Director, Policy Development

Job Description

Position Description:

Director, Policy Development

The Director, Policy Development serves as the leading expert on above-product public policy issues and geo-political changes that will impact our global business.

The Director independently and proactively identifies risks and opportunities, conducts analysis (or directs analyses by vendors) and creates/ updates public-facing policy positioning for the company on cross-cutting, above product policy and geo-political trends.

The Director independently identifies new areas for public policy development based on knowledge of policy trends and develops policy positions to support enterprise-wide engagement with policy stakeholders and influencers, serving as a strategic advisor to the Executive Director, Policy Development, Strategy, and Capabilities, the AVP, and VP Global Public Policy. Reporting to the Executive Director, Policy Development & Strategy, this role will serve as company’s global expert on these cross-cutting policy issues and geo-political risks, and work across GPP and with internal subject matter experts (SME) in related functions to ensure that current above-product policy realities are built into internal and external decisions with the potential to impact our company.

The Director will lead policy-focused working groups on these issues and serve on broader working level task teams and groups focused on these cross-cutting issues, including artificial intelligence (AI), climate and environment, manufacturing localization, and supply chains.

Additionally, the Director will represent our Company in external working groups focused on these issues within global industry associations and business groups, including the US Chamber, IFPMA, and BIO. The Director will be responsible for developing a deep understanding of these issues and staying abreast of potential policy changes and will use their knowledge of the issues and global stakeholder sentiment to create routine and ad-hoc analyses for the Executive Director and AVP on the risks and opportunities in these areas for our business. The Director will also contribute their expertise as (SME) in the development of multilateral, regional, and country policy strategies in these above product areas. 

The role is based in the US (Washington, DC/Rahway, NJ/ Philadelphia, PA/Upper Gwynedd, PA), Belgium (Brussels), or Switzerland (Zurich/Lucerne). 

Scope of work and core responsibilities include:

• Establish global Center of Excellence for monitoring and analyzing global, cross-cutting policy risks and opportunities, working collaboratively with GPP and cross-functional teams, create proactive and actionable intelligence and make recommendations on changes in global policy priorities, tactical plans, and business strategy to ensure that key risks and opportunities are addressed. 

• Serve as company’s Subject Matter Expert …