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Public Policy & Government Relations

Tempo· Legal
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RemoteFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Tempo’s first policy and government relations hire to build and lead federal and regulatory engagement in Washington, shaping policy for stablecoins, digital payments and agentic commerce while collaborating with Legal, Product, Comms/Marketing, and GTM.

Responsibilities

  • Build and run Tempo's federal government relations strategy, with a focus on stablecoin, payments, digital assets and agentic commerce legislation and rule making
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Members, committee staff and relevant regulators
  • Engage on emerging AI and agentic commerce policy as it intersects with payments
  • Track and analyze federal and key state policy developments, then turn them into clear guidance for leadership and product teams
  • Draft comment letters, testimony, white papers, one-pagers, and briefing materials
  • Build and manage Tempo's presence in trade associations and industry coalitions, and build alliances across the payments, fintech, and AI ecosystems
  • Support company leadership in DC engagement
  • Manage outside lobbying and policy consultants as needed
  • Own the policy function end to end as a hands-on individual contributor

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of policy or government relations experience
  • In-house government relations experience at a payments, fintech, financial services, or technology company
  • Experience with payments policy, including stablecoins, money transmission, BSA/AML, card networks, real-time payments, or fintech regulation
  • Strong relationships and credibility on both sides of the aisle
  • Direct experience with digital asset policy, such as stablecoin legislation and implementation, market structure, or tax
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills: you can turn complex technical and regulatory issues into crisp, persuasive material
  • A self-starter comfortable working in a fast-moving startup, and quickly toggling between strategy and execution

Skills

Required:Policy development and strategyStakeholder engagementRegulatory analysis
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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A neutral, permissionless blockchain optimized for payment processing, enabling efficient transactions with predictable low fees and stablecoin interoperability.

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