Senior Manager, Governmental & Corporate Affairs

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Key responsibilities

• Monitoring trends and changes in political environment, reimbursement law and healthcare legislation
• Develops a strong professional partnership with external entities, so that those groups can fully understand BMS and its positions and support them when appropriate.
• Design and lead government affairs (GA)activities, building aligned multi-stakeholder strategies and platforms that make a valuable contribution to healthcare delivery, create consensus and demonstrate BMS’s commitment.
• Build and execute BMS’s GA plans ensuring relevant insights and anticipated trends are provided to the company, securing opportunities to shape the external environment. 
• Use external insights to challenge business and brand strategies for improved delivery in line with our stakeholders’ expectations.  
• Establish and cultivate relationships and engagement with pivotal stakeholders: payers, policy makers, government officials and governmental organizations
• Utilize insights from key stakeholders and identify opportunities for access solutions and business goals
• Provide and manage policy discussions/ communications to government officials, non-governmental entities and other external stakeholders tailored to BMS portfolio, incorporating cross-functional actions.
• Elevate community awareness and explore opportunities for strategic collaborations with government and non-governmental entities.
• Organize and participate in key policy forums and activities to support company goals and policy positions
• Creates and communicates a compelling vision how BMS Poland can shape the external policy environment that generates excitement, enthusiasm and commitment across the organization. Conducts all activity on behalf of the organization consistent with the BMS pledge and mission and especially all applicable internal policies.
• Forecasts general healthcare trends as reflected in media.
• Masters the understanding of the complex relationships, processes, laws, issues and history that define and govern the political/legislative governmental institutions at the central and local levels. Top-line understanding of health economics and pricing principles.
• Converts complex information into easily understood themes that are consistent with the overall massage of the organization and instigates internal and external information flow.
• Supports the General Manager in industry associations, government forums and media with the aim of positively shaping the external business environment and company’s image.
• Builds strong internal relationships that foster open communications and an understanding of the internal clients’ needs.
• Acts as a pro-active thinker by proposing innovative communication actions to optimize our message and the flow of information.
• Establishes and maintains a relationship network with key media. Develops a strong professional relationship also with external entities so that those groups can fully understand BMS and its positions and support them when appropriate.
• Adapts and implements international action plans to local needs to support the development and the successful implementation of global communication policy and strategies with respect to brand-related activities and general healthcare policy issues.
• Works across internal functions and departments to ensure consistent approach to the management of issues, external relationships and representations on behalf of BMS. Assembles, mobilizes, and participates in internal cross-functional teams to develop policy-based government affairs programs to address specific BMS market issues
• Coordinates and executes strategic communication input on issues that impact the company’s reputation to help ensure a positive corporate image in media.
• Collaborates with other key functions in Poland and with the European and Global Governmental Affairs teams to ensure consistent and aligned approach to all company strategies.
• Provides ‘early issue alert’ to senior management through consistent media monitoring

Experiences & Knowledge Desired

• Education in marketing and communication, journalism, political sciences preferable.
• Solid experience in policy and government affairs, public relations/public affairs role (eg. Corporate,
• PR agency, healthcare journalism) and media relations.
• Has worked in Poland and is familiar with the Polish political and media landscape environment
• Experience in effectively and persuasively articulating complex issues to key stakeholders.
• Experience in analyzing complex issues, utilizing strategic thinking, and implementing tactical plans.
• Practice in communication tools (i.e. audiovisual, press)
• Manage multiple priorities and competing interests.
• Creates new and innovative ways of doing things, demonstrates flexibility, open-mindedness and adaptability to a rapidly changing environment.
• Understanding of the Polish healthcare system, including pharmaceutical legislations and healthcare funding policies.
• Have strong networking skills, appreciation of cultural diversity, human behavior, business and organizational strategies.
• Knowledge of social aspects of business and ability to operate in a diverse, global environment.
• Mastery of the spoken and written word, excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in Poland and English. Other languages are an asset

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On-site Protocol

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