Senior Associate - Policy

• Anticipate technology policy changes and their implications for DSCI membership base and the digital economy in the country; develop and implement strategic advocacy plan to enable favourable outcomes from such policies and to pre-empt adverse regulatory outcomes.
• Undertake qualitative research on nuanced public policy issues pertaining to data governance, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and frontier technologies as part of research projects and to inform DSCI submissions to Government in policy consultations
• Lead industry-wide consultations across sectors to inform DSCI’s submissions to Government and Regulators on public policy issues. Distil industry views, assess business impact and develop alternative policy interventions as part of DSCI’s policy submissions
• Establish and maintain active relationships with stakeholders in the privacy and policy ecosystem- including with DPOs, CISOs, Legal and Regulatory experts, Researchers, Academia, Startups, Sectoral Regulators such as SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, Government Departments and Ministries such as MeitY.
• Represent DSCI at industry forums, policy discussions, conferences, etc. and engage with the ecosystem to advocate for DSCI’s policy stances
• Cross-functional collaboration with DSCI’s membership, communications, and events teams for privacy capacity building of the Indian industry and for hosting policy discussion events as part of DSCI’s flagship events
• Identify opportunities for revenue generation through ecosystem partnerships and engagements on thought leadership such as research reports, white papers, curated policy dialogues, etc.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical Knowledge:

Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving Mindset

Communication Skills:

Self-Reliance:

Stakeholder Engagement:

Revenue Acumen:

Creative thinking:

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

LLB/LLM/Master's in Public Policy/B.Tech from a reputed institute

2 to 5 years of experience in public policy matters associated with technology

Subject matter expert in the domain of data privacy and conversant with the cyber security domain.