Associate Director, Policy - London, United Kingdom - MSD

MSD

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting full-time opportunity as Associate Director, Policy & Communications has arisen to work on campaigns and advocacy efforts to improve public health.

The role will report to the Director of Policy & Communications for Vaccines, Public Health & Pharmaceuticals.

This role sits within the Global Corporate Affairs organisation.

In the UK, Corporate Affairs leads and delivers our company's policy and communications activities, including corporate policy and communications, franchise policy and communications, internal communications and social and digital communications.

This role is responsible for working closely with the business leaders and cross-functional teams working in vaccines and public health, to represent and lead the Corporate Affairs contribution to their success and to the success of the organisation overall - including:

Maintaining a deep understanding of the goals of the business, the critical success factors underpinning them and the challenges and opportunities that may impact them in the external and internal policy and communications environment
Identifying and understanding the relevant internal and external stakeholders and audiences, and prioritising and managing the engagement with them
Creating and delivering Corporate Affairs programmes that advance the company goals and those of the individual franchises in a measurable way, through policy and communications services, across the full range of communications and engagement specialisms including therapy and corporate policy, brand and therapyarea communications, media relations, stakeholder engagement, patient group relations, publications, social and digital media and issues management
Supporting staff engagement where required
Managing tactical communications delivery and management of suppliers employed by our company, as well as the business practices procedures governing all activities
Providing ongoing strategic counsel on communications and relevant business issues to colleagues across the organisation particularly business and functional leaders and the Corporate Affairs team
Contributing to the broader Corporate Affairs team and function including involvement in key strategic and department initiatives

This role is predominantly head office based, full time, with some travel as required for meetings/stakeholder meetings, including occasional international travel.

We have adopted hybrid working which applies to this role.

Specialist skills & competencies required:

_Knowledge of Health Policy and

Therapeutic Areas:
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You must have sound knowledge of health policy and the pharmaceutical industry environment, and the levers for influencing policy change
You understand our portfolio, the lifecycle of products and can understand and interpret external health policy in relation to them

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Enterprise Brand Management:
_**- You understand our mission, strategy, values and franchise plans and use internal and external engagement to champion them, mitigate risks and shape our future business and organisation

_ Stakeholder Analysis, Engagement & Influencing:_

You deliver on business objectives by identifying key audiences for communications and engagement, evaluating the situation and connecting with them based on a deep strategic understanding, anticipating and articulating their needs
You have strong, assured issues and crisis management abilities linked to the protection of company and franchise goals

_ Policy and Communications Strategy & Development:_

Expertise in developing communication and policy strategies and providing counsel to colleagues who require assistance with challenging communication scenarios creating programmes and messages for a variety of audiences to support our UK mission, growth strategy and business goals
Shaping the tone, style and direction of key communications or policy campaigns based on indepth knowledge of our company and its franchises alongside life sciences industry issues and stakeholder / audience perspectives
Overseeing the execution of policy and communications programmes

_ Programme Development & Execution:
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Ability to design strategic programmes, develop project plans and garner support for the allocation of resources and teams using sound resource estimates and business cases with supporting expertise in navigating complex internal processes for approval or support of initiatives
Managing project budgets, identifying and mitigating risks, demonstrating strong prioritisation and time management skills and measuring results

_ Compliance, Ethics &

Risk Management:
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Always acting with integrity and honesty to achieve best outcomes in the right way.

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