Public Policy Associate

About Us

Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services. We are one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, serving millions of customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. For more information, visit our institutional page. 

About the team

The Public Policy Team plays a very special role in our mission to fight complexity to empower people. It represents Nu before regulators, government officials and Congress to give our perspective on financial regulation and legislation; work with the business and product teams to understand our growth strategies and successfully support Nu's operation in Mexico; design and propose public policy solutions to major regulatory challenges of the sector; and elaborate strategies to position Nu in public debates. Our team is actively looking for opportunities to improve financial regulation that will allow more companies like Nu to offer digital financial products and services to the Mexican population.

We are looking for a Public Policy Associate who has:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, International Relations, Political Science, Economics, or related fields. Masters degree in relevant topic preferred.  
• Five to ten years of experience working with or within governmental regulatory agencies; or within defense and regulatory teams in financial institutions.
• Knowledge of financial regulation and experience working with regulators is a plus.
• Ability to manage simultaneous complex projects, quickly adapting to changes and reorganizing your workflow
• Ability to influence complex regulatory discussions.
• Teamwork and ability to cooperate with peers towards a bigger objective 

As a Public Policy Associate, you'll be expected to:

• Support the Policy team in shaping and implementing the overall Public Policy strategy
• Develop and execute stakeholder mappings, engagement plans, and advocacy strategies
• Perform regulatory analysis (understand laws and secondary regulations as well as general rules for financial institutions) and identify opportunity areas for reform to support Nu’s growth in Mexico;
• Design and push for regulatory solutions based on Nu’s objectives and values;
• Identify legislative initiatives and regulatory changes that could impact Nu, propose and execute mitigation strategies;
• Support regulatory teams on technical and supervisory issues
• Support product teams identifying and addressing regulatory challenges and policy needs

Our Benefits

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves 
• Health and life insurance 
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• NuLanguage - Our language learning program
• Holiday Bonus ("Aguinaldo") of 30 days of pay per year
• 17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus
• Gym partnership

Our Nu Way of Working 

Our work model is hybrid and has cycles that can be from two to three months according to the business of ​​expertise. For every eight or twelve weeks of remote work, one will be at the office. Check more information here.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Nu, we want to be sure that we're building a more diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the customers we serve and seek to empower. That's why we hire based on equality. We consider gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other identity markers as enriching elements to our company while ensuring neither of them represent a barrier when recruiting fantastic talent.