Director, Industry Affairs

Director, Industry Affairs page is loaded## Director, Industry Affairslocations: West Lafayette, IN: Cambridge, MA: Remote - Wisconsin: Remote - Texas: Remote - New Yorktime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 3 Days Agojob requisition id: R-100023**About the role...**As Director, Industry Affairs, you will lead efforts to build trust of key stakeholders, identify shared value capture, gain value chain confidence, and inspire clients buy-in for new products. Our focus is on corn, soybeans, and wheat, with potential expansion to other crops. This role collaborates across commercial, government affairs, corporate communications, legal, and regulatory functions. You will utilize collaboration skills, market knowledge, strategic thinking, and analytical aptitude to impact Inari's success with a focus on the value chain. This position can be based in West Lafayette, Indiana or remotely, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer. **Key Responsibilities:** · Create immediate opportunities for Inari's technology by advocating for freedom to operate with downstream value chains, with an eye to collaborations and partnerships for seed production and grain and/or grain processing agreements. · Educate leaders in the value chain on the tremendous value of ground-breaking Inari technologies.· Collaborate with and support the corporate and commercial strategy teams to identify trends and opportunities in the commodity grain market. Execute business plans to secure the value of those opportunities. · Advance License to Operate (LTO) strategies by establishing relationships with key commodity stakeholders, such as grain processors and traders, working cross-functionally with government affairs, regulatory and corporate communications teams. · Design, prioritize and implement outreach strategies to remove obstacles and “grow the pie” of value for critical links along the supply chain.· Advance Inari’s brand and build a strong reputation at industry events across the U.S. Win over industry executives and grower leaders to unleash the massive upside of Inari’s technologies. **You Bring:** · 15+ years of experience in the agricultural grain value chain, business development and complex industry relationship management. · Minimum Bachelor of Science and/or Bachelor of Arts. · Demonstrated ability to persuade value chain partners to embrace new technology and business development opportunities.· Experience developing industry consensus and working in a matrixed organization. · Demonstrated powers of influence within an organization across internal functions and teams. · A drive to develop unique, high-impact solutions. · Creative and strategic thinking, willingness to take risks, and ability to learn from failure. · A collaborative, team-oriented mindset open to ideas and feedback to support a highly cross functional company environment. · Ability to work independently and collaboratively. · High operational effectiveness.· Effective communication with diverse individuals and audiences. · Ability to travel up to 50%, mostly domestic, with occasional international ari is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.About Inari:AgTech Breakthrough AgTech Company of the Year: Helping farmers feed the world:World Economic Forum Global Innovator:Bloomberg: Inari AgTech Startup:Forbes: Gene editing with CRISPR:Inari at Databricks Data + AI Summit: Inari at Re:Invent:Job Applicant Privacy Notice:**FOR U.S. CANDIDATES:**Please note that we use the resume you submit with your application during our background check process. To ensure an efficient and accurate background verification, we kindly ask that you carefully review and accurately represent your work history, education and other relevant information on your resume. Any discrepancies or inaccuracies found during the background check may impact your candidacy for the position.At Inari, we're driven to help transform the global food system to support the population, the planet and the people who grow our food. We're powered by a strong focus on camaraderie, professional development, and external collaboration with leaders of industry and academia, all of which allow us to forge personal connections that strengthen our teams.**Our success is dependent on great minds, collaborating to generate bright ideas and deliver exceptional outcomes.**We have over 300 employees, with research sites in Cambridge, MA (USA) and Ghent (Belgium), as well as a product development site in West Lafayette, IN (USA). We’ve deliberately built a team that brings diversity of thought to all aspects of our business, to generate new ideas, approaches, and ways of operating. And we've intentionally combined experience with potential, bringing agriculture industry experts with the desire to innovate together with bright minds from academia, human therapeutics, software, and consulting. If you want to be part of a diverse and inclusive team developing unique solutions to feed the world while protecting our planet’s natural resources, we’d love to hear from you! #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-30