Governmental Affairs and Patient Engagement and Advocacy Lead

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Job Function:
Communications & Corporate/External Affairs

Job Sub Function:
Government Affairs & Policy

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Job Description:

General Information

Job Description

ROLE DESCRIPTION

GAPEAL:

develops and executes local government affairs strategy and action plans and in collaboration with other department Leads ensures improved access to J&J Innovative Medicines innovative and business objectives.

Job title:

Governmental Affairs & Patient Engagement and Advocacy Lead (GAPEAL)

Name of employee:



*Reporting to:

Country Director

Functional group:

GAPEAL

Drives strategic and systematic approach to patient engagement and incorporation of patient’s voice in our operations.

Co-ordinates all patient centric initiatives end establishes sustained and effective relationships with the key strategic patient advocacy stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS


* Develops strategies and tactics; propose specific actions to management board.


* Analyse political, social and economic environment, monitories legislative framework and make impact analyses;


* Establishes, maintains and develops effective relationships, dialogue and influence with selected Government officials – MoH, insurance companies, parliament and senate members, regulatory agency and other health care decision makers.


* represents the Company in the dialogue with external stakeholders on health topics (professional associations, official institutions, governmental organisations)


* Ensures therapeutic area support through projects or activities developed in conjunction with other functions of the company and commercial department in order to maximize the use of innovative therapies.

Collaborate with market access, medical etc.

in order to develop different agreements with insurance companies


* Closely collaborates with EMEA and CEB Gov.

Affairs colleagues; share best practices


* Active involvement and contribution to national innovative pharma association and AmCham

PATIENTS ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY


* Develops PEA strategy and tactics in collaboration with Country Director, Market Access and CEE PEA Lead


* Responsible for execution of the patient advocacy strategy and ensure alignment across a matrix environment


* Develop and maintain interactions with Patients Associations for different projects that can contribute t...