International Partnerships & Diplomatic Relations

• Lead the development, establishment, and management of international biodiversity collaborations, keeping close communication with the legal and policy team to ensure robust legal frameworks, regulatory compliance, and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms.
• Support capacity-building programs and knowledge exchange with biodiversity partners to ensure fair benefit-sharing and mutual value creation, including ensuring transparent access to insights and benefits derived from their contributions, running R&D initiatives, and co-writing manuscripts with international collaborators.

Collaboration Project Management & Scientific Delivery

• Work with international research groups, NGOs, academia, and private entities to plan and execute environmental sampling that provides extracted DNA for the BCR database and insights for biodiversity partners.
• Deliver environmental sampling and DNA extraction training to biodiversity partners around the globe.
• Coordinate DNA biobanking in London to facilitate sequencing efforts with the Production Team.
• Bridge the partnership and field operations sides of BCR's work, ensuring smooth knowledge transfer and compliance across all activities.

Field Expedition Leadership & Project Management

• Plan and execute, or coordinate expeditions with field consultants, to areas such as national parks, private land, and conservation areas where Basecamp Research has acquired permits for sampling.
• Lead field teams, in-person or remotely, across multi-week expeditions involving logistics coordination, equipment management, safety protocols, and real-time problem-solving in remote and challenging environments.
• Manage and support expedition logistics: travel planning, accommodation, customs documentation, packing lists, equipment cataloguing, and risk management.
• Conduct careful metadata and sample collection in the field and support collaborators to do the same, ensuring chain-of-custody and data integrity across multiple sampling locations.

Required Skills and Experience

• You have significant, demonstrable experience (senior/manager level) in international partnerships, science diplomacy, conservation, or government relations - ideally within biodiversity, environmental science, or life sciences.
• You have an established professional network in biodiversity, conservation, or related government/NGO circles that can be put to immediate use, and a track record of taking ownership of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives and driving them to completion with a high degree of autonomy.
• Confident and comfortable operating with a high degree of independence; able to see what needs doing and act on it, rather than waiting for direction.
• Sound judgment for navigating ambiguous, cross-cultural, or politically sensitive situations without close supervision.
• Experience representing organizations in international partnerships, conferences, and stakeholder events.

Project Management & Regulatory Knowledge

• Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects with complex regulatory and political considerations.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and deliver across multiple regions and partnerships simultaneously.

Field & Expedition Skills

• Demonstrated experience planning and executing field sampling work in remote or challenging environments.
• Experience in expedition logistics, including customs, packing lists, first aid, and lone working protocols.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate field teams, ensuring safety and efficiency.
• Competent in recording, managing, and quality-controlling field data.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot equipment and adapt to unpredictable field conditions.

Advantageous Skills and Experience

Scientific & Technical Skills

• General molecular biology or microbiology skills (DNA extraction, processing, sequencing, sample preparation).
• Understanding of the role of biodiversity in science, technology, and innovation.
• Experience with biosecurity, lab administration (inventory, risk assessments, organization).

Project Management & Regulatory Knowledge

• Knowledge of global biodiversity frameworks (Nagoya Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity, Access and Benefit-Sharing frameworks).
• Experience with permit applications, regulatory processes, and compliance documentation.

What we offer in return

Impactful Mission

• This is a rare chance to do work that genuinely matters. You'll join a talented, fast-moving team, access unique biological datasets at scale, and see your contributions shape real breakthroughs in AI and curative therapeutics.

Collaborative Culture

• You'll be surrounded by world-class engineers, scientists, and researchers who care deeply about their work and about each other. With offices in London and Boston, we've built a flexible, cross-functional environment where personal development and real ownership aren't just talking points.

High Growth

• We truly believe in investing in our people. We make coaching available to team members during steep growth journeys and we have twice-yearly promotion opportunities. People who are really successful here own it and go directly to solve problems at pace, and we ensure reward increases with impact.

Comprehensive Benefits

• We've built a benefits package people value. That means competitive salary, equity, and private healthcare with no medical history exclusions - so strong that most employees' family members opt into our plan over their own. We also offer Carrot Fertility with IVF stipend, salary sacrifice pension, bike-to-work scheme, life insurance, and more.

We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of ethnic or national origin, race, religion, sex, age, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other basis. If you have a disability or additional need that needs accommodating do let us know.