Lead Regulatory and Public Affairs

Join us in this role where you’ll take on a unique and challenging position, playing a key part in shaping the renewable energy market. You’ll contribute to building a robust regulatory environment for the growth of offshore wind and other emerging renewable energy projects.

Welcome to Korea Country Management
You’ll be part of Korea Country Management where you, together with your colleagues, will be responsible for managing our engagement with Korean authorities and a wide range of industry stakeholders. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, leveraging your expertise in government relations, policy advocacy, and stakeholder management to support the development and execution of our offshore wind projects. Based in our Seoul office, you’ll occasionally travel to Incheon and other cities in Korea and APAC.

As a team, we highly value each other’s individual's skills and expertise, embrace challenges and changes, and support each other to achieve our goals.

You’ll play an important role in:

• developing and implementing strategies for external communication with relevant authorities and organizations related to the offshore wind industry

• establishing and maintaining contacts with relevant political stakeholders in high-level government departments, parliament, ministries, and political parties

• driving the industry agenda by participating in industry association meetings, engaging with industry stakeholders, including peers, supply chain partners, and opinion leaders to ensure our interest

• working closely with internal departments across value chain and connecting with Global Regulatory & Public Affairs and APAC Corporate Affairs to drive business objectives forward.

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To succeed in the role, you:

• have a strong understanding of Korea's renewable energy policy and the decision-making process

• are experienced in regulatory affairs, public affairs, and stakeholder relations

• are an agile problem solver with both strategic thinking and hands-on abilities

• are able to work in a team to amplify your strategies through the collaboration with colleagues while also enjoy working independently
• have work experience in multinational companies or matrix organizations will be a plus
• have strong communication skills, especially in Korean and English, enabling you to communicate effortlessly with your external and internal stakeholders.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job
Application deadline:
30 April 2025

Location:
Seoul, KR

Field of work:
Public affairs, regulatory and legal

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
On-site

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.