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The Position

The Opportunity
Patient Advocacy Relations (PAR), a team within Genentech’s Public Affairs and Access (PAA) Department, seeks a qualified Director candidate to lead Genentech’s engagement with the Respiratory and Food Allergy (FA) patient advocate community.

PAR is responsible for leading the strategy and outreach of Genentech’s business interests related to external healthcare-focused patient organizations.

The successful candidate will develop, implement, oversee, and evaluate engagement strategies, plans, and programs that enhance existing relationships with patient and advocacy organizations relevant to Genentech.

It is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual working in the respiratory and food allergy space to lead a comprehensive advocacy engagement strategy and foster a network of highly engaged patient advocates across the drug development lifecycle.

As such, the Director will serve as a Genentech representative to external advocates, establish and maintain in-depth knowledge of Genentech business plans, and engage relevant advocates to best support the patient community and Genentech’s priorities.

This individual will be a Respiratory, Immunology & Oncology PAR team member and report to the Senior Director. The Director is a senior member of the PAR Team and serves in formal and informal coaching and mentorship roles with other team members/teams. In addition, the Director supports the Senior Director in managing some of the team's complex needs.

This position is either at Genentech’s South San Francisco headquarters, Washington DC office, or remotely. No relocation is available for this position

Job Duties and Accountabilities:

• Lead External Affairs’ (EA) respiratory and food allergy collaboration team. Provide strategic guidance to key decision-makers with little direction from PAR LT or other leadership teams.
  
• Design, gain consensus on, and execute the advocacy engagement strategy for the ongoing and forthcoming launch of respiratory and food allergy programs.
  
• Lead or co-lead cross EA, PAA, and/or CMG functional teams that influence the strategic direction of Genentech’s respiratory and food allergy programs.
  
• Provide strategic support and lead pull-through for Genentech’s efforts to address health disparities in respiratory and food allergy programs.
  
• Assist the Senior Director in effectively leading a larger team by executing the team goals.
  
• Maintain strong understanding and extensive knowledge of:
  
  • Respiratory and food allergy national patient advocacy community, Patient Thought Leaders (PTLs) and regional/local advocacy groups
    
  • Scientific understanding of Genentech’s respiratory and food allergy programs.
    
  • Key Issues, including relevant public policy, caregiver burden, disease awareness, early diagnosis and detection, among others
    
  • National, local, and/or regional changes and trends in advocacy organizations
    
• Represent Genentech at medical and patient meetings, conducting one-on-one meetings and more extensive briefings as needed.
  
• Inform and educate internal business partners regarding relevant advocates' current and future interests, needs, and other objectives, including associated implications from policy and legislative environment.
  
• Cultivate critical and influential relationships with cross-functional business partners.
  
• Collaborate with the Giving and Social Impact team on the annual grants cycle by contributing to appropriate review processes.
  
• Support your manager and others in training, coaching, and mentoring fellow team members, and otherwise support work across the PAR portfolio as needed.
  
• Plan, implement and evaluate in-person and virtual learning events.
  
• Lead projects or initiatives in the PAR department or the more comprehensive PAA department as needed.
  
• Ensure assigned goals and objectives are met and assigned projects are completed on time, to high standards, and within budget.
  
• Represent Genentech and Roche's focus areas to the highest ethical and professional standards and in accordance with guidelines, strategic plans, and key business directions.
  

Who you Are
PLEASE NOTE: If you believe you meet the minimum qualifications (marked as required) to do the work we have described here, and if you are excited about the work, we encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you meet every preferred qualification (marked as preferences). We recognize that some candidates will consider applying for these roles only if in addition to the minimum qualifications, they also meet all preferred qualifications. Others will apply simply if they believe they generally fit the profile of someone in this role. We aspire to represent and meet the expectations of the communities we serve, and are eager to have a diverse pool of candidates and challenge ourselves to find new and better ways of doing the work that we do. Thank you.

Required Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor’s degree.
  
• You have 10-15 years of work experience in patient advocacy, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other healthcare related entities.
  
• You have professional experience working with non-profit organizations or other relationship-management expertise and project management skills built from similar experiences.
  
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence without authority, including demonstrated experience gaining senior-leader perspectives and support.
  
• Proven track record of relationship-building with multiple external stakeholders over many years.
  
• Strong collaborative skills and ability to develop and maintain working relationships with multiple internal teams and external stakeholders.
  
• Willingness & ability to complete business travel, by air or car, is required, up to or exceeding 50% of working time, including weekend and evening travel.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• We prefer familiarity with complex, competitive markets and strongly prefer an individual with experience working in relevant disease areas.
  

This position is either at Genentech’s South San Francisco headquarters, Washington DC office, or remotely. No relocation is available for this position

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, California is $175,600/yr to $326,000/yr. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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