Senior Manager, Global Public Policy Strategy & Advocacy [maternity leave cover]

About Wolt

At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

Are you an experienced Public Policy professional, with a genuine interest in tech and the platform economy? Then joining Wolt and our Public Policy Strategy & Operations team could be the best decision you’ll ever make.

With Wolt’s growth and expansion into new business areas comes also increasingly complex and broad regulatory frameworks. The role of the  Public Policy Strategy & Operations team is to support both the Wolt business and the broader public policy team to navigate this reality by focusing on foundational public policy issues with the aim to de-risk existing and potential challenges for our business. Now we are looking for a self-starter who can cover a colleague’s maternity leave.

In this role, you will cover our public policy work with Merchant partners globally across Wolt. Additionally, you will lead our policy efforts in Sweden. You will work in a new team, that focuses on foundational public policy issues with the aim to de-risk existing and potential challenges for our business. You will report into Head of Public Policy Strategy & Operations on our Public Policy team

• Produce reports and other public-facing analyses that help advance our public policy narrative and work with counterparts at peer companies to build industry alignment on such initiatives.
• Develop global programs for the mobilization of Wolt CPs and merchants on policy issues.
• Engage with academics and think tanks to ensure Wolt remains at the cutting edge of public policy debates on the issues that matter most to our business and our users.
• Lead research initiatives that help us run data-based public policy initiatives.
• Strategic engagement and project management for key cross-functional initiatives, including building and executing playbooks for the most critical policy issues impacting our platform and our users.

Additionally, you’ll support our business in Sweden by engaging in local public policy work, meaning you will get to:

• Engage with policymakers and 3rd parties, building Wolt’s local network.
• Build coalitions and initiatives to ensure Wolt’s perspectives are heard in legislative discussions and other topics that matter to us.
• Coordinate agency support.

• You have +6 years of public policy experience in an agency, in-house, or government role
• You possess solid experience in external engagement & policy programs, and campaigns
• You know how to work effectively across teams
• You have a brilliant mind with the ability to think strategically and develop creative and constructive policy proposals 
• You speak, write, and are able to organise & conduct policy meetings at a professional level in English and Swedish

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our policy efforts, with multiple high impact programs and projects to run! 2026 will be a crucial year on the policy front, and this will be great opportunity to get into the mix in a team of stellar professionals at an exciting & challenging time.

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