Regulatory Data Entry Associate

Job title**:Regulatory Research Associate (full-time/part-time)**

Location**:Hybrid**. **Valencia**, Spain preferred, or **Leeuwarden**, Netherlands

Reports to**:Manager of Regulatory Affairs**

**Join Datamaran: The Pioneers of Smart ESG Solutions.**

At Datamaran, we are revolutionising how the world’s most influential companies navigate their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) responsibilities. Our AI-powered SaaS platform empowers organisations to integrate ESG into their core strategies, driving meaningful impact at scale. Trusted by global industry leaders like Bridgestone, Dell, Kraft Heinz, and PepsiCo, and endorsed by leading regulators in Europe and North America, Datamaran is at the cutting edge of ESG technology.

Since 2014, we’ve been on a mission to deliver world-class solutions that enable businesses to align with stakeholder expectations, meet regulatory requirements, and enhance their ESG performance. Our platform helps senior executives make data-driven, evidence-based decisions, simplifying complex ESG challenges with clear, actionable insights. Whether it's ensuring compliance or presenting a compelling ESG narrative to investors and boards, Datamaran is the trusted partner for sustainable businesses.

Our commitment goes beyond technology. We are deeply embedded in the global ESG community, hosting and sponsoring events, partnering with universities and service providers to address the skills gap, and running educational programs that connect forward-thinking leaders. We’ve produced an award-winning documentary series, New Heroes of Sustainable Business, highlighting visionary leaders shaping a more sustainable future to inspire others across industries and regions.

We’re not just building cutting-edge technology and ESG-focused communities but a diverse, global team united by a shared passion for innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. With over 140 team members across the UK, US, Spain, and the Netherlands, we bring unique perspectives and skills together to solve the ESG challenges of tomorrow, today. At Datamaran, we believe in empowering our people as much as our clients and offer career development and growth opportunities to all.

Following our successful Series C funding round in 2024, we’re entering an exciting phase of growth, expanding across all departments and locations to scale our impact worldwide. If you’re ready to drive change, inspire innovation, and help businesses shape a sustainable future, we’d love for you to join us.

**Role Description**

You will be joining the Regulatory team at Datamaran at an exciting growth point for the company to support critical functions of the team, including assisting with regulatory research, analysing regulations with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), performing data entry and implementing data quality checks, and generally supporting Datamaran’s regulatory database maintenance and enhancement.

You understand the scope and purpose of our regulatory database, and you work to improve our coverage and processes, particularly for US-related legal developments. You can judge and defend why specific research should be carried out and why some initiatives should be added or excluded from our database.

You are passionate about the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulatory landscape and familiar with the global sustainability reporting landscape. You have a legal or legal-related background and are familiar with diverse legal systems worldwide, but particularly with the USA system. You understand the policy-making process and are acquainted with the structure of hard laws and soft norms.

You will have the opportunity to learn about the synergies between law, ESG risk analysis, materiality analysis, and the use of technology. You will be joining an international network of talented professionals from whom you will get full support and guidance, with an expectation that you are also self-sufficient and autonomous. You will drive your opportunities to grow.

**Breakdown of role**:
**Regulatory research (40%)**
- Research regulatory initiatives, national and international regulations, EU Directives, reporting frameworks, guidelines, and industry initiatives ESG related. Special focus on the USA at the federal and state level
- Lead on USA-related research projects where coverage of policy initiatives is low or needs expansion, including assessing the need for further expansion of policy sources and policy-makers currently tracked
- Being a point of contact for colleagues to assist with questions related to USA-related legal developments, especially regarding the scope, coverage, content, or use of our database. You should also be equipped to answer any generic questions that come from coworkers or clients

**Regulatory analysis & data entry (40%)**
- Perform regulatory analysis & data entry process (assisted by AI)
- Undertake quality checks of data entry & analyses carried out by other members o