Tempo
Public Policy & Government Relations
Washington D.C. · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of policy or government relations experience.
About the job
Build and lead Tempo’s federal policy and government relations function, representing the company to lawmakers, regulators, and industry groups on stablecoins, payments, digital assets, and agentic commerce.
What you'll do
- Develop and run federal government relations strategy; build relationships with Members of Congress, committee staff, and regulators.
- Track and analyze policy developments and prepare guidance, comment letters, testimony, and briefing materials.
- Build industry coalitions, support leadership’s DC engagement, and manage outside lobbying and policy consultants.
What they ask for
- In-house government relations experience at a payments, fintech, financial services, or technology company.
- Experience with payments policy, including areas such as stablecoins, money transmission, BSA/AML, card networks, real-time payments, or fintech regulation.
- Direct experience with digital asset policy, such as stablecoin legislation and implementation, market structure, or tax.
- Strong relationships and credibility on both sides of the aisle; excellent written and oral communication skills.
Nice to have
- Prior Capitol Hill experience, preferably on financial services, banking, or agriculture issues.
- Experience with AI or agentic commerce policy.
AI focus
Engage on emerging AI and agentic commerce policy where it intersects with payments.
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