AD Patient Advocacy, EU Rare Disease

Associate Director Patient Advocacy   • Develop and execute Rare Disease patient advocacy strategy across drug discovery and commercialization continuum with a strong focus in Europe  • Build meaningful, long-term relationships with advocacy groups and professional societies in priority therapeutic areas and geographies to address patient/caregiver needs and to support patient advocacy goals and Regeneron’s business objectives.  • Evaluate, monitor and analyze the policy environment identifying trends, obstacles and opportunities for business and patients.  • Through understanding of the patient community, bring the patient perspective into Regeneron decision making  • Support the continued build of a leading international patient advocacy team that is well-respected within Regeneron and by collaborators and advocacy partners    Essential Functions required for the job Reporting to Director/Senior Director Patient Advocacy, this role will be responsible for leading an advocacy and engagement strategy for EU Rare.      Advocacy Strategy   • Further Global Patient Advocacy strategy for Rare Disease, ensure alignment with overarching corporate goals   • Liaise with key internal stakeholders to inform and define advocacy strategies, strong cross-functional interaction and coordination with franchise leaders, Medical Affairs and Market Access to advise on policy/advocacy strategies and tactics that are reflective and validated to support needs of patient communities  • Create and maintain therapeutic area tailored engagement that may include but are not limited to clinical development support, disease awareness and education initiatives, and support of patient access   • Define and deliver on clear metrics to measure advocacy efforts  • Develop internal and external communication strategies to drive visibility of advocates’ priorities and efforts   • Maintain awareness of global health policy and population-health related initiatives and how they impact patients and the business   • Support head of patient advocacy in continued development and execution of Regeneron’s overarching advocacy strategy and for external engagement with patient advocacy and professional organizations.       Relationship Management      • Lead relationship development and bi-directional communications with key advocacy and professional societies in major European and UK markets to ensure productive ongoing partnerships based on shared patient- focused objectives including advancement of innovation, disease awareness and equitable access to care  • Oversee and manage all therapeutic area patient engagements, meetings and initiatives and provide strategic counsel to function leaders, brand teams, market access function, medical and policy leads to inform and ensure effective alignment with franchise corporate policy positions.  • Establish presence at relevant advocacy organization events and meetings, communicate key learnings back to relevant internal stakeholders.  • Ensure that Regeneron leadership is evident to external community.  • Ensure cross functional collaboration and alignment with internal stakeholders     Patient Voice     • Leverage insights learned from the patient community, incorporating them into appropriate initiatives, including clinical development, disease education programs, patient services etc.  • Champion the patient perspective, ensuring patient­ centric mindset and engagement in organizational activities.    Grants Management     • Strategically fund programs and activities that support patients and caregivers    • Ensure all grant requests are reviewed according to compliance policies.  • Track impact of programs  • Effectively manage and track financial support.    Qualifications   • Successful candid