(03 / 10 / 2025) Senior Associate - Policy

JOB DESCRIPTION

• 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 : Strong understanding and curiosity to dive deep into technical nuances of data governance, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, internet governance, information technology landscape, digital payments ecosystem, cybersecurity best practices, etc. a

Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving Mindset : Capacity to understand nuances of different industry sectors’ nuances across DSCI’s membership base, analyse policy impacts, and contribute to capacity building initiatives catered to facilitate organisations strategise and implement data protection controls.

Communication Skills : Excellent written and verbal communication abilities to contribute to research initiatives, drafting of proposals, feedback to Government ministries and departments on policy consultations, and to excel at engagements requiring a high-degree of cross-functional collaboration.

Self-Reliance : Self-starter with the ability to lead projects independently, making informed decisions, and providing evidence-based guidance on best practices to industry ecosystem.

Stakeholder Engagement : Skilled in identifying and mapping relevant external stakeholders for diverse initiatives and maintaining active engagements, including with regulatory bodies, industry partners, and government.

Revenue Acumen : Strong ability to gauge timely revenue-generation opportunities through partnerships on policy and privacy related engagements.

Creative thinking : Ability to think outside-the-box and identify different avenues for privacy and responsible technology policy advocacy in India and globally.

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.