Senior Manager, Health Policy and Advocacy

Summary

Green Key's Client is a biopharmaceutical company relentlessly committed to creating superior products for immunodeficient patients at risk for infection. It is our devotion to this underserved population that fuels us and our hands-on approach to production and development that sets us apart. If you are looking for a dynamic, innovative, growing company in the biopharmaceutical industry that is committed to excellence and integrity, then consider this position. We currently have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Manager, Health Policy and Advocacy Boca Raton, FL!

The Senior Manager, Health Policy and Advocacy is the day-to-day lead in developing and implementing coordinated advocacy strategies and engagements with governmental and policy entities around issues that impact the client, the IVIG therapeutic area, disease areas, and biopharmaceutical industry, including but not limited to policies at the federal, state, and agency levels. Complementing this role is the engagement with advocacy organizations to advance ADMA’s visibility and partnership with the patient community across areas related to access, education, and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Health Policy
• Liaises with cross-functional leads to solicit, evaluate, and advocate for policy issues that impact access, communications, and external stakeholders.
• Maintains surveillance of policy developments and legislative tracking, and communicates alerts and updates to leadership on timely basis.
• Works closely with US Policy and Access Strategy to develop internal analysis, education, and generate materials on relevant health policy topics, including but limited to sources of insurance (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial), drug supply chain and intermediaries (e.g., GPOs, PBMs), healthcare providers (e.g., varying settings of care and practice types; 340B entities), and drug pricing concepts (e.g., WAC, ASP, best price).
• Conceptualizes and drafts publications on industry and appropriate medical topics in concert with the medical and policy education focus of the Company and its products.
• Internal expert on the external policy environment and leads analysis of policy matters potentially affecting business.
• Evaluates positions and policies of government and society guidelines and develops strategy for state Medicaid policy engagement.
• Supports development of advocacy strategy for non-proprietary issues, including developing of evidence and intellectual capital through partnering with academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, consultants, and think tanks.
• Develops updates for corporate and relevant customer, scientific forums, and investor communications.
• Works with appropriate industry trade organizations to ensure organization’s views are represented fairly and accurately in discussions.
• Engages and collaborates with external subject matter experts on policy issues and activities.
• Advocacy
• Development of advocacy strategy aligned with commercial organizational objectives and within budget.
• Cross functional work and collaboration across all levels of the organization to ensure that patient engagements, partnerships, and advocacy strategy is clearly defined and executed with excellence.
• Identify and execute opportunities to collaborate functional leads on advocacy initiatives and patient engagement.
• Strengthen existing advocacy partnerships and expand engagement reach with new stakeholders.
• Communicates updates for PR opportunities and corporate communications.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to develop programs to raise awareness of and educate on disease-related topics.
• Serve as company presence on advocacy at related meetings and patient engagement events (e.g., walks, meetings, community gatherings).
• Develop and track metrics for engagement activities and financial contributions.
• Build positive stakeholder relations internally and externally, and establish active and compliant partnerships with patient organizations and communities.
• Administrative
• Ensure compliance with all legal regulatory and company requirements for scientific communications (publications and medical education materials).
• Manages relevant financial and contractual aspects of assigned projects, including vendor negotiations.
• Contributes to annual budgeting process and manages monthly spending within allocated budget.
• Lead the development and oversight of the patient engagement process, system, and SOPs.
• Supports Executive Director in government affairs administrative functions as needed.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in life science/healthcare or a related discipline (legislative affairs, public policy, public health, health policy, etc.).
• A minimum of 3 years in pharmaceutical industry and/or other healthcare-related experience, specifically working in health policy or patient engagement roles.
• Competency-level experience in pharmaceutical reimbursement/market access strategy, advocacy, health policy and/or stakeholder partnerships.
• Demonstrated communication and platform skills (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), including ability to create deliverables independently.
• Relevant experience in patient advocacy, stakeholder management and collaborative leadership.
• Experience in directing the work of outside consultants and stakeholders.