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Senior Manager, Canadian Policy and Public Affairs

Waabi· Policy – Policy and Public Affairs
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Hybrid (Toronto, ON)CA$190k - CA$230kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role managing Canadian policy and public affairs, focused on Parliament, federal ministries, provincial governments, and industry coalitions to advance Waabi’s policy priorities for autonomous transportation.

Responsibilities

  • Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships across Parliament, key federal ministries (e.g., Transport Canada, ISED), and all relevant provincial/territorial governments.
  • Track all relevant provincial and federal legislation and regulation and ensure Waabi's priorities are integrated into legislative and regulatory processes.
  • Build out a program to increase financial and operational support from the Canadian government.
  • Represent Waabi within key Canadian industry associations and coalitions, driving consensus and proactively shaping coalition policy positions on critical issues.
  • Lead and oversee the drafting and submission of regulatory comments on federal and provincial rule-makings.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all Canadian policy matters, reporting key developments and strategic recommendations to the Head of Policy.

Qualifications

  • Proven track record working with federal and provincial ministries, including both political and civil service staff.
  • Deep legislative and regulatory know-how at both the provincial and federal levels.
  • Experience serving as a direct ambassador to Parliamentary offices, relevant federal/provincial ministry officials, and industry association leadership.
  • 10+ years of experience in Canadian government relations or public policy.
  • Tech or transportation industry experience.

Skills

Required:Policy and Public AffairsGovernment RelationsRegulatory Affairs

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards
  • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
  • Unlimited Vacation
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office)
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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