Director – Advocacy and Strategic Alliance

Overview

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is seeking a Director for the Advocacy and Strategic Alliances (herein, Alliance) team. The Director will support the federal team’s broad alliance development efforts while concentrating on grassroots campaign strategies for PhRMA priority areas.

The Director will report to the Deputy Vice President, Advocacy and Strategic Alliances and will work closely with state and federal ASA staff and colleagues across PhRMA. The Director will support the development and implementation of campaigns and strategies that impact the biopharmaceutical public policy debate.

The Director will:

• Manage a network of field consultants based in the states that support federal grassroots advocacy engagement, maintaining regular contact with those consultants to ensure relevant Hill activity and developments on PhRMA priority issues are relayed as appropriate for timely grassroots activation.
• Create and execute specialty grassroots advocacy campaigns to support PhRMA priority issues at the state, federal, and regulatory levels.
• Develop strategies, materials, and methods that support partnerships and coalitions with patient, provider, labor, multicultural, and retiree communities in various states, understanding political and policy implications of the federal delegation in a given state.
• Coordinate with PhRMA colleagues on strategy and direction of grassroots issue campaigns.
• Lead efforts to monitor national and state-based third-party activity by opposition groups and collaborate across the organization on strategies to counter them.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Success Factors

PhRMA seeks a proactive and action-oriented individual who is passionate about engaging on the healthcare challenges we face today. Key success factors for this role include being a team player and having a collaborative orientation. The preferred candidate will be independent, have strong problem-solving skills, and be a flexible, detail-oriented, self-starter and an exceptional communicator.

Demonstrated consensus-building, decision-making, and interpersonal skills are essential. This is a highly visible, fast-paced position. Accordingly, the successful candidate should be adaptable, able to reprioritize and shift gears quickly, comfortable in a high-pressure environment, and be politically savvy, diplomatic, responsive, and mature.

Professional Experience / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Public Affairs or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 6+ years of experience working in a dynamic, high-paced environment.
• Strong work ethic and organizational skills with the ability to respond quickly to requests.
• Experience lobbying and/or managing multi-state work streams or national advocacy campaigns.
• Ability to work with trade associations, coalitions, and outside consultants as well as an internal team of professionals.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar campaign resources and budgets.
• Excellent skills utilizing Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong relationship-building skills, integrity, and reputation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaborator and team player.
• Basic understanding of federal health care programs and issues related to the pharmaceutical industry (including Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, 340B, and concepts of price controls).
• Basic understanding of the federal legislative process.
• Display an ability to inspire confidence within the organization.
• Must be willing to be available after hours and on weekends.

Potential Salary

$110,500 – $151,900 per annum. Salary is commensurate with experience and other compensable factors.

Who We Are

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies, which are laser focused on developing innovative medicines that transform lives and create a healthier world. Together, we are fighting for solutions to ensure patients can access and afford medicines that prevent, treat, and cure disease. Over the last decade, PhRMA member companies have invested more than $850 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, supporting nearly five million jobs in the United States.

Connect with PhRMA

For information on how innovative medicines save lives, please visit:

www.PhRMA.org
www.Innovation.org
www.MAT.org
www.Facebook.com/PhRMA
www.Twitter.com/PhRMA

What We Offer

In addition to a highly competitive salary and bonus program, various opportunities for reward and recognition and a platform of extensive benefits, PhRMA is committed to the development and overall wellbeing of our team members. We offer traditional (medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, life, AD&D, LTD, STD) and enhanced benefits such as parental leave, a wellbeing program, back-up care, health advocate service, employee assistance program, and commuting benefits.

We also offer a robust 401k plan with employer contributions upon the first day of hire and immediate vesting, a generous paid time off plan, seven paid holidays (plus inauguration day), half-day Fridays preceding holidays, half-day Fridays in the summer months, and a paid winter break. As an organization, we work in the office on Mondays through Thursdays and remotely on Fridays. We also all work remotely in August.

We are committed to the growth and development of our team members and offer many learning opportunities including an integrated onboarding program, best-in-class leadership programming, tuition reimbursement, industry on-site and off-site training, and other management/professional development programs.

Corporate social responsibility is also important to us at PhRMA. Our team members participate in organization-wide community service activities, fundraising drives, and charitable athletic events.

We are committed to supporting our family of professionals at PhRMA and strive to create programs that help our team members manage the challenges of balancing a fast-paced career with their own personal goals.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PhRMA provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

The job description contains an overview of the activities and duties for this role. Responsibilities may change and new ones may be assigned at any time.

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