Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations
Block, Inc. is a technology company building tools for economic empowerment, operating a portfolio of financial brands including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto. It serves sellers, consumers, artists, and bitcoin users through payments, banking, buy-now-pay-later, music streaming, and bitcoin self-custody and mining products.
Maintainer signals as of 8/20/2026
About Block, Inc.
Block, Inc. builds technology aimed at increasing access to the global economy. Its brands each unlock different aspects of the economy: Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers; Cash App is an easy way to spend, send, and store money; Afterpay (Clearpay in the UK) helps customers manage spending over time; TIDAL is a music platform empowering artists as entrepreneurs; Bitkey is a self-custody bitcoin wallet; and Proto builds open, accessible bitcoin mining hardware and services. Block has been a long-time advocate for bitcoin, integrating bitcoin buying/selling and Lightning Network payments into Cash App and Square, funding open-source bitcoin infrastructure through Spiral (including the Lightning Development Kit), and engaging in bitcoin policy advocacy through groups like COPA, the Digital Energy Council, the Crypto Council for Innovation, and the Texas Blockchain Council. The company also runs a significant open source program (contributing to projects like Goose, an on-machine AI developer agent, OkHttp, Retrofit, gRPC, Envoy, and MySQL) and an AI research effort, including co-founding the Agentic AI Foundation with Anthropic and OpenAI. Block serves individual consumers, small and medium-sized businesses/merchants, artists, and developers.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead US public policy and government relations efforts, engaging with policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders to influence legislative and regulatory outcomes. You will develop advocacy strategies, create policy papers and executive briefings, and translate complex regulatory topics into clear narratives. You will align policy work with legal, compliance, product, and communications functions, execute coalition building and lobbying efforts, and manage external advisors and partners. You will also oversee regional policy operations and advise senior counsel on strategic policy priorities.
Requirements
- 15+ years public policy experience with preference for US government and financial services and technology sectors
- 10+ years managing teams of policy professionals including budgeting strategic planning and career development
- Strong background in advocacy and public policy development related to global financial services issues
- Strategic thinker with strong political instincts
- Demonstrated coalition building across ideological and institutional lines
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making judgment calls in high stakes situations
- Proven success leading high performing policy teams and managing complex multi stakeholder advocacy campaigns
- Exceptional communication skills translating complex regulatory and technical concepts for diverse audiences
Responsibilities
- Cultivate and guide US public policy and government relations strategy
- Identify and prioritize legislative and regulatory developments affecting payments banking digital assets consumer protection and financial inclusion
- Develop narratives and thought leadership that resonate with legislators regulators and the public
- Develop thought leadership policy papers and advocacy materials
- Build and maintain relationships with senior policymakers government officials congressional offices and regulatory agencies
- Partner with legal compliance product and communications teams to align policy strategy
- Design and execute advocacy strategies including direct engagement coalition building and participation in legislative and regulatory processes
- Oversee development of policy materials executive briefings and leadership engagement
- Manage regional policy team external advisors lobbyists and trade associations
- Advise senior counsel on policy strategy and priorities
Benefits
- Remote work
- Medical insurance
- Flexible time off
- Retirement savings plans
- Modern family planning benefits
