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Director of Government Affairs

Job Overview

Location

Washington DC

Job Type

Full-time

Category

Software Engineering

Date Posted

April 17, 2026

Full Job Description

đź“‹ Description

  • • Lead Socure’s federal advocacy and policy engagement in Washington, D.C. to shape the policy and regulatory environment affecting identity verification, fraud detection, and digital onboarding across financial institutions, government programs, and digital platforms.
  • • Develop and execute a proactive federal advocacy strategy aligned with enterprise priorities, including expanding adoption of identity verification technologies and advancing fraud prevention policy solutions.
  • • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership by translating federal policy developments, regulatory actions, and political dynamics into clear business implications, risks, and opportunities.
  • • Build and maintain relationships with policymakers, congressional staff, federal officials, lobbying firms, policy consultants, and industry associations to advance secure digital identity and fraud prevention solutions.
  • • Partner with Legal, Product, Compliance, and Go-to-Market teams to ensure government affairs efforts support product strategy, business development, and market expansion.
  • • Monitor and analyze legislative and regulatory developments affecting digital identity, fraud prevention, financial services regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance.

🎯 Requirements

  • • Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Law, Business, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
  • • 10 years of relevant experience in government affairs, financial services policy, fintech regulation, or a related field, with ideally a mix of public sector (e.g., Capitol Hill or federal agency) and private sector (corporate or association) experience.
  • • Deep familiarity with financial services regulation, banking policy, fintech innovation, or payments systems.
  • • Experience working with Congress and/or federal regulators overseeing financial services, identity verification, or technology issues.
  • • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to craft persuasive policy messaging and brief senior executives.
  • • Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with policymakers and industry stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

  • • Opportunity to shape national policy on digital identity and fraud prevention in the financial technology sector.
  • • Work with executive leadership, legal, product, and go-to-market teams to align public policy engagement with business objectives.
  • • Engage with Congress, federal regulators, and industry stakeholders to advance secure digital identity and fraud prevention solutions.
  • • Contribute to building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy, impacting businesses, governments, and millions of people daily.

Skills & Technologies

Onsite
Degree Required

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About Socure Inc.

Socure Inc. provides digital identity verification and fraud prevention software for financial services, fintech, e-commerce and government clients. The platform applies machine learning and graph-based analytics to link and validate identity elements in real time, detecting synthetic identities, account takeover and document fraud. It integrates via APIs and SDKs for onboarding, KYC/AML compliance and transaction monitoring, aiming to reduce false positives and manual reviews while improving approval rates for legitimate users worldwide.

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