy, regulatory and corporate communications campaigns.
- An excellent writer and communicator – you will be adept at translating complex and overlapping requirements and processes into clear guidance for business colleagues.
- A willingness to travel on a regular basis to meet with local councils and officials.
- The ability to work closely with experts in other fields including legal, compliance and PR.
- Excellent time management, attention to detail and prioritisation skills.
- Confident, articulate, organised, resilient and welcoming of feedback.
- Good political networks in some operational markets or the ability to develop networks as required.
- Experience of and the confidence to represent Bolt to Cabinet level policy-makers.
- Business standard English and Thai.
How to apply
Mavence, the recruitment specialist in the public and government affairs space, has been exclusively retained for this recruitment.
Point of contact for applications or questions is Mr Jason Descamps, Managing Director Global Practice. He can be contacted at jason.descamps@mavence.com
