AI Policy / Regulatory Specialist

Position Summary

The AI Policy / Regulatory Specialist will support ESG’s efforts to design AI regulatory frameworks for government services abroad. The role will support the development of AI risk-classification frameworks, draft legislative-quality regulatory provisions, design conformity-assessment and regulatory-sandbox mechanisms, articulate citizen AI rights, and development of AI governance institutions..

Key Responsibilities

• Design national AI risk-classification framework for overseas government services, calibrated to the local institutional context.
• Provide legislative-quality technical inputs to the AI legislation’s government-services provisions — deployer obligations, citizen AI rights (explanation, human review, contestation), enforcement powers of government agencies, and conformity-assessment procedures.
• Develop and define the operating architecture of AI governance institutions.
• Design a government AI regulatory sandbox (operated jointly by PDA and MoITT) and develop the National AI Principles Charter.
• Ensure coherence with NAIP 2025, the Personal Data Protection Bill, PECA, DNPA 2025, and the OECD AI Principles.
• Provide the AI regulatory provisions NEPRA needs where AI informs consumer decisions — net-metering/prosumer calculations and billing/disconnection — including consumer rights to explanation, human review, and contestation.

Required Qualifications

• J.D. / LL.M. or a Master’s degree in public policy, law, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in technology, AI, or data regulation and policy.
• Demonstrated experience drafting legislative or regulatory instruments.
• Familiarity with AI risk-classification frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act), conformity assessment, and regulatory sandboxes.
• Understanding of AI governance institutions, enforcement mechanisms, and citizen/consumer rights in automated decision-making.
• Strong engagement skills with government and legislative counterparts; excellent legal and policy drafting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in emerging markets or South Asia, and familiarity with Pakistan’s legal-regulatory environment.
• Familiarity with the EU AI Act, OECD AI Principles, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and comparative AI law.

Pay: $700.00 - $1,250.00 per day

Work Location: Remote