Director, State Government Relations

Responsibilities:
- Lobbying and Advocacy: Engage patient advocacy groups, health professional societies, State Departments of Health, and trade associations to support GSK business unit needs.
- Strategic Leadership: Oversee GSK interests before state governments; serve as the company’s registered lobbyist in 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 in Oncology, Vaccines, Specialty, Respiratory, and HIV, with an emphasis on prevention policy.
- Objective Setting: Identify and establish annual legislative and policy objectives in coordination with Government Affairs management.
- Policy Awareness: Maintain working knowledge of existing state policies affecting GSK, including product access and reimbursement, sales and marketing restrictions, and Public Health initiatives (including key business and tax policies).
- Contract Lobbyists: Manage contract lobbyists/consultants in key states; ensure advocacy of GSK priorities and compliance with GSK rules and values.
- Coalition Building: Engage in legislative coalition-building to support an environment that recognizes and rewards innovative medicines and prevention of disease.
- Opportunity Identification: Identify legislative/regulatory opportunities that support GSK priorities or mitigate negative impacts.
- Industry Engagement: Influence industry trade associations to include GSK priorities.
- Stakeholder Alliances: Build alliances with patient advocacy groups, health professional organizations, business associations, and others to support GSK priorities.
- Strategic Relationships & Matrix Teams: Build long-term relationships and collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and matrix teams/task forces (Policy, Federal Government Relations, Patient Advocacy, Medical, Legal, Compliance, Sales/Marketing).
- PAC: Represent the GSK Employees Political Action Committee and interface with PAC board members as needed.

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 7+ years’ experience in government/government relations; familiarity with Northeastern U.S. political and policy processes.
- Strong verbal and written communication; ability to synthesize complex information in a time-sensitive environment.
- Experience building relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
- Demonstrated ability to work with internal/external stakeholders in a values-compliant manner.
- ~50% travel within the role’s geographic footprint.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct lobbying experience; familiarity with patient advocacy groups, Departments of Health, and healthcare provider organizations.
- Pre-existing relationships with policy and legislative leaders in New York and New Jersey.
- Extensive exposure to healthcare policy with emphasis on the public health sector.
- Expertise building alliances and coalitions with third-party and patient advocacy groups.

Benefits:
- Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

Application instructions:
- Not specified (email accommodation/recruitment adjustments only if needed).