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The Role & Your Impact

As Public Affairs & Communications Manager, Thailand, you will lead public affairs and communications activities that support business growth, policy engagement, stakeholder trust, and corporate reputation.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop and implement Thailand public affairs and communications strategies that support investment priorities, market access, license to operate, and reputation objectives.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with government agencies, embassies, industry associations, community organizations, and other external stakeholders.
Monitor policy, regulatory, and socio-political developments, assess potential business impact, and provide strategic recommendations to local, regional, and global stakeholders.
Lead external communications activities, including country and site narratives, media engagement, stakeholder messaging, and community communications.
Partner closely with business leaders and functions including Production, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, P&O, and APAC leadership on stakeholder engagement, issues management, and crisis preparedness.
Support senior leader positioning, executive communications, and strategic advocacy initiatives aligned with Novonesis’ regional and global priorities.

This is a senior individual contributor role with significant influence on stakeholder trust, policy positioning, reputation management, and business sustainability in Thailand.

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What You’ll Need to Be Successful

We are looking for a strategic and commercially minded public affairs professional who is passionate about building relationships and creating positive business outcomes.

Required qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or above in Public Policy, Political Science, International Relations, Communications, Journalism, Business, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biotechnology, or a related field.
Minimum 10 years of experience in Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, or Stakeholder Engagement.
Experience within biotechnology, food ingredients, manufacturing, chemicals, or other regulated industries is highly preferred.
Strong ability to translate policy, regulatory, and societal developments into business implications and actionable engagement strategies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Thai and English.
Strong executive briefing, writing, presentation, and messaging capabilities.

Essential competencies:

Strategic thinking and strong business judgment
Stakeholder management and relationship-building
Excellent communication and storytelling capability
Strong analytical thinking and issue management skills
Ability to work independently while collaborating across functions and cultures

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

The following experiences would be considered advantageous:

Experience working with or within government agencies, embassies, chambers of commerce, trade associations, NGOs, or policy organizations.
Familiarity with Thailand’s policy, regulatory, and stakeholder landscape.
Experience supporting senior executives during public engagements, stakeholder meetings, or crisis situations.
Knowledge of sustainability, biosolutions, biotechnology, food systems, or industrial manufacturing sectors.
Strong cultural awareness and ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.

We also value colleagues who are:

Proactive and resilient
Collaborative and relationship-oriented
Comfortable working with ambiguity
Curious and solutions-focused
Able to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution

Novonesis

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Novonesis

We believe solutions rooted in biology are key to tackling the challenges our world faces. Enzymes, functional proteins and microorganisms are our planet's tiniest, yet mightiest agents of change.

Website
Company
> 2000 employees

Novonesis did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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