Consultant - Technology Policy

We are looking for Consultants with experience of working on technology policy issues to support the delivery of client work and business development in our fast-growing Asia-Pacific team based in our Singapore office.

Our consultant team is at the heart of all we do at Flint. You will work closely with team members to support clients on public policy, politics, regulation, and commercial strategy. Flint’s clients want to understand how they can build a long-term strategy to thrive commercially in a changing and increasingly uncertain policy environment.

Flint wants to be the best place for individuals aspiring to build a career in technology and public policy in APAC. This role offers three specific benefits:

• Work on important and high-profile issues - Unparalleled exposure to cutting-edge issues such as AI regulation, governments’ pursuit of sovereign AI capabilities, and how policymakers balance promoting AI adoption with managing the environmental impacts.
• Direct client exposure at leading companies - Working directly with senior clients at some of the world’s largest technology companies as they seek to grapple with these issues.
• Individual recognition as a key part of a small but growing team – The opportunity to have your aspirations and achievements as an individual recognised in a way that would not be possible at a larger organisation, at the same time as having the chance to play your part in driving the rapid growth of Flint’s business in APAC.

Flint provides an excellent professional and educational environment for people to accelerate their personal and career development. There will be space to engage in discussion and debates on substantive policy and political challenges, as well as significant scope for progression through the company.

Working in Singapore, you will join a rapidly growing team, with the opportunity to take ownership of tasks and contribute to the company’s growth in the region.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for candidates who have experience relevant to technology policy, particularly in but not limited to AI policy and regulation, online safety, data governance, and data centres.

We welcome any candidates with experience working for government institutions or regulators and candidates from commercial backgrounds, including major consulting houses or in-house policy roles, with a keen interest in politics, policy and regulation. For Consultant level roles, we are looking for candidates with c.1-4 years’ work experience.

You will have:

• A strong understanding of APAC technology policy, including key policy and regulatory trends and what is driving these trends in different countries.
• Excellent analytical, research and problem-solving skills – the ability to draw out the implications of complex evidence and analysis to give clear strategy and policy advice.
• Written communication skills, with proven ability to draft clear documents for internal and external audiences with varying degrees of expert knowledge.
• Oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues to non-specialists.
• Organisational skills, including the capacity to project manage client teams including, prioritising, planning and scheduling complex tasks proactively, and comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Interpersonal skills – a flexible approach and the ability to work well across teams, both with internal colleagues and external clients.
• Fluency in English is required. Aptitude in other regional languages is desirable but not required (in particular, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese or Bahasa).

TO APPLY

Please submit your CV along with a short covering letter, by Friday 6 March.

STANDING OUT

To be successful, please submit your CV and cover letter (max 600 words) setting out:

• Why you would like to join Flint.
• How your experience and skills qualify you for this specific role and its requirements.
• The policy areas you are knowledgeable of and/or particularly interested in.
• Whether you have the right to work in Singapore.
• Your possible start date and salary expectation.

We will review applications as they arrive and may invite candidates to interview before the closing date.

ABOUT FLINT

Flint is a leading advisory firm focused on policy, politics, regulation, and economics. We are advisers to some of the largest corporates, financial institutions, and investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. We work at the point where government and business meet, drawing on our blend of international expertise and experience to offer an authoritative perspective on both.

We have offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as in a number of European capitals. We have also established a network of senior advisers across key Asia-Pacific markets.  We offer successful candidates the opportunity to advance within the company.

Flint takes care of its people. We enjoy challenging each other’s thinking and working hard on a wide variety of interesting and stimulating projects, while simultaneously respecting life outside Flint. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.