Government affairs and public policy
Government Relations Manager
- Location
- London, United Kingdom · hybrid
- Pattern
- Full time, permanent
- Apply to
- apply@rodmena.co.uk
The role
Role summary
This is a UK role based in London. You would be employed by RODMENA LIMITED, and UK employment law applies.
We are hiring a Government Relations Manager to lead our work with government across the UK. You will set our government affairs and public policy strategy and carry it out. The aim is partnerships and long-term access to the public sector and regulated industries.
The role covers policy, artificial intelligence and deep technology. You will need to explain what political and regulatory changes mean for the business, and to build working relationships with officials, corporate customers, trade bodies and partners.
RODMENA builds distributed intelligence systems and the platforms they run on. Buyers receive the Trust Centre, platform topology and company policies that we publish here. You would decide how that material is presented to government audiences and bring what they need back to the engineers.
Responsibilities
What the job involves
- Own the United Kingdom government affairs plan, including its priorities, stakeholders, milestones and the case the company makes.
- Build and maintain relationships with government departments, agencies, trade bodies, industry associations and strategic partners.
- Track legislative, regulatory and procurement developments across public-sector technology, artificial intelligence and data protection, and turn them into written guidance the leadership team can act on.
- Position RODMENA for public-sector frameworks and procurement routes, and advise on the conditions of participation each one sets.
- Support bids and partnerships with the policy context, institutional relationships and written material they need.
- Represent the company at industry, policy and standards forums, and feed what you learn there into product and assurance decisions.
- Work with engineering and assurance to check that our external promises match the evidence we hold.
Requirements
Skills and experience
- Substantial experience in government affairs, public policy or institutional relations, gained in industry, government, a trade body or a consultancy.
- A working understanding of United Kingdom public-sector procurement and the conditions of participation that govern it.
- The judgement to read political and regulatory change accurately and set out what it means for a business, without overstating what is known.
- A record of building lasting relationships with senior government and institutional stakeholders.
- Excellent written English. Senior people will make decisions from your briefings.
- The right to work in the United Kingdom.
Also useful
- Experience of selling or delivering technology into the public sector or another regulated industry.
- Enough technical knowledge to hold a credible conversation about artificial intelligence, distributed systems and software supply-chain assurance.
- Experience with security clearance, or eligibility to obtain it.
- Familiarity with standards and assurance schemes such as Cyber Essentials, ISO/IEC 27001 or software bill-of-materials practice.
In return
What we offer
- You will report to the Director and work directly with the engineers who build the systems.
- Our assurance evidence is already written up and published, and you start with it in hand.
- Hybrid working from London. You travel when the role needs it.
- The salary is £32,300 to £42,100 a year, set within that range according to the seniority you bring.
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Questions before you apply?
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