Government Affairs Director

1 week ago


Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia Lifera Full time
Government Affairs Director

Department: Commercial

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Riyadh - Lifera

DescriptionA career at Lifera is more than a job - Lifera's mission is to enable the Saudi National Biotech Strategy, help achieve biopharma resilience in Saudi Arabia, and establish Lifera as a leading global biopharma company. A career at Lifera is an opportunity to change the future, contribute to enabling Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and change lives.Lifera is building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing assets and at-scale multiomics capacity to enable therapeutic discovery. Lifera aims to enable Saudi biopharma resilience through local manufacturing across priority essential and life-saving medicines, enable scientific discovery through multiomics, and ultimately to increase access to medicines and health for all. Career training and upskilling are key to what we offer employees. Lifera plans to train a few hundred individuals in specialized biopharma and genomics areas through 2029.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in alignment with the HR policies and procedures deployed at Lifera. Requests for reasonable accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.Lifera offers employees a robust total rewards program which is thoughtfully designed to support our employees across multiple needs. We encourage you to apply and start a conversation with one of our recruiters.For more information, please visit

Main Purpose and Key Responsibilities
  • Liaise with government officials and stakeholders to exchange information. Prepare deliverables, and lead meetings.
  • Assist senior management and leadership with strategic planning for known and potential regulatory activities related to the business and industry.
  • Build and maintain professional relationships with members of local government entities and agencies.
  • Work closely with the stakeholder engagement and the marketing & communication team to develop external policy communications as it relates to key stakeholders groups
  • Coordinate communication efforts with other departments within the organization to support engagement with external stakeholders.
  • Provide advice to management on local and government services.
  • Research and monitor government activities that could affect the company business.
  • Collaborate with industry advocates to build areas of common interest
  • Strengthen the relationship with public agencies through events engaging the community.
  • Perform other duties as required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Political Science, Public Relations. MBA degree preferred.
  • More than 10 years of experience in advocacy or public policy required.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Strong government contacts at local level.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
  • Demonstrable track-record producing effective and high-quality legal advice to departmental heads within the business.
  • Saudi candidate is preferred.

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