AGC, Public Policy

We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.

We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems – robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world.

World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. \*Titles posted to our careers page are updated regularly to best advertise the role and expected seniority, but internally we have a flat titling system with two types of titles: one for individual contributors and one for people managers.

About the role

Runway’s Public Policy Director/ACG will own all aspects of Runway’s policy strategy and execution at both the domestic and international levels. The role spans three core workstreams: serving as policy counsel to the business, helping the company track and respond to legislative and regulatory developments, advising internal teams on launches and campaigns, and defining company positions on priority policy issues; leading public affairs work, developing and executing strategies for how Runway shows up externally to shape stakeholder perceptions, and building the narrative and messaging assets necessary to support these programs; and managing government relations , navigating the company’s engagement with government officials, directly and through external partners where needed.

What you’ll do

Policy Counsel

• Analyze public policy activity globally and provide legal advice on legislative and regulatory proposals, translating developments into clear guidance for product, business, engineering, and executive teams.
• Develop Runway’s positions on key policy issues and provide guidance on which issues to prioritize and how to activate.
• Maintain a tracking system to monitor legislation, regulation, proposed standards, and enforcement actions in priority jurisdictions.
• Author policy briefs, white papers, legislative redlines, consultation submissions, responses to regulatory inquiries, and other policy materials to align internal teams and help shape ongoing policy debates.
• On an as-needed basis, rReview significant product launches, and go-to-market plans, and international market entries for policy risk before they ship, and develop mitigation strategies where needed.
• Partner with Trust & Safety and Product teams to develop internal policies that anticipate shifts in the external regulatory environment.

Public Affairs

• Design and execute proactive engagement campaigns to reinforce Runway’s policy positioning and influence key policy audiences.
• Identify opportunities to build awareness of Runway's approach to responsible AI innovation among priority stakeholders.
• Build policymaker-facing go-to-market plans to socialize product launches and internal policies.
• Determine when to engage publicly to shape pending legislation and regulation that could significantly impact the company.
• Manage reactive campaigns to respond to priority policy files.
• Partner with Comms to define Runway’s narrative strategy and messaging on policy and reputational priorities.
• Draft talking points, blog posts, leave-behinds, one-pagers, FAQs, public statements, and other narrative assets, translating complex topics into accessible messaging for policy audiences.
• Collaborate with Partnerships to develop Runway’s third-party engagement strategy, identifying which organizations are worth joining and when to build new partnerships from scratch.
• Build and maintain relationships with civil society organizations, issue experts, think tanks, academics, and other external stakeholders.
• Lead Runway’s membership in trade groups, industry associations, coalitions, and standard-setting bodies.
• Represent Runway at conferences, industry forums, formal and informal policy groups, and policy/political events.
• [Bandwidth and expertise depending] Build and maintain relationships with civil society organizations, issue experts, think tanks, academics, and other external stakeholders.

Government Relations

• Act as Runway’s primary representative with policymakers, regulators, and government bodies globally.
• Create and manage opportunities for executive engagement with government officials, including in support of strategic business initiatives and opportunities (as distinct from seeking to influence policy or regulatory outcomes).
• Develop and manage Runway’s external government relations infrastructure, including consultants, lobbyists, and policy advisors in markets where consistent on-the-ground engagement is warranted.

Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide. There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.

Working at Runway

Great things come from great teams. We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway

• Universal World Simulator
• GWM-1
• Gen-4.5
• General World Models
• Robotics SDK
• Conversational Real-time Agents
• Runway Studios

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