Public Policy Intern
About The Position
Cloudflare's Public Policy team helps the company by anticipating regulatory challenges, acting as an external advocate for Cloudflare on priority policy issues and identifying opportunities to build relationships with external partners. The team is relatively small but growing, and is often tasked with addressing global policy issues on top of local market priorities. This is a fast-moving work environment with goals that are closely linked to business priorities, however, policy issues are typically within the areas of cybersecurity, AI, data protection/privacy, connectivity and intermediary liability. We are looking for an intern for a six-month period to help support our European Public Policy team, based in Brussels. The start date for this role is foreseen on September 7, 2026.
Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- Estimated annual salary starts at €33,000.
- This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
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