About CEI

Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to advancing limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty. We use a full-service approach—original research, legal advocacy, media engagement, and direct interaction with policymakers—to drive reform. CEI is especially known for its leadership in regulatory policy and principled, forward-looking ideas.

About The Director Opening

The Director will lead our Center for Technology and Innovation in Washington, D.C. This is a senior level position, ideal for a candidate with management experience, a strong belief in free market principles, and demonstrated policy work in tech, telecom, and executive agency reform.

The Director will work four days per week in CEI’s Washington, D.C. office, with the option to work remotely one day per week.

As a Director, you will:

  • Monitor major regulatory and policy developments in tech and telecom policy in Congress, at executive agencies, in courts, and around the country
  • Produce research outputs, including analysis papers, white papers, op-eds, and blog posts
  • Engage with colleagues and partners to advance understanding of free-market tech policy and regulatory reform
  • Contribute to CEI’s advocacy efforts by participating in panels, media interviews, and coalition meetings
  • Draft and support regulatory comments and testimony as appropriate
  • Manage and support a team of three experts doing all the above
  • Work with outside authors to produce CEI publications
  • Oversee long-term projects involving planning, editing, and promotion

Key Issue Areas

  • Tech policy: Track and respond to artificial intelligence regulation proposals, online speech governance, online child safety, and evolving innovation in the technology space
  • Antitrust: Advocate against the expansion of harmful new competition regulation in the tech sector, including defending the rights of companies in mergers and acquisitions
  • Telecom policy: Track any policy issues moving through the FCC, other executive agencies, Capitol Hill, and at the state level

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of relevant policy experience
  • Strong commitment to free market principles
  • Exceptional writing and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver timely commentary on fast-moving developments
  • Knowledge of telecom policy, tech policy, and executive agency function
  • Bachelor’s degree or at least four years of private sector management experience in a relevant industry such as software, telecommunications, or law

Preferred Traits

  • Eagerness to engage with policymakers, media, and the broader policy community
  • High levels of conscientiousness, intellectual rigor, and initiative
  • Self-starter who can be entrepreneurial in the role
  • Proven manager who enjoys helping team members succeed
  • Willingness to engage in occasional travel for conferences and events (estimated travel: 15%)
  • Advanced degree in law, policy, economics, or related field helpful but not required

Compensation

The projected salary range for this role is $110,000 – $180,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Why Join CEI?

This role offers an opportunity to lead in one of the nation’s most dynamic free-market think tanks. You will gain hands-on experience shaping the debate in tech, telecom, and antitrust policy.

Application Process
Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

  • Cover letter detailing your interest in this role and the mission of CEI, as well as your salary requirements
  • Résumé
  • Two writing samples (including at least one demonstrating policy analysis)

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link:

https://talentmarket.org/candidates/apply-for-your-dream-job/

Questions can be directed to Claire Kittle Dixon, President of Talent Market, who is managing the search process: [email protected].

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

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