Government and Public Policy Expert — Regulatory Affairs

Job overview

The Government and Public Policy Expert — Regulatory Affairs role is remote, with the posting identifying Mercor as headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $50–$60 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The expert develops realistic public-sector work scenarios and reviews AI-generated work products, helping improve model accuracy, reasoning, and evaluation standards across policy, regulatory, procurement, program, budget, and legislative tasks.

What you'll do

• Design public-sector scenarios and tasks involving policy analysis, decision memos, and briefing papers
• build and review regulatory work products, including rule text and compliance determinations
• create procurement and contracting exercises
• develop program and grants management tasks
• author budget and appropriations tasks
• draft legislative affairs materials
• review AI-generated outputs for accuracy and completeness
• provide structured feedback to refine evaluation rubrics.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

government and public policy

regulatory affairs

remote

mercor

public policy

policy analysis

rulemaking

procurement

grants management

budget and appropriations

legislative affairs

ai output review

$50–$60/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 3+ years of professional experience in government, public policy, or regulatory affairs. Relevant credentials or degrees such as MPP, MPA, JD, CFCM/CPCM, or PMP are preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.