Senior Policy Advisor

Senior Policy Advisor

Department of the Treasury

Treasury, Departmental Offices

Summary

As a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Global Transactions within the Department of the Treasury's Office of Investment Security. Within this newly formed office, which will house the Outbound Investment Security Program, the Senior Policy Advisor will support efforts focusing on national security risks from global transactions, particularly those related to sensitive technologies and products crucial for military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber capabilities of countries of concern.

Duties

Created as a result of the 2023 Executive Order (E.O.) on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern, the Office of Global Transactions will present an opportunity to work on cutting-edge policy, legal, and operational issues at the nexus of national security, emerging technologies, and international economics and finance.

The Senior Policy Advisor duties will include the following:

Serves as an expert advisor on the full range of complex policy issues by supporting senior Treasury officials and management in all work including coordination of the interagency process and analysis of transactions of outbound investment reviews.

Providing authoritative advice, analytical support, and recommendations on key mission-critical policy issues related to outbound investment.

Briefing and advising senior Treasury officials and providing pertinent information for decision making on potentially controversial policy issues.

Leading and conducting policy review and analysis of a complex, highly sensitive nature related to outbound investment.

Drafting memoranda to senior Treasury officials, Congress, the White House, and occasionally the President, to present the issues raised by outbound investment and provide recommended courses of action.

Actively engaging with interagency counterparts to facilitate consensus

Engaging with parties to the transaction to ensure the accuracy of the information needed execute the mission of the Office of Global Transactions.

Researching and analyzing strategies to ensure outbound investment policies are consistent with international norms.

Perform other duties related to investment security as directed by the Deputy Director and Director for Global Transactions.