---
title: 'Public Policy & Government Relations at Tempo'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/public-policy-government-relations-tempo-washington-jrgsr1cs31nz'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-10-25'
---

# Public Policy & Government Relations at Tempo

- **Company:** Tempo
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tempo-xyz/f122ffd8-4d60-40df-9a41-f0fe04a89dc7

## Job description

Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and Paradigm’s expertise in crypto tech.

Tempo’s payment-first design provides a scalable, low-cost predictable backbone that meets the needs of high-volume payment use cases. Our goal is to move money reliably, cheaply, and at scale. Our north star is simplicity for users: fintechs, traditional banks, merchants, platforms, and anyone else looking to move their payments into the 21st century.

We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.

We’re a team of crypto-optimists, building the infrastructure needed to bring real, substantial economic flows onchain. We like to move fast and swing for the fences — join us!

## The role

You will be our first policy and government relations hire. You'll build Tempo's presence in Washington from the ground up. You'll represent us on Capitol Hill, with regulators, and across industry coalitions, and you'll help the company understand and shape the rules that govern stablecoins, digital payments and agentic commerce.

We're looking for a seasoned senior leader who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves. As our first policy and government relations hire, you’ll set the strategy and run it yourself. You will be our voice to Congress and regulators. You will also be a strategic partner to Legal, Product, Comms/Marketing, and GTM, shaping how policy factors into product decisions from the earliest stage. Context shifting will be critical to success; the best candidate will understand how to move between strategy and execution hour to hour and day to day.

## Responsibilities

- Build and run Tempo's federal government relations strategy, with a focus on stablecoin, payments, digital assets and agentic commerce legislation and rule making
- Develop and maintain relationships with Members, committee staff and relevant regulators
- Engage on emerging AI and agentic commerce policy as it intersects with payments
- Track and analyze federal and key state policy developments, then turn them into clear guidance for leadership and product teams
- Draft comment letters, testimony, white papers, one-pagers, and briefing materials
- Build and manage Tempo's presence in trade associations and industry coalitions, and build alliances across the payments, fintech, and AI ecosystems
- Support company leadership in DC engagement
- Manage outside lobbying and policy consultants as needed
- Own the policy function end to end as a hands-on individual contributor

Required qualifications

- 8+ years of policy or government relations experience
- In-house government relations experience at a payments, fintech, financial services, or technology company
- Experience with payments policy, including stablecoins, money transmission, BSA/AML, card networks, real-time payments, or fintech regulation
- Strong relationships and credibility on both sides of the aisle
- Direct experience with digital asset policy, such as stablecoin legislation and implementation, market structure, or tax
- Excellent written and oral communication skills: you can turn complex technical and regulatory issues into crisp, persuasive material
- A self-starter comfortable working in a fast-moving startup, and quickly toggling between strategy and execution

## Preferred qualifications

- Prior Capitol Hill experience, preferably on financial services, banking, or agriculture issues
- Experience with AI or agentic commerce policy
- Multi-client experience at a lobbying firm, consultancy, or trade association
- Familiarity with federal agency rulemaking and regulatory engagement

Attributes

- High motor; speed is a cherished attribute at Tempo
- Concise, evidence-based communicator
- Intense curiosity and open-mindedness
- Scrappiness; willingness to roll up sleeves

## About Tempo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tempo is a purpose-built, Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments, designed for high-throughput, low-cost global transactions in partnership with leading fintechs and Fortune 500s.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (incubated by Stripe and Paradigm)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Blockchain Infrastructure, Payments, Financial Services
- **Target customers**: B2B — fintechs, banks, commerce platforms, Fortune 500s, and enterprises needing high-volume stablecoin payment rails
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To build a purpose-built, Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments at scale, enabling high-throughput, low-cost global transactions.

