Director, Global Policy, Rare Disease

vor 2 Wochen

Baar, Schweiz AstraZeneca Vollzeit

**Director, Global Policy, Rare Disease**

**Location: Zug, CH**

**Competitive salary and benefits**

Reporting to the AstraZeneca Head of Global Policy, the Senior Director of Global Policy for Rare Disease is an exciting opportunity to play an integral role as a strategic partner to Senior Rare Disease Business Leaders and the rare disease community - working directly to shape and promote a policy environment which enables timely access for rare disease patients to high-quality care and innovative therapies. The Senior Director of Global Policy for Rare Disease, will be responsible for developing and implementing policy strategy, initiatives and engagements across global markets (ex-US) supporting global, regional, and country priorities.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop policy strategies and tactics to ensure timely diagnosis, high-quality care delivery and access to innovative medicines for rare disease patients across key markets globally; and ensure alignment and cooperation with other relevant parts of the organization.
- Being co-accountable with markets to deliver policy change, develop high-impact stakeholder partnerships to identify opportunities to improve rare disease policies, understand their value-proposition, and meaningfully engage relevant decision makers.
- Drive above market policy initiatives where appropriate.
- Monitor the global policy environment and provide insights on the effects of those policies in the international developed markets; ensure knowledge of US policy environment and effects on international markets, if any. Optimize portfolio access and mitigate risk in response to the evolving global policy environment.
- Serve as strategic policy counsel to Global and Regional Rare Disease Business Unit Leadership as well as cross-functional partners.
- Collaborate across functions, global/region/local levels to advance rare disease policy shaping priorities.
- Deliver policy briefings on rare disease to Rare Disease Business Unit senior leaders upon request.
- Identify strategic external opportunities with trade associations, societies, think tanks, and other key influencers in support of key policy objectives.
- Serve as the rare disease policy expert representative on designated trade association workgroups.

**Education, Behavioral Competencies and Skills**
- Bachelor’s degree required. JD or MBA desirable
- Minimum 7 years of pharmaceutical experience in a healthcare policy, healthcare policy consulting, law, or financial/actuarial firm experience
- Minimum 7 years of working on rare diseases with a variety of stakeholders, with demonstrated ability to drive impact through collaboration and partnership
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven and fast-paced environment including managing multiple projects with on time and budget completion
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and business skills; with the ability to research complex policy issues with the ability to perform qualitative and lead quantitative analyses.
- Exceptional ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders
- Demonstrated ability to process complex information and summarize it concisely in writing and/or verbally in a professional manner and in a time sensitive environment as required
- Demonstrated success in a matrixed environment with particular emphasis on working across a Corporate Affairs organization
- A history of strategic and tactical plan implementation that have netted results.

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