Head of Policy and Government Relations

Our mission is to hasten the transition to universally accessible healthcare. We are authorised by governments to assess and grant market access to medical AIs. Our groundbreaking approach enables the most innovative technology to reach patients safely and quickly.

Scarlet is the pre-eminent authority on AI medical devices. We serve customers that matter. Companies building bleeding-edge medical AI systems choose Scarlet. We are proud to count the world’s best resourced and most ambitious companies building medical AI as customers. You will be joining a team with product-market fit, flowing data, and exponentially growing revenue.

Come help us bring the next generation of healthcare to the people who need it.

About the role:

We’re at an influential point in regulatory history for healthcare - and we’re looking for someone to help shape it.

At a time when the global regulatory environment in a state of flux, it’s more important than ever that policy officials and regulators are making informed decisions.

We’re not short of experts who have a deep understanding of safe and performant AI in healthcare. Which means that we’re opinionated on how regulatory requirements and guidance should be designed and implemented to ensure that that software gets into the hands of the people who need it quickly.

This role is about shaping the trust infrastructure that innovative healthcare sits upon, by delivering the right message to the right people at the right time.

Responsibilities:

• Build a deep understanding, trust, and support for Scarlet's mission in global policy environments.

• Position Scarlet as the "expert on call" for those making decisions that directly impact the regulatory underpinning that shapes our mission.

• Build and maintain authentic relationships with policy officials, legislative drafters, and regulators.

• Own and grow our “no surprises” policy by identifying opportunities to keep our regulators and policy officials informed of updates to Scarlet’s business, processes, and tooling.

• Develop a deep understanding of the legislative and standards drafting process, the relevant stakeholders, and the key areas for influence.

• Lead Scarlet’s advocacy on regulatory change - including “holding the pen” on submissions, coordinating the relevant internal experts, ensuring quality and consistency across jurisdictions and subject areas, and managing submission timelines.

• Proactively monitor policy and regulatory developments and communicate those developments to the relevant people internally.

• Manage coordination with other regulatory stakeholders, including industry associations, standards bodies, and manufacturer and patient groups.

About you:

Key skills:

• 5-10 years experience working in a government relations or public affairs role within a heavily regulated environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the confidence to proactively voice positions and obtain meetings with key stakeholders.

• Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment - ideally in building a new function from the ground up.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication and advocacy skills.

• Ability to quickly upskill in and understand new technologies, and translate technical concepts into a digestible, compelling narrative.

• A deep curiosity about how the world works and excitement about policy design.

The Interview Process

• Intro call with Felicity - 20 mins

• Team interview with Tiri - 45 mins

• Technical interview with Felicity - 45 mins

• Culture and values interview with James and Jamie - 2x30 mins

• Offer

Where possible, we will try to collapse some of the core interviews into one session in our London office.