Associate Director, Alliance Development and Patient Advocacy
Organon
18 days ago
Remote friendly (Washington, DC)
United States
Patient Advocacy
Responsibilities:
- Lead efforts on state and federal strategic policy issues, initiating, building, and maintaining relationships with patient groups, alliances, and coalitions.
- Coordinate with external patient advocacy and alliance development contacts to support policy and advocacy initiatives; maintain corporate council memberships.
- Serve as the main point of contact for external patient advocacy partnerships, alliance development objectives, and coalition development activities.
- Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to drive execution of advocacy efforts (policy seminars, roundtables, social media campaigns, Congressional engagements, and senior leadership spotlights).
- Manage external patient advocacy and alliance development engagement, including research to prepare for meetings, briefings, and working groups.
- Represent the company at key meetings and support senior leadership functions.
- Maintain and oversee financial management for advocacy and alliance activities (US Government Affairs and relevant franchise budgets).
- Lead alliance development through sponsorship, grant, and membership management.
- Support donor engagement programs to build awareness and support for the company’s PAC.
- Provide updates to senior management and create/deliver presentations for the PAC Board and related meetings.
Qualifications / Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent writing and communications skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, work under deadlines, and collaborate across functions and with external stakeholders.
- Previous experience working with the advocacy community on health policy objectives.
- Minimum 3 years of political, trade association, or legislative experience preferred (prior PAC management a plus).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and related technologies.
- 20% domestic travel potentially required.
Preferred (additional) qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public policy/public administration (or related).
- 6+ years related experience.
- Ability to build and maintain key relationships; strong interpersonal and senior stakeholder management.
- Broad working knowledge of Congress and the policy landscape.
- Relevant issue advocacy experience in women’s health, biosimilars, dermatology.
- Innovative strategic thinking; cross-functional fluency.
Work setup:
- Hybrid role reporting to the Washington, DC office.
- Lead efforts on state and federal strategic policy issues, initiating, building, and maintaining relationships with patient groups, alliances, and coalitions.
- Coordinate with external patient advocacy and alliance development contacts to support policy and advocacy initiatives; maintain corporate council memberships.
- Serve as the main point of contact for external patient advocacy partnerships, alliance development objectives, and coalition development activities.
- Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to drive execution of advocacy efforts (policy seminars, roundtables, social media campaigns, Congressional engagements, and senior leadership spotlights).
- Manage external patient advocacy and alliance development engagement, including research to prepare for meetings, briefings, and working groups.
- Represent the company at key meetings and support senior leadership functions.
- Maintain and oversee financial management for advocacy and alliance activities (US Government Affairs and relevant franchise budgets).
- Lead alliance development through sponsorship, grant, and membership management.
- Support donor engagement programs to build awareness and support for the company’s PAC.
- Provide updates to senior management and create/deliver presentations for the PAC Board and related meetings.
Qualifications / Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent writing and communications skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, work under deadlines, and collaborate across functions and with external stakeholders.
- Previous experience working with the advocacy community on health policy objectives.
- Minimum 3 years of political, trade association, or legislative experience preferred (prior PAC management a plus).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and related technologies.
- 20% domestic travel potentially required.
Preferred (additional) qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public policy/public administration (or related).
- 6+ years related experience.
- Ability to build and maintain key relationships; strong interpersonal and senior stakeholder management.
- Broad working knowledge of Congress and the policy landscape.
- Relevant issue advocacy experience in women’s health, biosimilars, dermatology.
- Innovative strategic thinking; cross-functional fluency.
Work setup:
- Hybrid role reporting to the Washington, DC office.