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Why Mozilla?

Mozilla is a nonprofit technology company that has shaped the Internet for the better over the past 25 years. We make leading brands like Firefox, the privacy-conscious web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products every month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to restore an Internet that’s built for people, not businesses. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security, and more. We do this without ever losing focus on our core mission – making the Internet better for people.

Mozilla is wholly owned by the 501(c) non-profit Mozilla Foundation. This means that we are not beholden to any of our contributors, but only to our mission. Together with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators around the world, Mozillians craft, build, and distribute open source software that enables people to enjoy the Internet on their terms.

Role overview

Mozilla is looking for a Director of Product Policy Strategy to lead the intersection of product development, policy, and regulation. This role ensures Mozilla products are supported by forward-looking policy strategies while influencing global discussions about how technology serves people and society.

The Director reports to the Vice President, Global Public Policy:

• Lead a small global team of product policy experts.
• Collaborate closely with Mozilla’s regional government relations leaders in the US and Europe.
• Partner with cross-functional colleagues in product, engineering, legal, communications, and marketing.

The Director will lead the planning and development of policy positions on core product concerns in areas such as privacy, competition, advertising, artificial intelligence, and security.

Key responsibilities

Policy strategy and leadership

• Identify organizational trends that should be a priority for our business and that align with our product vision and long-term statement.
• In partnership with regional government relations teams, manage multi-stakeholder campaigns from concept to execution, aligning product policy advocacy with Mozilla’s ethos and product goals, specifically around advertising that safeguards privacy, security, responsible AI, choice and competition.

Product partnership

• Act as a strategic advisor to product, engineering, legal, marketing and communications teams, integrating understanding of policies and considerations into product design, roadmaps and launches.
• Identify policy risks and opportunities early in the product life cycle and translate complex technical concepts into policy narratives and advocacy positions for internal and external use.

Participation and external influence

• Represent Mozilla in high-level discussions with policymakers, regulators and civil society.Build trusted partnerships across the global technology policy ecosystem, including with peer companies, industry associations and civil society.
• Drive thought leadership for Mozilla through public speaking, media commentary, and publications.

Team leadership

• Lead, mentor and grow a small, distributed team of product policy professionals.

Required qualifications

• Subject matter expertise and expertise in one or more of Mozilla’s priority policy areas: privacy, competition, advertising, and AI – and demonstrated ability to quickly keep pace with others.
• Degree in public policy, law, international affairs, or related field.
• 12+ years of leadership experience in technology policy roles (public or private sector).
• Proven track record of influencing policy outcomes in multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong strategic thinker with experience shaping product roadmaps in light of policy environments.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to translate technical concepts to policy makers and vice versa.

What you will get:

• Generous performance-based bonus plans for all eligible employees – we share in our success as one team
• Rich medical, dental and vision coverage
• Generous pension contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute or not)
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a break together
• Country-specific holidays, plus a day off for your birthday
• One-time home office stipend
• Annual professional development budget
• – Quarterly luxury salary
• Great paid paternity leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (Life/Disability, Disability, EAP, etc. vary by country)

About Mozilla

Mozilla aims to build the Internet as a public resource that everyone can access because we believe that open and free is better than open and censored. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every day. Join us to work on the web as a platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

Mozilla recognizes that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge is critical to and enriching the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all justice-seeking communities, such as (but not limited to) women, racialized people, indigenous people, people with disabilities, and people of all sexual orientations.s, Gender identities and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities receive reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as applicable. Please contact us at hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com To request housing.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or Any other basis covered by applicable laws. Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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