Sr. Manager, Policy, Advocacy & Government Affairs

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Director of Policy, Advocacy & Government Affairs – LATAM, as the Sr. Manager, Policy, Advocacy & Government Affairs, you will provide strategic guidance and direction to the São Paulo affiliate's leadership team on government relations, policy, and advocacy, enabling them to identify and mitigate risks and opportunities for the business. You will lead discussions with officials at various levels of government and develop a long-term positioning for the company with external stakeholders. You will be the company’s primary point of contact with government and public affairs stakeholders in Brazil, and serve as Corporate and External Affairs business partner for the commercial leadership for Brazil, under the supervision of the PAGA LATAM lead. You will be responsible for advancing and advising the company on the potential impact of policy developments on the company’s business, and for developing and leading the execution of CSL’s political external engagement and advocacy strategies to shape government policy, legislation, and/or regulations. You will be responsible for holding relationships and advancing collaborations with external stakeholders and patient advocacy groups.  You will also align priorities and coordinate engagement with trade associations in Brazil. You will be expected to put patients and plasma donors at the forefront of our vision for delivering value to address unmet medical needs and have a track record on the highest compliant and ethical standards.

This is a hybrid role, which offers a combination of an onsite and remote work schedule.  #LI-hybrid

The Role:

• Develop and lead execution of strategic plan to drive public affairs priorities that enable the success of CSL’s business and patient access to our therapies, in Brazil.
• Lead and coordinate CSL company engagement with government officials, industry associations, and other stakeholders.  Represents CSL and takes leading role in key industry associations and committees. Partners with CSL functions to support external engagement priorities in Brazil.
• Lead the development of business-relevant policy updates to senior company leaders, in alignment with relevant affiliate functions and CEA leadership.
• Serve on Brazil Leadership Team, partner and pro-actively collaborate with functional leads, including Therapeutic Areas Commercial, Market Access, Communications, and Regulatory, to develop and execute joint strategies.
• Develop and lead execution of engagement plan to ensure strong relationships with public affairs stakeholders in Brazil;
• Supports in developing corporate communications strategies for the LATAM region integrating Brazil insights and priorities.
• Be a key interface partner and relationship manager with patient advocacy groups and work closely with Medical Affairs and Communications teams on patient group engagement and corporate communications strategies and programs in Brazil.

Your Skills & Abilities:

• Graduate/professional degree in law, public health, international relations, political sciences or similar disciplines preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in healthcare policy/public affairs, access or comparable fields.
• Portuguese native language and English fluency required.
• Experience designing and leading efforts to build company profile and impact with important healthcare public affairs stakeholders at the national and local levels.
• Experience working with both legislative and executive government representatives, as well as with other strategic institutions in the public sector.
• Experience collaborating with colleagues at multiple levels of the organization to align on and execute shared goals.
• Strong understanding of the workings of major government/public authorities and healthcare industry associations.
• Experience partnering with patient groups to advance shared goals.
• Strong network of relationships with government officials, industry, patient advocacy, and other stakeholders that are influential in policy formulation.
• Experience in biologics, plasma, or vaccine products industries preferred.
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to spot risks and draw connections between complex policy issues and business impact.
• Strong communications skills, including ability to communicate accurate, succinct descriptions of policy/political developments to senior business leaders.
• Results oriented & growth mindset.
• Ability to design and execute effective policy and advocacy strategies to shape the external environment in ways that will advance company goals.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

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You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.