Associate Government Affairs Specialist

Meet the team

This role is an integral member of the Policy team, focused on building out policy content infrastructure to inform Company-wide goals, initiatives, and objectives in partnership with the Director of Policy. There will be strong cross-collaboration with Advocacy and Government Affairs to ensure policy position and initiative alignment.

Where you come in

• Conduct foundational research on core issues used to develop policy materials, company policy positions, and support external policy initiatives; administer the internal policy database and infrastructure, including internal dissemination efforts.
• Help with policy pull-through efforts and partner with other team members in Advocacy and Government Affairs to help shape their external engagement and champion the needs of people with diabetes, their caregivers, and the broader diabetes community.
• Develop and contribute to high-level insights or trends on evolving policy areas within the health care landscape used to present to Department and Company leadership.
• Develop subject-matter expertise, with guidance from the Director of Policy, on the evidence behind policy, including understanding and leveraging Health Services Research and Health Economics and Outcomes Research fields to inform and shape policy.
• Help manage the tracking of Annual Policy Priorities, and internal metrics and reporting used to quantify and measure Policy team goals and objectives.

What makes you successful

• Familiarity with and deep curiosity in understanding the core issues impacting medical device, pharmaceutical, and health care system businesses.
• Direct experience researching and analyzing public policy, in areas related to access and health delivery policy, science and regulatory policy, or fiscal and industrial policy.
• Direct experience conducting analyses and creating presentations and other materials that synthesize pertinent and actionable information across a range of stakeholder audiences.
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a relevant field such as Public Policy, Public Health, Health Services Research, Health Administration, Political Science, Communications, or Life Sciences.

Experience and Education Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 0-2 years previous experience.