What Jobs are available for Policy Manager in the United Arab Emirates?

Overview

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At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

Coinbase is leading the expansion of digital assets into the financial mainstream. We are building a world-class Policy team to lead Coinbase’s engagement, advocacy, and outreach efforts with policymakers around the world. In this role, you will be a key member of the Policy team, at a company where disruptive technologies and unconventional thinking are the norm.

• Conduct policy and legislative research that reflects the policy team’s priorities and contributes to critical policy outcomes.
• Identify and recommend proactive strategies on policy issues affecting Coinbase in the UK.
• Support the Policy team on regulatory whitepapers, consultations, and thought leadership.
• Serve as an interface for government relationships in the UAE.
• Develop position papers and advocacy documents to support advocacy goals, align policy positions across key functions, and ensure consistency in messaging across the company on core policy issues.
• Monitor and analyze policy trends for the company; succinctly synthesize information for internal audiences on potential policy and regulatory developments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues on external policy communications.
• Cross functional collaboration to strategically support the company’s international expansion.

• 7+ years of experience in public policy management or a government role.
• Know-how in the area of financial services and technology.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and effectively interacting with UK lawmakers and regulators.
• Experience advising Product and Engineering teams to consider and operationalize policy considerations as part of their business roadmaps.
• Superlative research, writing and communication skills.
• Enthusiasm for working on novel issues in a turbocharged environment, combined with a proclivity for proactive collaboration when problem solving.
• A strong interest in digital assets, crypto markets, and blockchain technology.
• High-EQ and a passion for acting like an owner.

• Work experience in a legislature or financial regulator

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Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

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Total Rewards & Policy Specialist (UAE National)

Ensure compliant benefits, entitlements and conditions of employment in line with industrial instruments and international labour law requirements.

Design and implementation of innovative reward and HR policies in the UAE and internationally.

Act as main contact for escalations relating global and UAE HR policies, international employment contracts and country-specific compensation and benefit queries.
Conduct policy, compensation and benefits benchmarking and analysis across different countries as and when required and using various data sources.
Prepare detailed reports and recommendations for senior management.
Development of employment contract templates in the UAE and internationally in collaboration with Legal.
Development and update of country Pay and Benefits Manuals and Employee Handbooks, where required, ensuring alignment with company policies, legislative requirements and industry best practices.
Formulate recommendations for compensation adjustments for internationally based employees as part of annual country review cycle.
Design compensation and benefit frameworks for start-up stations by liaising with Legal and HR Business Partners and utilising external benchmarking data to ensure Etihad is positioned well to attract and retain the best talent in new markets.
Support various reward projects and day-to-day activities such as survey inputs, data analysis, review of collective labour agreement and employment conditions, validation of Payroll pay elements and system configuration for compliance with country requirements etc.

• Bachelor’s level education in a Business or Human Resource discipline with a good background in employment laws preferred
• Experience in compensation, benefits and international policies and labour law requirements gained over a period of at least 5 years. At least three years working experience for a Company with an international network.

Etihad Airways is the national airline of the UAE. It flies to destinations across the world and is recognized for its service excellence.