LATAM Government Affairs Manager

Job Description:

LATAM Government Affairs Manager

Mexico City

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material, and data science that change patients’ lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this role

As a LATAM Government Affairs Manager, the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Establishing, maintaining, and executing a government affairs agenda to include maintenance of a bipartisan contact network and a strategic policy communications program with elected and appointed government officials, primarily focusing on federal government officials in Mexico, Brazil, and Latin American countries.
• Lobbying directly on specific healthcare proposals and bills to influence passage, defeat, or amendment of measure, or introduction of legislation as well as a variety or regulatory issues in different countries when applicable.
• Drafting communications to key personnel, including executive leadership and other managers, outlining the implications of proposed and current legislation and regulations, as market development opportunities and geopolitical overview.
• Communicating with regulatory and legislative bodies including testifying at or drafting testimony for public hearings to enlist support for Solventum interests including business development and economic incentive opportunities.
• Preparing testimony, regulatory comments, and other communications intended to affect the outcome of legislation and regulations in which Solventum has an interest.
• Work closely with and leverage industry associations, business coalitions, and interest groups to pursue policy, legislative, regulatory, and trade goals, drive growth, protect the company and raise the Health Care company’s public profile.
• Collaborating with the Global Government Affairs team to draft and maintain internal and external communications and manage related communication platforms relative to the company’s government relations function and corporate political action committees.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Eight (8) years’ experience working in government, as a public servant in a relevant government department or agency, and/or as a government relations liaison with a major multinational company or industry trade association in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Understanding and preferably experience of Mexican, Brazilian and Latin America public health care system from a legislative and executive perspective.
• Knowledge of government procurement and/or regulatory liaison
• Experience as senior legislative aid in a congressional office (e.g., Legislative Director)
• Healthcare experience
• Background and familiarity with Latin America health care, environmental, trade and other legislative and regulatory issues.
• The ability to quickly grasp various government dynamics and address a variety of legislative and regulatory issues facing Solventum, its industry, and customers’ industries, and how these impact the company.
• The ability to build and maintain strong bipartisan relationships.
• A global perspective and the ability to understand the implications of policy proposals on the global marketplace especially throughout America’s and their implications on businesses.
• Knowledge on healthcare bids and tender process, direct sales and indirect sales via distributors.
• Proficiency in additional languages (primarily Spanish, but also English, Portuguese)

Travel: May include up to 50% domestic and throughout North America and Latin America

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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