Government Affairs Associate

Paradigm is a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on crypto and frontier technologies across the globe, with over $10 billion in assets under management. We make investments in companies and protocols at all stages, ranging from early-stage venture financing rounds to growth equity to liquid token assets.

Paradigm was co-founded in 2018 by Matt Huang (former Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Fred Ehrsam (co-founder of Coinbase). Since then we’ve been hard at work building a world-class team of brilliant mutants to investigate the world’s most beautiful technical problems. Our research-driven approach helps us build relationships with founders and entrepreneurs, but it also reflects our broader goal of growing the crypto ecosystem globally and accelerating crypto’s ability to advance the world we live in. We believe that crypto will ultimately redefine money, finance, and the internet itself, and this technological revolution will have a fundamental and long-lasting impact on the global economy.

We’re hiring a Government Affairs Associate to expand our Policy team. The role will report to Paradigm’s VP of Government Affairs, Alex Grieve.

The Role

This role will be responsible for 1) supporting Paradigm’s engagement with policymakers and key stakeholders through high-quality research and writing, and 2) tracking fast-evolving developments in crypto, tech, and financial services policy to keep our team and portfolio ahead of the curve.

Responsibilities

Our Government Affairs Associate will:

• Provide general office assistance to the policy team.

• Draft memoranda on relevant legislation, regulations, and key policy and political events.

• Perform research on innovative topics.

• Support engagement with key policymakers and portfolio companies.

• Closely track policy trends and developments.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and outside consultants.

Qualifications and attributes

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a fast thinker and crisp communicator.

• Be humble and subscribe to a growth mindset.

• Be an extremely strong writer and researcher who is able to turn around projects quickly and meet deadlines.

• Be flexible, agile, and able to navigate a constantly changing environment.

• Have a track record of learning new subject areas quickly.

• Have a strong moral compass and impeccable ethics.

• Believe in crypto’s potential as one of the defining technological advances of our time.

The most successful candidates will have:

• 2+ years of government affairs or policy experience, whether on Capitol Hill, in the Executive Branch, in-house in a corporate government affairs office, or trade association.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial or technology policy topics into easy-to-understand framing for policymakers and other key stakeholders.

• Onchain experience using crypto applications and an interest in frontier technologies.