Job Information
AbbVie Senior Government Affairs Manager in Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
Senior Government Affairs Manager
Based in the offices in Maidenhead with flexible working (3/2 model)
Reporting to the Head of Government Affairs.
Highly competitive salary, Car allowance, Bonus and comprehensive benefits package.
Objective:
Lead, shape and execute multi-stakeholder Government Affairs (GA) strategies in full alignment with AbbVie brand and corporate objectives, integrated with the External Affairs team with a focus on positively shaping the environment to support patient access to medicines, building AbbVie’s external profile with relevant stakeholders and delivering our business priorities.
As a senior government affairs manager, you will be required to demonstrate a strategic approach to planning projects and advocacy programmes to shape the external environment. Working with both internal and external stakeholders you will have excellent communications skills and a proven ability to influence from a ‘patient first’ perspective. A track record of developing innovative and inventive approaches to shape external policy and engage stakeholders would also be desirable.
Highlighted key responsibilities include:
Design and lead assigned GA activities, building aligned multi-stakeholder strategies and platforms that make a valuable contribution to healthcare delivery, create consensus and demonstrate AbbVie’s commitment.
Build and execute AbbVie’s GA plans ensuring relevant insights and anticipated trends are provided to the company, securing opportunities to shape the external environment.
Use external insights to challenge business and brand strategies for improved delivery in line with our stakeholders’ expectations.
Expand and build durable external policy, political and wider stakeholder relationships for AbbVie in co-ordination with the wider External Affairs team and organisation.
Work across the External Affairs team to deliver impactful integrated strategies, compliantly delivering plans suitable to multiple audiences, utilized through multiple channels.
Lead policy priorities working closely with External Affairs colleagues to deliver the company’s Business Priorities.
Qualifications
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Direct experience of working in a parliamentary, political, advocacy or legislative role, preferably from a previous healthcare or life sciences focused role.
Demonstrated success in the influencing of legislation and policy.
In-depth knowledge of the UK health care system, including the National Health Service, Department of Health and Devolved Nations issues.
Demonstrated experience in building relationships with health care policy makers politicians, patient stakeholders and other influencers.
Strong understanding of Government, Whitehall, healthcare and the NHS.
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) to develop and convey strategies, policies, and action plans succinctly.
Additional Information
AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.