Head of Global Public Affairs and Advocacy Oncology

Title:

Head of Global Public Affairs and Advocacy Oncology

Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

 

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

 Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description:

The global corporate affairs (CA) team lead and drive excellence in communications, public affairs, patient advocacy and sustainability within Ipsen, which together, build and protect the Ipsen brand and deliver the Group strategy to benefit our employees, patients and society.

Public Affairs and Advocacy’s mission is to help improve healthcare systems to create value for patients and societies.

The main mission of this role is to develop and implement Public Affairs and Advocacy plans that help drive the success of the oncology portfolio, assets and brands. Integrating Public Affairs and Advocacy with Communications within the oncology franchise allows us to set the Corporate Affairs strategies to be fully embedded in the company Brand plans.

The Head of Global Public Affairs and Advocacy for Oncology is responsible for developing, driving and implementing global Public Affairs and Advocacy strategies to shape healthcare systems and improve the situation of oncology patients and access to innovation. The PAA Head will identify gaps and opportunities and provide input into cross-functional activities centered around our assets and brands in oncology. He/She will work closely with other functions (communications, medical, market access, regulatory affairs, marketing,…).

The PAA Head plays a key role within the wider CA team.

He/She will develop strategies and build the tactics for country teams  to drive the implementation at  country level.

• Design and implement Public Affairs & Advocacy Strategy and Workplan across the Oncology portfolio at a global level to address Ipsen’s policy priorities towards Government(s), Public authorities, Institutions, Healthcare decision makers, Payers and leverage Ipsen’s unique value proposition to build reputation, influence policy, and develop mutual beneficial partnerships, ensuring Ipsen has a seat at the table in country’s healthcare policy-making.

• Based on the Strategy and key objectives, develop and lead the execution of the stakeholder engagement plan delivering the Public Affairs and Advocacy strategy to support access to our medicines.

• Represent Ipsen in strategic partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms focused on our therapeutic area at a regional/international level. Establish mutually beneficial working relationships with key stakeholders, alliances with advocacy groups, think-tanks and other opinion leaders. Build Ipsen’s influence with key stakeholders.

• Represent Global CA as a core member of the Global Brand Teams and Asset Leadership Teams, providing strategic guidance and contributing to recommendations to key internal stakeholders, including Executive Leadership.

• Manage and lead global oncology  therapy area strategies and activities from the PA and policy perspectives,  including for example: pipeline and regulatory milestones, launch preparedness, issues management, policy and access shaping.

Additionally, the Head of PAA for Oncology will

1. Map and assess policy environment across the Oncology portfolio

• Key stakeholders, Policy and Access environment, Opportunities for advocacy

2. Develop integrated Public Affairs and Advocacy strategies and drive execution at a global/regional level

• Build and co-develop PAA plans to maximize potential for our brands and shape the environment to improve and ensure fast patient access.

• Drive PAA’s integration in different decisions fora’s at global level

• Develop or join strategic partnerships (patient groups, industry coalitions, medical societies) of relevance to support PAA plans.

3. Drive capability and capacity building

• Work closely with key priority geographies to support local impact

• Develop and deliver trainings and toolkits for the countries as needed

Knowledge, abilities & experience

Education / Certifications:

• Law, Communication, Public Administration, Political Sciences, Public Health, Life sciences degree or similar.

Profile:

• Excellent leadership, influence and teamwork mindset

• Hands-on, pragmatic

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to develop, manage and deliver projects and campaigns from scratch

• Good presentation skills

Experience:

• Extensive (Min. 10 years) experience of Corporate Affairs (Communications, Public/Governmental Affairs or Patient Advocacy); understanding of glocal health policy landscape and stakeholder environment.

• Extensive experience in launching new medicines/orphan drugs globally and locally and environment shaping activities to enable better and faster access to patients.

• Country Public Affairs or Market Access experience is a +

• Strong knowledge of the health policy and access landscape, with an extensive & developed network across stakeholders

• Depth of understanding of pharmaceutical / biotech landscape – policy, access, reimbursement challenges etc…

• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with industry associations, competitors (where appropriate) and stakeholders.

Languages:

• English

• Other languages is a +

Dans le cadre de ses recrutements IPSEN s’engage au respect de l’égalité de traitement des candidats, indépendamment du sexe, de l’âge, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'origine ethnique, de la couleur de la peau, de la nationalité, du handicap ou de l'appartenance à un syndicat.