Director, State Government Affairs and Public Health

This is a field-based role. Must reside within driving distance of one of the capitals in the following states:
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Florida.

As the Director of State Government Affairs and Public Health
, your role is to strengthen alignment between GSK’s commercial and Gov’t Affairs Public Policy and Advocacy (GAPPA) teams at the state and local level, expand the capabilities of the State Gov’t Affairs (SGA) team, and support public health policies that improve patient access to needed vaccines and treatments. You will also be responsible for shaping changes to state laws and regulations in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi on GSK priorities and issues related to the pharmaceutical industry with an emphasis on vaccines and public health while serving as a subject matter expert on public health policies within the State Government Affairs team.

Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities include the following:

• Lobbying and Advocacy: Engage with state patient advocacy groups, health professional societies, State Departments of Health, state policy makers and trade associations to advance business unit needs at GSK.
• Strategic Leadership: Responsible for overseeing those representing GSK’s interests before state governments. Serve as the company’s registered lobbyist in both state legislatures and executive branch agencies. Manage senior executive engagement with Government officials and key business groups.
• Policy Influence: Influence state legislation and regulation affecting GSK’s business interests in the following areas:
  Oncology, Vaccines, Specialty, Respiratory and HIV with an emphasis on prevention and public health policy.
• Objective Setting: Responsible for identifying and establishing annual legislative and policy objectives in coordination with government affairs management. Serve as team lead of strategic engagement with public health leaders.
• Policy Awareness: Build and maintain robust knowledge of public health and vaccine policy, leading the development and maintaining a thorough working knowledge of existing state policies affecting GSK and public health, including product access and reimbursement, vaccine recommendations (both federal and state), sales and marketing restrictions, and public health initiatives.
• Contract Lobbyists: Manage GSK’s contract lobbyists or other consultants in key states as required to ensure they advocate GSK priorities and remain in compliance with GSK rules and values.
• Coalition Building: Engage in legislative coalition-building and perform other functions designed to help ensure a legislative and regulatory environment that recognizes and rewards the value and importance of innovative medicines and prevention of disease.
• Issue Identification: Identify legislative and regulatory opportunities that support GSK’s business priorities or those that have a negative impact on GSK. These issues can affect GSK’s business planning over periods of many years. Lead in strategy development against these issues related to public health and prevention.
• Industry Engagement: Influence industry trade associations to ensure these associations’ priorities include GSK’s priorities.
• Stakeholder Alliances: Establish alliances with state patient advocacy groups (partnering with GSK Specialty and Vaccine Advocacy Directors), state health professional organizations, business associations, or other relevant groups as appropriate to further GSK’s priorities ensuring transparency and vales-based mechanisms for funding, strategy, and relationship development.
• Strategic Relationships: Build long-term strategic relationships and communicate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver optimal value through strategy, alignment, and execution.
• Matrix Teams: Participate with matrix teams and task forces, within GSK and external organizations to advocate GSK priorities, focusing on areas related to public health and vaccines. Embed your role withing relevant business units, including but not limited to vaccines and specialty.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with other Government Affairs team members to lead communications and engagement strategies in all states related to public…