Head of Advocacy & Public Policy

Organization: Lantheus Medical Imaging
Location: Town of Bedford, MA
Date Posted: 03/27/2025

Job Details

Description

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, with offices in New Canada and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight, and follow disease. At Lantheus, our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one, knowing that someone’s health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

Summary of Role

The Head of Advocacy is a key leader in driving our strategy and engagement of key patient advocacy groups, physician professional societies, and key governmental organizations. This position will be accountable for building a team across advocacy and government affairs to support Lantheus’s portfolio and business objectives and continue to support a positive environment for the growth of the radiopharmaceutical industry.

This person will be an ambassador for the organization with external organizations and instill our cultural values in recruiting, retaining, and developing talent to deliver better patient outcomes. It will also be the responsibility of this position to execute continued efforts towards enterprise resource planning to ensure the long-term sustainability of the business.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

Establish a team to oversee building external relationships with key advocacy stakeholders across patient groups, physician professional societies, and key state and national government organizations.
Develop a vision and strategy for external engagement that strengthens relationships with key advocacy stakeholder groups across nuclear medicine, neurology, oncology, and cardiology.
Collaborate with the Lantheus leadership team to ensure patient-centered strategies align with broader corporate objectives.
Ensure comprehensive policy strategies are in place to address key legislative and regulatory issues related to the radiopharmaceutical industry on both a state and federal level.
Monitor healthcare policy developments impacting access and patient engagement, providing strategic recommendations to leadership.
Lead strategy and engagement with key industry associations, including MITA, CORAR, and BIO.

Capabilities & Competencies

Build and cultivate productive relationships with internal and external thought leaders, business leaders/organizations, alliance partners, and colleagues essential to the success of Lantheus products and business at large.
Strong leadership capabilities – build and develop high-performing teams, articulate a compelling vision, and evolve vision or objectives into an operational plan.
Lead teams to manage growth and change, develop human capital, and create and maintain a culture of engagement and accountability.
Consistent track record of providing prompt and objective feedback, coaching, and counseling to enhance or improve performance by setting expectations and holding individuals accountable for performance and behavior.
Champion and instill company and cultural values, ensuring initiatives align with Lantheus’ culture and corporate goals.
Proven ability to communicate ideas and information both verbally and in writing in a persuasive and appropriate manner to all levels within the organization.
Demonstrate the ability to make enterprise-wide decisions and remain persistently focused on Lantheus business priorities.

Experience and Qualifications

Required:

BS/BA required (science/business/finance); MS or MBA optional but preferred.
15+ years in the pharmaceutical industry with increasing responsibility in advocacy, government affairs, public policy, and/or market access.
Proven track record of building multi-function teams in advocacy and government affairs.
Strong background in US healthcare market dynamics and evolving trends.
Ability to navigate and lead organizational changes and deliver results; take ownership and manage large-scale transformation programs and execute workstreams.
Results-oriented leader with the ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing and multiple priorities; practical problem solver with strong prioritization skills.
Innovative, forward-thinking with a good grasp of new technologies, competitive landscapes, and the regulatory environment.
Strong collaborator and change agent with demonstrated experience in influencing stakeholders to support decision-making processes.
Routine overnight travel based on business needs and frequent weekend work may be required.
Valid driver’s license.

Preferred:

Experience in Oncology, including prostate cancer, or Neuroscience.
Clinical and/or technical discipline knowledge (e.g., radiopharmaceuticals, theranostics, treatment paradigms, and future trends).

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Lantheus will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.