Global Government Affairs

**Global Government Affairs - Associate Director DACH Region**

**Location: Frankfurt**

**Introduction**:
Ant International powers the future of global commerce with digital innovation for everyone and every business to thrive. In close collaboration with partners, we support merchants of all sizes worldwide to realize their growth aspirations through a comprehensive range of tech-driven digital payment and financial services solutions.

Ant International strives to become the most trusted digital services connector to achieve sustainable growth of global commerce.

With a focus on Travel, Trade, Technology, and Talent, Ant International is committed to enhancing the digital mindset and capacities of businesses worldwide. Through fostering collaborative efforts with partners, we are driving responsible innovation and increase market accessibility for global SMEs.

We do so across our 4 key businesses: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and ANEXT Bank.

**Role**:
**Main Responsibilities**:

- Lead Ant International’s government affairs presence in Germany and the DACH region by establishing and maintaining relations with relevant government bodies, trade associations, and peers;
- Support Ant International market entry and licensing processes in the region;
- Establish solid working relationships with business colleagues in our Germany offices and EMEA locations and work closely with our internal stakeholders to identify business development and partnership opportunities generated by the local public policy environment, especially in the areas of Web3 and digital payments;
- Provide day-to-day support, strategic advice and recommendations to our international businesses and communicate closely with the business team and related internal stakeholders on key local policy initiatives;
- Represent Ant International in German relevant policy forums and build close relationships with German stakeholders in relevant policy and business areas including fintech, Web3, digital payments, cross-border trade, and ESG;
- Support the Ant International GGA team and its wider ESG mandate in providing local insights, briefing materials, and event management support related to the EMEA region;
- Manage day-to-day engagement with external resources in Germany, such as consultancies and trade associations, as well as any relevant third-party relationships.

**What we’re looking for**:

- Significant public policy and government affairs experience in Germany, or substantial experience in working and engaging with policymakers, civil society, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders as part of a financial and technology related business
- Deep understanding of the German policy and regulatory landscape in relation to cross-border digital payments, fintech, Web3, and the digital economy
- Demonstrated ability to design and execute advocacy campaigns supporting business expansion, public policy engagement, and relationship building
- Prior work with government or experience driving public-private partnerships in the digital economy area would be an asset
- Business development mindset, highly motivated self-starter, strong cultural adaptability and keen learning capacity
- Effective communication skills to convince and create mutual understanding
- Strong project management skills with good attention to details and solid analytical skills to “think out of the box”
- A team player who inspires confidence in people
- Excellent command of English and German, proficiency in other EMEA languages would be a plus
- Impeccable degree of discretion, confidentiality, and ethics