Public Policy Intern

Cloudflare•San Francisco, CA

2d•$33,000•Onsite

About The Position

Cloudflare's Public Policy team is seeking a six-month intern to support their European Public Policy team based in Brussels. This role involves working collaboratively across multi-functional teams to find and present policy solutions, advocate for Cloudflare on priority policy issues, and build relationships with external partners. The team operates in a fast-moving environment, addressing global and local policy issues related to cybersecurity, AI, data protection/privacy, connectivity, and intermediary liability, with goals closely linked to business priorities.

Requirements

Active, self-starting individual with an academic background and a strong curiosity about the business, specifically focusing on: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Connectivity/Telecoms, Content policy, Privacy issues.
Perfect command of English as a working language (both written and oral) is required.

Nice To Haves

Previous work or internship experience within a technology company, trade association, or an EU institution working on relevant policy topics.
Strong technical aptitude and the curiosity to develop, leverage, and automate internal AI tools to scale the team’s impact.

Responsibilities

Help the Public Policy team to maintain internal knowledge databases, draft EU stakeholder maps and support with further automation of issue tracking.
Support the team in evaluating EU policy and legislative developments, and support work to understand the impact on Cloudflare across its full product set, including attending relevant events (for instance in the European Parliament and conferences) and providing internal updates to the Public Policy team.
Participate in developing talking points, policy narratives and presentation materials for use at external events and meetings and for other communication purposes (company blog, position papers, consultation responses etc).
Help compile materials for use by Cloudflare's sales and marketing teams to respond to policy-related questions raised by our customers and potential customers.
Support work to build and maintain relationships with key policy makers and officials from the European Institutions, as well as within any identified national markets.
Take part in engagement with business and civil society entities, including trade associations of which we are an active member.
Support in providing daily/real-time and other updates to colleagues from the Cloudflare Public Policy, Legal, Trust & Safety Teams and other internal stakeholders.