Corporate Affairs Lead

• A senior member of Sanofi Australia & New Zealand’s Corporate Affairs team, the Corporate Affairs Lead oversees all disciples including government relations, policy development, stakeholder management, patient group engagement, media relations, market readiness / launch campaigning, issues management and leadership voice for the ANZ organisation.

• This is a senior role requiring the ability to provide well rounded counsel to executive leaders and the ability to craft holistic Corporate Affairs strategy to meet the broad needs of the business.

• Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Affairs, Sanofi Australia & New Zealand, this role will also provide cross functional counsel across the broader Corporate Affairs team. It will contribute to corporate policy, insights programs and more as required.

• →Responsible for overarching delivery of all government, policy, media, social, and GM communication activities for specified Business Units and/or therapeutic areas.
• →Ensure strategies and activities, for each Corporate Affairs discipline, are crafted with clear objectives and KPIs.
• →Ensure product market readiness and launch campaigns are delivered to a high standard with clear objectives and KPIs.
• →Lead policy development and advocacy activities specific to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas. Contribute to One Sanofi policy positions.
• →Lead and oversee all government, industry, patient group / HCO and community relationships related to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas. Ensure all Sanofi policies and procedures are followed while managing those relationships.
• →Protect reputation –support leaders to exercise good judgement in business decisions and stakeholder engagement.
• →Manage relevant issues and lead crisis management support
• →Manage external agency partners as their work applies to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas corporate affairs activities.
• →Responsible for developing and reporting key impact measures

• 10+ years, in senior Corporate Communications, Public Affairs or Corporate Affairs roles in large organisations.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships to deliver outstanding results.
• Experience providing Corporate Affairs counsel to senior leaders on complex matters of potential public interest.
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, politics or similar.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.

• Corporate Affairs experience in the healthcare industry.
• Issues Management of complex corporate issues.

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