Location:

Mexico City, Mexico The Public Affairs Manager is responsible for developing and executing the company's public affairs, government affairs, and public policy strategy, with the objective of shaping a favorable healthcare and regulatory environment, enabling patient access to innovative medicines, and safeguarding the company's operations and reputation.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and implement the country-level Public Affairs strategy aligned with business, market access, and patient access priorities.

- Shape healthcare policy and regulatory frameworks to support innovation and access to medicines while identifying policy opportunities and risks impacting the portfolio and pipeline.

- Build and maintain strategic relationships with government authorities, public healthcare institutions, legislators, policymakers, industry associations, and other key stakeholders.

- Develop and execute stakeholder engagement plans to advance public affairs, access, and policy objectives.

- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and policy developments, assessing their impact on the healthcare environment, business operations, and market access.

- Provide policy intelligence, strategic insights, and actionable recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

- Develop policy positions, advocacy materials, consultation responses, and coordinate engagement initiatives with industry coalitions and external stakeholders.





- Collaborate closely with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Legal, and Compliance teams to support reimbursement, formulary inclusion, public procurement, and Oficio TAM strategies.

- Support disease awareness initiatives, public health campaigns, and the alignment of external communications with product value propositions.

- Identify and mitigate policy, regulatory, and reputational risks while ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical, and corporate standards.

Essential Requirements

- Proven experience developing and executing public affairs, government affairs, or healthcare policy strategies.

- Strong understanding of the healthcare, regulatory, and public policy environment.

- Experience building and managing relationships with government authorities, healthcare institutions, policymakers, and industry associations.

- Ability to monitor, analyze, and interpret legislative and regulatory developments and their business implications.

- Experience working cross-functionally with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Legal, and Compliance teams.

- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, influencing, and advocacy skills.

- Demonstrated ability to identify and manage policy, regulatory, and reputational risks.

- Commitment to compliance, ethics, and responsible stakeholder engagement.

📌 Public Affairs Manager (Miguel Hidalgo)
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📍 Miguel Hidalgo