Government Affairs Director

4 weeks ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Oxford Nanopore Technologies Full time

Job Summary

The Government Affairs Director will support the Corporate Affairs team by driving global government affairs and collaborating with the wider team in corporate communications and internal communications. This role will align with Oxford Nanopore's key priorities, resulting in increased awareness, understanding, and collaboration with the company, ultimately increasing the impact of its groundbreaking technology worldwide.

This 12-month fixed-term contract will suit a candidate with a deep interest in life sciences and a passion for government relationships and influencing. The successful candidate will be key in supporting the operational organisation of the company's government affairs work, where multiple workstreams are active and may compete for prioritisation.

Key Responsibilities

Manage global government affairs programmes for the company, working to strategies designed with the SVP Corporate Affairs and the commercial teams.

Align with the Corporate Comms team to ensure all government affairs work is aligned.

Support Government Affairs team with briefings and admin.

Government Affairs

Manage the day-to-day operational government affairs work across the company, with support from SVP Corporate Affairs.

Build network with key government officials to promote Oxford Nanopore's mission and vision.

Create and coordinate a plan for UK government engagement that is specific to short, medium, and long-term goals.

International Programmes

Work closely with the regional commercial and clinical leads to stay up to date on their work, priorities, and opportunities.

Work together to set global priorities for engagement, that are aligned with company priorities for short, medium, and long term.

Creation of plans to meet those objectives, and coordination/driving of those plans – within the resources that are available.

Governance

For international work, to understand and support compliance with local regulations where engaging with government officials (working with legal and regulatory teams).

Participate in governance exercises to ensure the company is compliant with regulations.

Regulatory Workstreams

Supporting work led by legal and regulatory and other relevant internal teams, to understand and establish company positions on government regulations and communicate positions internally and externally.

Trade Associations and Networks

Build network with broad internal stakeholders including legal teams, to coordinate a company-wide approach to trade organisation membership and participation.

Longer term plan to develop the role to act as central hub with respect to trade association relationships, coordinating engagement as part of broader workstreams.

Corporate Communications:

Maintain strong links with Corporate Communications teams to ensure all government affairs work is aligned.

Understand the vision and tone of voice of Oxford Nanopore, where the customer is at the heart of our community, and we support the sharing of customer stories by customers.

Corporate Affairs Team

Management of government affairs budget including purchase orders.

Aligning with and supporting management of wider team budget.

Be responsible for maintaining a strong and close link with the Marketing team to ensure all Corporate Affairs work is aligned with marketing campaigns to maximise the impact.



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