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Director, State Policy & Government Relations
Pfizer INC · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Pfizer INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Associate Director, Statistics Lead” (Statisticians) in VA: $135k–$135k, median $135k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Role Summary The Director, State Policy & Government Relations, reports to the State Policy Team lead and is responsible for leading a defined portfolio of state policy priorities and government relations responsibilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership. The state policy responsibilities include developing and supporting implementation of coordinated national policy positions and strategies that align with business and enterprise-wide objectives; act as a single point of accountability and enterprise-wide subject matter expert (SME) for a portfolio of state policy issues; responsible for developing policy platforms on priority policy issues, including collateral for external facing colleagues such as policy principles, legislative language, backgrounders, talking points, research summaries, comments letters, and testimony; responsible for analyzing, forecasting, and communicating the short- and long-term implications of changes in the state legislative and regulatory landscape to internal stakeholders, including business units, enabling functions, and senior leaders; develop and implement strategies to generate new policy evidence through contracted resources, including consulting firms and academics, to support Pfizer’s priority policy issues; participate in key trade association work groups; and represent Pfizer externally with multi-stakeholder policy coalitions, in forums related to key policy issues, and at legislative hearings. The government relations responsibilities include developing strategies to favorably influence the policy environment in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership; collaborating and coordinating with colleagues in U.S. Policy and Government Relations, including Policy, Alliance Development, Public Affairs, Federal Policy and Government Relations, and BU Policy and Public Affairs, as well as with the broader Corporate Affairs organization; engaging with external collaborators, including, but not limited to, trade and business associations, to drive Pfizer’s policy objectives; developing and implement strategies to impact state policymakers, regulators, and other government officials, opinion leaders, and the public at large about issues related to Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry. Primary Responsibilities State Policy Responsibilities (Approximately 50%) • • Serve as the enterprise-wide subject matter expert and point of accountability for a designated portfolio of state policy issues. • Develop and support implementation of coordinated state policy positions and strategies that align with business and enterprise objectives. • Analyze, forecast, and communicate the short- and long-term implications of legislative and regulatory developments impacting Pfizer, patients, providers, and the healthcare policy environment. • Develop policy principles, legislative language, backgrounders, research summaries, comment letters, testimony drafts, and talking points to support internal decision-making and field government relations needs. • Coordinate across Business Units, Legal, Public Affairs, Federal Policy, Market Access, and other functions to ensure enterprise alignment on assigned policy priorities. • Identify opportunities to generate policy evidence and support development of research and analysis that informs enterprise policy objectives. • Lead or support participation in policy-focused trade association workgroups and policy development initiatives related to assigned issue areas. State Government Relations Responsibilities (Approximately 50%) • Responsible for the overall monitoring of state government legislation and regulations that impact Pfizer policy priorities in assigned geography, which includes Iowa and Min