# Country Director - Govt affairs

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Gurgaon, Haryana
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Ford is seeking a strategic leader to direct its government relations covering all India operations. The Country Director - Govt affairs will be responsible for navigating complex legislative and regulatory landscapes to drive favourable policy outcomes.

## Responsibilities

The Country Director will:

- Create and execute advocacy strategies to drive Ford's policy agenda

- Track and analyse emerging political environments, automotive policies, and regulatory issues

- Anticipate geopolitical and domestic political shifts and integrate analysis into strategic planning

- Collaborate with Ford India management to determine business impact and drive corporate alignment

- Provide recommendations on key business organisations and coalitions

- Lead negotiations with government and key industry associations

- Support CSR/community activities

## Stakeholder Engagement and Diplomacy

The Country Director will:

- Employ diplomatic skills to navigate complex intergovernmental relationships

- Forge and nurture strategic relationships with key stakeholders

- Deploy management techniques to orchestrate coalitions and sway decision-makers

- Successfully navigate interagency coordination and intergovernmental negotiations

## Risk Management and Compliance

The Country Director will:

- Proactively identify and mitigate regulatory and political risks

- Lead crisis management responses to emergent policy challenges

- Collaborate with Legal and cross-functional teams to interpret complex legislative texts

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Law, International Relations, or a related field

- At least 15+ years in government affairs, public policy, or regulatory compliance

- Track record in leading a GA/Corporate Affairs team

- Demonstrated network of relationships with Central Government officials and state government leadership

- Experience working in markets outside of India is highly preferred

- Strong diplomatic negotiation skills, analytical ability, and expertise in crisis management

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## Skills

### Required
- Political Science
- Public Policy
- Law
- International Relations
- diplomatic negotiation
- crisis management

### Nice to have
- Hindi
- English
- Tamil
- Gujarati

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