Job Description
About Cake
Established in 2016 in Taiwan, Cake is an international talent community and platform providing comprehensive solutions for job seekers. By offering AI tools for resumes and portfolios, job search strategies, networking resources, and international job opportunities, Cake meets all needs in career development. With over 10 million users worldwide and collaborations with over 10,000 companies, Cake helps talent find the most suitable place at different stages of their careers.
Cake Business Team Culture
Values that are the foundation of our team culture, which every member embodies:
Raise the bar- Impact matters. Stay focused and curious.
Think big hustle- Push for bold, thoughtful, and rapid innovation.
People first- Prioritize development and wellbeing. Help people flourish and feel valued.
Transparency builds trust- Communicate with candor, honesty, and respect.
Strength through inclusion- Welcome all voices. What makes you unique makes us all strong.
One team, one dream- Pride and passion for our mission. Work collaboratively and have fun.
👉 Why Cake Business Team?
Job Intro
As an Associate Project Manager, Government Relations — Management Trainee at Cake, you will help build partnerships between Cake and Taiwan’s public sector to advance shared goals in international talent attraction, employment, and retention.
Taiwan is strengthening its global talent competitiveness by expanding opportunities for international professionals and students to study, work, and build long-term careers in the country. As a leading talent platform with access to employers, job seekers, universities, and labor-market insights, Cake is uniquely positioned to help turn these policy priorities into scalable and measurable initiatives.
In this role, you will research talent and employment policies, develop public-private partnership opportunities, and manage strategic projects with government agencies, universities, industry associations, and ecosystem partners. You will also translate policy developments into actionable recommendations for Cake’s Business, Marketing, Product, and regional teams.
This role is ideal for a structured, mission-driven, and highly resourceful self-starter who is interested in public policy, international talent, and building initiatives that create value for both society and the business.
ResponsibilitiesYou will work closely with Cake’s leadership and cross-functional teams to strengthen Taiwan’s international talent ecosystem and support our global mission of building the largest talent pool in APAC.
Government and Public-Sector Engagement: Build and maintain trusted working relationships with government agencies, public institutions, universities, industry associations, and other stakeholders involved in talent, employment, education, and economic development.Policy Research and Analysis: Monitor policies, regulations, funding programs, and government priorities related to international talent recruitment, foreign professionals, international students, employment, workforce development, and industrial transformation.Strategic Partnership Development: Identify areas where Cake’s platform, employer network, talent community, technology, and labor-market insights can contribute to public-sector priorities. Develop partnership proposals and engagement strategies that create measurable value for both Cake and its partners.Public-Private Program Execution: Plan and execute joint initiatives such as international talent recruitment campaigns, career programs, employer engagement projects, industry research, forums, and talent-matching events.Policy-to-Business Translation: Evaluate how policy and regulatory developments may create opportunities or risks for Cake, and translate them into clear recommendations for Business, Marketing, Product, and regional teams.Stakeholder and Project Management: Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, define project scopes and milestones, prepare meeting materials, track commitments, and ensure that strategic initiatives are delivered effectively.Data and Impact Measurement: Work with internal teams to use platform and labor-market data to identify talent trends, support policy discussions, and measure project outcomes such as employer participation, talent reach, job matching, and international talent retention.Executive Communications: Prepare policy briefs, partnership proposals, presentations, talking points, meeting notes, and progress reports for senior leaders and external stakeholders in both Mandarin Chinese and English.External Representation: Represent Cake at government meetings, policy consultations, industry forums, university events, and ecosystem activities with professionalism, sound judgment, and political neutrality.Scalable Government Relations Operations: Develop stakeholder maps, engagement records, policy trackers, standard operating procedures, and partnership playbooks that strengthen Cake’s long-term government relations capabilities.