Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Director, Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations - ILD/Respiratory
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ridgefield, Connecticut, us, 06877
Director, Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations - ILD/Respiratory
This position offers a base salary typically between $170,000 and $269,000. The position may be eligible for a role-specific variable or performance-based bonus and/or other compensation elements. Description
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the company's success. The Director, Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations is accountable for the assigned Therapeutic Area (TA), integrated Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations (PAR) across-asset strategy, oversight, leadership, budget, and execution. This key strategic leader is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with both patient communities and selected healthcare professional organizations. This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree or MBA preferred in health care administration, public health, or social work with a focus on healthcare or patient advocacy or related field. Ten-plus (10+) years in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or associated industry. Strong leadership and demonstrated team management abilities. Strategic thinking, strategic partnerships, problem-solving, account management. “Coach player” mindset: Strong leadership and coaching skills to provide guidance, mentorship, and development. Proven ability to prioritize, exhibit critical decision-making, possess learning agility, build relationships, and influence outcomes both with and without authority. Strong experience in cultivating and building relationships with key stakeholders including leadership, and external partners. Expert knowledge in the following areas is preferred: patient advocacy, professional relations, patient engagement, government relations, marketing, and philanthropy. Understanding of brand and franchise needs, including relevant scientific, medical, economic, and policy-related matters related to company’s therapeutic areas. Demonstrates expert-level communication skills and executive-level communication and presence. Possesses diversified and transferable talents; maneuvers well to get things done; knows where to go to get what s/he needs; solicits input and involves others in issues that will impact them. Knows the broad communication and marketing functions and the mission-critical technical and functional skills needed to do the job; excellent writing and editing skills. Appreciates the impact of digital and social media and has successfully navigated that territory to support a business and a brand. Domestic and international travel = up to 30%. Eligibility Requirements : Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required). Must be 18 years of age or older. Duties & Responsibilities
Develops and leads the effective execution of integrated, prioritized PAR TA strategy & initiatives, including achievement of objectives, enabling Boehringer Ingelheim as a leader in the TA. Leads and manages with a global perspective, ensuring that there is open and proactive communication with global patient advocacy colleagues in Ingelheim so that global patient advocacy initiatives include US perspective and are well coordinated. Drives a strategic, prioritized, and integrated TA/asset/cross-PE&A approach to ICP, launch readiness, working closely with PE&E Directors and PX to drive synergies/optimize output. Develops and manages patient advocacy budgets and monitor expenditures, revising spend as needed. Oversees budget accountability of direct reports across all TAs. Drives team’s successful and timely execution of external partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships, identifies synergies, and supports opportunities that advance Boehringer’s business objectives and the objectives of the non-profit organizations. Leads point of contact with asset/brand/medical/Value & Access leadership and represents PE&A/PAR Team in relevant meetings/workstreams. Collaborates with leadership to develop communication recommendations and point of view for policy matters and issues across therapeutic areas. Leads a team of professionals, ensuring alignment with company goals, through coaching, regular feedback, mentoring, performance management, career development, change management, strategic thinking, career development, talent management, retention, and create a high-impact, high-performing team. Works closely with legal, compliance, and cross-functional team to ensure efficiency and adherence to all compliance, legal, and company policy requirements related to external partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships. Drives cross-PE&A/TA collaboration, best practice sharing, Patient Excellence teamwork, including innovation and capabilities building. Ensures leveraging of patient insights learned from the patient community to influence and shape therapeutic areas. Champions team to incorporate patient perspectives into all appropriate initiatives and areas of business, including disease education programs, clinical trial design, research collaborations, etc.
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This position offers a base salary typically between $170,000 and $269,000. The position may be eligible for a role-specific variable or performance-based bonus and/or other compensation elements. Description
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the company's success. The Director, Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations is accountable for the assigned Therapeutic Area (TA), integrated Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations (PAR) across-asset strategy, oversight, leadership, budget, and execution. This key strategic leader is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with both patient communities and selected healthcare professional organizations. This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree or MBA preferred in health care administration, public health, or social work with a focus on healthcare or patient advocacy or related field. Ten-plus (10+) years in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or associated industry. Strong leadership and demonstrated team management abilities. Strategic thinking, strategic partnerships, problem-solving, account management. “Coach player” mindset: Strong leadership and coaching skills to provide guidance, mentorship, and development. Proven ability to prioritize, exhibit critical decision-making, possess learning agility, build relationships, and influence outcomes both with and without authority. Strong experience in cultivating and building relationships with key stakeholders including leadership, and external partners. Expert knowledge in the following areas is preferred: patient advocacy, professional relations, patient engagement, government relations, marketing, and philanthropy. Understanding of brand and franchise needs, including relevant scientific, medical, economic, and policy-related matters related to company’s therapeutic areas. Demonstrates expert-level communication skills and executive-level communication and presence. Possesses diversified and transferable talents; maneuvers well to get things done; knows where to go to get what s/he needs; solicits input and involves others in issues that will impact them. Knows the broad communication and marketing functions and the mission-critical technical and functional skills needed to do the job; excellent writing and editing skills. Appreciates the impact of digital and social media and has successfully navigated that territory to support a business and a brand. Domestic and international travel = up to 30%. Eligibility Requirements : Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required). Must be 18 years of age or older. Duties & Responsibilities
Develops and leads the effective execution of integrated, prioritized PAR TA strategy & initiatives, including achievement of objectives, enabling Boehringer Ingelheim as a leader in the TA. Leads and manages with a global perspective, ensuring that there is open and proactive communication with global patient advocacy colleagues in Ingelheim so that global patient advocacy initiatives include US perspective and are well coordinated. Drives a strategic, prioritized, and integrated TA/asset/cross-PE&A approach to ICP, launch readiness, working closely with PE&E Directors and PX to drive synergies/optimize output. Develops and manages patient advocacy budgets and monitor expenditures, revising spend as needed. Oversees budget accountability of direct reports across all TAs. Drives team’s successful and timely execution of external partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships, identifies synergies, and supports opportunities that advance Boehringer’s business objectives and the objectives of the non-profit organizations. Leads point of contact with asset/brand/medical/Value & Access leadership and represents PE&A/PAR Team in relevant meetings/workstreams. Collaborates with leadership to develop communication recommendations and point of view for policy matters and issues across therapeutic areas. Leads a team of professionals, ensuring alignment with company goals, through coaching, regular feedback, mentoring, performance management, career development, change management, strategic thinking, career development, talent management, retention, and create a high-impact, high-performing team. Works closely with legal, compliance, and cross-functional team to ensure efficiency and adherence to all compliance, legal, and company policy requirements related to external partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships. Drives cross-PE&A/TA collaboration, best practice sharing, Patient Excellence teamwork, including innovation and capabilities building. Ensures leveraging of patient insights learned from the patient community to influence and shape therapeutic areas. Champions team to incorporate patient perspectives into all appropriate initiatives and areas of business, including disease education programs, clinical trial design, research collaborations, etc.
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