Director, Public Affairs – Policy, Communications & Advocacy - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Director, Public Affairs – Policy, Communications & Advocacy - Healthcare & Life Sciences

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.

At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.

Are you ready to make an impact?

As a Director in our Healthcare & Life Sciences sector, you will take an active role in promoting the day-to-day management of our public affairs client accounts. This person will align with all aspects of both the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector, as well as our Public Affairs team. FTI Consulting’s Public Affairs team brings together policy, communications, advocacy, and reputational engagement to support and advance our clients' business goals and objectives.

If you love policy, healthcare, communications, and strategic advocacy engagement, we would love it if you considered the opportunity to join our team!

As a successful Director, you will lead strategic efforts across account teams, managing both up and down to ensure alignment with client goals and expectations. You will provide high-level counsel on public policy, legislative strategy, communications and advocacy engagement, helping clients navigate complex political and regulatory landscapes.

Your responsibilities will include developing and executing integrated communications strategies that support our clients' policy objectives, drafting compelling materials such as advocacy plans, strategy and policy memos, press releases, and briefing documents, and preparing clients for high‑stakes engagements with media, policymakers, and a broad range of internal and external stakeholder audiences. And you will work in partnership with our early career professionals in bringing these efforts to life.

You will track, monitor, and offer insights on policy (federal, state, and/or local) developments, peer positioning, industry and market dynamics, media coverage, and reporting, and more – translating these developments into actionable communications and engagement strategies.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

The Director manages account teams and projects, leveraging in‑depth knowledge of clients' objectives and challenges to oversee the design and execution of innovative communications, research and engagement strategies and tactics. Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• Develop strategic proposals, communications plans, research, analysis and other work product for clients and new business prospects
• Serve as a primary client contact, providing strategic counsel directly to clients in meetings, conference calls and while working on client sites
• Oversee project management and document development to ensure deadlines are met and objectives are achieved
• Anticipate client needs and concerns and work proactively with colleagues to address them
• Drive new business pursuits, including the development of thought leadership, identification of business prospects and ongoing networking on behalf of the firm
• Support team training and professional development and serve as a performance manager to junior staff

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on‑the‑job learning,…