Executive Director, Stakeholder Advocacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Provide leadership and guidance to stakeholder advocacy initiatives.

• Cultivate a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing work culture.

• Serve as a liaison to Executive Management, representing the interests and perspectives of advocacy stakeholders.

• Keep track of market trends, policy shifts, and public perception issues pertaining to the biopharma and pharmaceutical sectors.

• Formulate and execute advocacy strategies that align with Celldex’s mission and business goals.

• Assess impacts of private and public policies and payer challenges to ensure continued product access.

• Align advocacy strategies with emerging regulatory and policy developments in the allergy/immunology therapeutic area.

• Build and sustain relationships with policymakers, patient organizations, industry collaborators, healthcare providers, and non-traditional stakeholders.

• Represent Celldex while articulating its mission, values, and advocacy objectives.

• Develop and maintain networks with influential organizations and leaders.

• Convey complex concepts clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences.

• Provide routine updates and reports to Executive Management.

• Create metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of advocacy initiatives.

• Utilize data-driven insights to enhance policy and advocacy endeavors.

• Ensure that advocacy and policy activities adhere to relevant regulations and ethical standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.

• Over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharma sector.

• Strong expertise in advocacy.

• Familiarity with both private and public policy; experience with state and federal policy is preferred.

• Proven experience navigating evolving policy landscapes and market dynamics.

• Strong capability to collaborate across functions and communicate the significance and value of stakeholder advocacy.

• Experience in the Immunology and Inflammation markets is preferred.

• Outstanding leadership capabilities.

• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

• Comprehensive understanding of regulatory, market, and payer contexts in the pharmaceutical and biopharma industries.

• Willingness to travel 50%, with potential for increased travel prior to product launch.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus.

• Long-term incentive.

• 401(K) plan with employer contributions.

• Health care and other insurance benefits for employees and their families.

• Paid holidays.

• Vacation time.

• Sick leave.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.