About the client
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 lead its regulatory efforts in Portugal.
You will be the key point of contact for local teams, protecting business investments working on legislation, regulation and stakeholder engagement at a national and local level, in close coordination with European business and policy teams.
Position reports to :
Director Public Policy, Western, Southern Europe and EU
Your daily adventures will include:
- Managing and mitigating of political, regulatory and legislative risk
- Designing and executing public affairs strategy including timely engagement with KPIs
- Comprehensive mapping of key stakeholders and establishing effective relationships with policy-making and regulatory stakeholders in target markets
- Message crafting and localisation
- Drafting of position papers, submissions, ‘leave-behinds’, consultation papers and oral advocacy materials, as required
- Providing effective representation of Bolt in meetings with stakeholders
- Taking ownership of the relationship with regulatory authorities
- Taking ownership of relationships with NGOs, civil society groups, users, commuters and safety organizations
- Representing Bolt in relevant industry associations
- Instructing and managing consultant public affairs agencies
We are looking for:
- Strong experience in a public affairs/ public policy capacity. You may not describe yourself as a lobbyist but you have worked in a professional capacity influencing and changing legislation, regulation and administrative procedures
- The successful candidate is likely to come from a corporate in house public policy role, ideally in the tech or transport verticals, or from a regulator/public affairs agency
- Experience of legislative and regulatory processes on a multi-jurisdictional basis
- While not a communications or PR role, an understanding of how political developments impact the media cycle, and vice versa, are required
- Demonstrable successes in public affairs
- The ability to work and create an advocacy agenda in accordance with a strategic governance framework
- Demonstrate Business acumen to underpin the commercial operations
- You are confident, articulate, organized and resilient
- Educated to degree level, likely with some postgraduate
- Good policy networks in some operational markets is an advantage; ability to develop networks a requirement
- Excellent Business standard written and spoken English. Fluency in Portuguese is a must. Additional languages are a distinct advantage
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
