Senior Associate International Relations

About Edge

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

About Edge

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

About

The Role

Supports the delivery of EDGE’s international engagement strategy by providing research, analysis, coordination and documentation across the department’s regional desks. The role keeps engagements, agreements and follow-ups moving and ensures leadership receives accurate, timely briefing material.

Responsibilities

• Research and analysis
• Monitor geopolitical, diplomatic and regional developments and prepare briefs on their likely impact on EDGE.
• Prepare country profiles, stakeholder maps and background notes ahead of meetings, visits and delegations.
• Research cross-border partnership opportunities and support their initial assessment.
• Engagement support
• Prepare briefing packs, talking points, presentations and meeting minutes for executive-level meetings and official visits.
• Track action points from engagements and follow up with internal owners and external counterparts until closure.
• Support communication with embassies, ministries and international partners under the direction of the Manager.
• Agreements and frameworks
• Support drafting and review of MoUs, cooperation frameworks and partnership agreements, working with Legal and the relevant clusters.
• Maintain the department’s register of international agreements, their status and renewal dates.
• Coordination and reporting
• Maintain stakeholder and engagement databases and the tracker of leadership instructions.
• Prepare periodic activity reports, dashboards and KPI updates for department leadership.
• Coordinate with Protocol, Government Affairs and EDGE entities on approvals, permits and logistics for international engagements.
• Support EDGE’s participation in international exhibitions and defense events.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Public Policy, Economics or a related field.
• Experience or Training in international relations, diplomacy, government affairs, strategy or consulting.
• Exposure to government, defense, aerospace or advanced technology sectors is an advantage.

WHY CHOOSE EDGE

Launched in November 2019, the UAE's EDGE is one of the world's leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, and to be a catalyst for…