Regional Lead, State Government Affairs; MA, CT, NY, NJ

About the Department

Novo Nordisk’s Market Access and Public Affairs team engages diverse stakeholders across political and healthcare landscapes to forge solutions that drive patient access to innovative products. We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, growth hormone deficiencies and rare bleeding disorders through mutual wins for both Novo Nordisk and our Market Access customers. Our passion for helping people live better lives and our award‑winning product pipeline can only be as effective as our ability to provide information to healthcare providers, key stakeholders and policymakers.

Our Market Access and Public Affairs professionals ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most, by creating an environment where innovation and chronic disease management drive optimal health outcomes. Are you ready to realize your potential?

The Regional Lead of State Government Affairs sits within the State Government Affairs Team. This individual is expected to participate comprehensively in Novo Nordisk's state policy agenda, particularly strategic goals, resource recommendations, leveraging of the Novo Nordisk Political Action Committee, and optimizing consultants. This position will focus on strategic planning, communicating, advocating, and executing on proactive state government affairs goals that advance Novo Nordisk's enterprise strategy as it relates to state legislation and policy.

This position will also work strategically to defeat or mitigate actions by local state offices and organizations that could negatively affect our business and/or patients.

The Regional Lead is accountable for relationships with state level appointees within an Administration and state legislative policymakers. This position will proactively collaborate with internal partners on all aspects of state , alliance and policy goals. This position serves as one of the company's primary contacts/advocates responsible for developing strategic lobbying plans, as well as communicating and promoting the company's positions directly to state and local officials.

Facilitates cross‑functional internal stakeholder teams on SGA policy objectives. Responsible for the development, advocacy, communication and execution of key business and Triple Bottom Line priorities in approximately 4‑5 states within a region of approximately 10 states. Collaborates, where appropriate, with Market Access Account Executives and Field Sales staff to implement state strategies that promote the Novo Nordisk brand and/or issues and/or relationships in the states within assigned region.

Oversee activities of contract lobbyists in states in the assigned region.

Reports to the Director, Team Lead Government Affairs, State. External relationships include but are not limited to:
Governors and staff, state Legislators and staff, Public Health officials, including the State Departments of Health, Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs, Medicaid, public employee benefit administrators, Insurance Commissioner and other state agencies.

In collaboration with the Alliance Development team & Policy team, cultivates relationships with business, policy and political organizations, relevant to the geographic region and with local chapters of national patient advocacy organizations, BIO and business and trade groups. Works with various national and regional business, policy and political groups such as the Governors Associations, National Conference of State Legislators, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Council of State Governments and others.

Manages the relationship with the state arms of major trade associations, BIO and PhRMA, and interacts, as necessary, with many other external parties, including physician and patient groups, state diabetes or obesity advocacy groups and other health‑related coalitions, professional associations, vendors, consultants, contract lobbyists and customers, as necessary.

Internal relationships include Legal, Compliance, Managed Markets Sales & Strategy, Bio Pharm, Medical, Institutional & DCS Sales. Collaborates with Market Access colleagues and may coordinate with Field Sales and other internal NNI stakeholders to implement state strategies that promote Novo Nordisk interests or relationships in the States and to support patient access to Novo Nordisk products in state funded health programs.

May be required to develop new relationships and alliances to address multistate policy challenges.

• Develops and manages proactive and reactive strategies to mitigate risks and identify opportunities for policy goals of importance to the Company to achieve the success of NNI business goals
• Monitors state policy and business environment for emerging issues that affect NNI products and/or business operations
• In consultation with the Team Lead, identifies and educates internal NNI stakeholders and, as necessary, creates NNI…