Senior Director, External Relations
Core
Own Halter's external strategy across regulatory access, reputation & narrative, and policy & advocacy to secure the company's license to operate and grow in New Zealand, Australia, and the US.
Role type
Senior Director, External Relations (Player-coach)
Builds
Regulatory pathways, public narratives, and policy frameworks for virtual fencing and sustainable grazing operations.
Domain
Agriculture / RegTech / Public Policy
Required skills
Regulatory and policy literacy, high-level relationship management, strategic storytelling, crisis communication, cross-functional influence, distributed team leadership, political and cultural judgement, proactive risk anticipation.
Preferred skills
Leading external relations/government affairs through rapid international expansion.
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Set and evolve external strategy across regulatory, reputation, and policy pillars; clear regulatory paths for market entry; own public story and media relations; shape long-term policy and standards; hold senior external relationships end-to-end; lead and develop a distributed senior team across NZ, AU, and US.
Seniority
Senior Director, hands-on IC with team leadership
