Director of Global Policy and Multilateral Engagement

5 days ago


Washington, United States MSD Full time
Job Description

Position Overview:

The Director of Global Policy and Multilateral Engagement will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive strategy to advance our company's policy and business objectives in the global public policy arena. This includes maintaining strong relationships with multilateral and international organizations, as well as industry partners, to promote our company's interests and priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Develop and execute a multilateral policy strategy to advance our company's business objectives, including intellectual property, trade, and innovation policy.
  2. Build and maintain relationships with technical experts in multilateral organizations, such as the World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Health Organization, to promote our company's interests and priorities.
  3. Represent our company in engagements with multilateral organizations to deliver key messages and advocate for policies that align with our company's objectives.
  4. Secure thought leadership roles within multilateral organizations and industry associations to advance our company's objectives and develop cross-sector coalitions as appropriate.
  5. Proactively identify strategic engagement opportunities in policy portfolio areas aligned to business objectives and develop materials for briefing senior leadership for meetings with multilateral organizations and other officials.
  6. Provide regular communication and analysis to senior leadership and cross-functional teams on key policies under consideration in multilateral forums to inform business strategies and policy priorities.
  7. Represent our company to industry association working groups on issues in portfolio, including the IFPMA Innovation, IP, and Trade Committee.
  8. Contribute to quarterly and annual strategic planning and evaluation processes for the Global Public Policy organization.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's or Doctoral degree in public policy, public health, public administration, economics, political science, or political economy strongly preferred.
  • Accomplished public policy professional with at least 10 years' experience in international government affairs with a preference for candidates with experience working with or in multilateral organizations.
  • Demonstrated experience staffing senior government officials or business executives.
  • Pharmaceutical sector, medical device, or related policy background preferred with specific emphasis on pricing and reimbursement, intellectual property, and trade policy.
  • Deep understanding of multilateral organizations' role in shaping global health and pharmaceutical industry policies.
  • Superior interpersonal, leadership, diplomacy, and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to manage time-sensitive, competing priorities with effective project management.
  • Self-starter with innovative spirit. Ability to inspire and lead task teams and working groups without authority.
  • Effective in collaborating with people at all levels of an organization and willing to contribute wherever needed, providing leadership to operational activities as well as to senior executives.
  • Fluent in English, verbal and written. Excellent writing and communication skills with the proven ability to develop new, innovative ways to influence policy deliberations in a rapidly changing environment.
  • High degree of ethics and ability to build effective internal and external working relationships.
  • Ability to travel up to 10-20% per year.


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