## Products & Services
- **Tempo Blockchain**: A purpose-built, Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments. Key features include deterministic settlement (~0.6 second finality with no re-orgs), dedicated payment lanes for guaranteed blockspace, opt-in privacy for regulated issuers, a native stablecoin DEX, payments metadata for ERP reconciliation, and stablecoin-native gas fees. It is EVM-compatible and built on Reth, targeting 100K+ TPS.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $500M (Series A, November 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Incubated by **Stripe** and **Paradigm**. Series A led by **Greenoaks** and **Thrive Capital**. Design partners include Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Lead Bank, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2025, the company has already raised a massive $500M Series A, employs 79 people, and is growing headcount at +15.8% monthly. It has a high-profile list of design partners and is backed by two of the most influential names in fintech and crypto.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Incubated by Stripe & Paradigm**: Built on deep expertise in global payments and crypto infrastructure, giving it unparalleled credibility and network access.
- **Payments-First Design**: Unlike general-purpose blockchains, Tempo is purpose-built for stablecoin payments, featuring dedicated payment lanes, predictable low fees, sub-second finality, and opt-in privacy — all designed for regulated financial institutions.
- **Massive Backing & Partnerships**: A $500M Series A and a design partner list including Anthropic, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, and Visa provide a powerful moat and immediate go-to-market channels.
- **Stablecoin-Agnostic**: A neutral platform supporting all major stablecoins, making it a universal settlement layer.

## Strategic Focus
- **Onboarding Design Partners**: Actively working with a group of initial design partners (Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Lead Bank, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa) to build and refine the protocol for real-world use cases.
- **Decentralization Roadmap**: Building toward a permissionless validator set and a neutral, decentralized platform.
- **Key Use Cases**: Global payouts/payins/payroll, embedded finance, remittances, tokenized deposits, microtransactions, and agentic payments.

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Mission**: Work on a foundational layer of the next-generation payments infrastructure, solving real-world problems for global finance.
- **Elite Backing & Team**: Backed by Stripe and Paradigm, with a design partner list that reads like a who’s who of fintech and tech. You’ll be working alongside top talent from these organizations.
- **Cutting-Edge Tech**: Build on a novel, payments-first blockchain using Rust, Reth (EVM-compatible), and modern crypto infrastructure.
- **Culture & Perks**: Described as a remote or hybrid workplace with physical offices in San Francisco. The company is in a high-growth phase (79 employees, +15.8% monthly headcount growth) with a focus on engineering and product excellence.
- **Open Roles**: Currently hiring for Rust Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer (Blockchain), IT Systems Engineer, Technical Solutions Lead, Product Counsel, Communications Lead, and Enterprise GTM roles across multiple locations (SF, NYC, remote USA).

## Sources
1. [tempo.xyz](https://tempo.xyz/)
2. [tempo.xyz - Blog](https://tempo.xyz/blog/introducing-tempo/)
3. [LinkedIn - Tempo](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tempo)
4. [Built In - Tempo](https://builtin.com/company/tempo-tempoxyz)
5. [Jobs.ashbyhq.com - Tempo](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tempo-xyz)

## Other roles at Tempo

- [Technical Account Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/technical-account-manager-tempo-new-york-99z9t3xepct5) — New York, NY
- [IT Systems Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/it-systems-engineer-tempo-united-states-swpzzb5cr187) — United States
- [Product Security Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/product-security-engineer-tempo-united-states-vnnka8byby1t) — United States
- [Product Engineer, Blockchain (Remote - USA)](https://feeny.ai/job/product-engineer-blockchain-remote-usa-tempo-united-states-eyr99kb715ck) — United States
- [Product Engineer, Blockchain (SF)](https://feeny.ai/job/product-engineer-blockchain-sf-tempo-san-francisco-qqztkyxzrygf) — San Francisco, CA
- [Product Engineer, Blockchain (NYC)](https://feeny.ai/job/product-engineer-blockchain-nyc-tempo-new-york-hcr3wajb2pnf) — New York, NY
- [Partnerships](https://feeny.ai/job/partnerships-tempo-new-york-t0jc1g18qzh9) — New York, NY
- [Enterprise GTM (SF)](https://feeny.ai/job/enterprise-gtm-sf-tempo-san-francisco-evhay889sv4w) — San Francisco, CA
- [Enterprise GTM (NYC)](https://feeny.ai/job/enterprise-gtm-nyc-tempo-new-york-m34m03htj8jm) — New York, NY
- [Security Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/security-engineer-tempo-united-states-f02g1hwatbfv) — United States