US Policy Lead

The role

This person will own the US policy pipeline end to end. They will track rulemakings, draft submissions, and lead meetings with agency staff, Congress, and industry coalitions.

What you will do

• Track SEC, CFTC, Treasury and FinCEN rulemakings, guidance, staff statements and enforcement
• Maintain a live calendar of comment deadlines with a recommended posture
• Lead the drafting of comment letters, responses to requests for comment and other written submissions
• Prepare and lead meetings with agency staff and commissioner offices
• Represent Morpho in trade association working groups and industry coalitions
• Engage congressional offices and committee staff on legislation
• Manage outside policy counsel and consultants
• Brief leadership and product teams on US policy developments

Required qualifications

• 5 to 8 years working on SEC or CFTC matters at an agency, law firm regulatory practice, trade association or in-house regulatory or policy team
• Strong working knowledge of federal securities and commodities law and of the rulemaking process
• Excellent writing with comment letters, regulatory submissions or similar work product
• Existing relationships with agency staff, congressional staff or industry coalitions
• Able to learn how onchain lending works and explain it clearly and accurately to a non-technical audience
• Sound judgment on when to escalate
• Strong ownership and autonomy
• Clear and crisp async communication
• Comfort operating in fast-changing, ambiguous contexts
• Team-first mindset, low ego

Nice to have

• Prior SEC or CFTC staff experience

Benefits

• Fair, top-tier compensation
• Real flexibility
• Time together in Paris
• Great health coverage
• Support to keep learning

About the company

Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol backed by a16z crypto, Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, Apollo, Vaneck, Coinbase Ventures, Variant and 50 others. It aims to build an open credit network.