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Wir schaffen innovative Arzneimittel für Patienten, die ernsthafte Krankheiten bekämpfen. Wir bilden unser eigenes, vielfältiges Team mit inspirierender Arbeit und herausfordernden Karrieremöglichkeiten. Egal in welcher Rolle, jeder von uns leistet seinen Beitrag. Und das macht den Unterschied aus.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular,immunoscienceand fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Description

As a Government Affairs & Policy Manager, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of external and internal government affairs strategies in order to shape the environment across Bristol-Myers Squibb therapeutic areas. Additionally, the Government Affairs & Policy Manager sharpens and enhances the reputation of Bristol Myers Squibb in Switzerland and support its growth.

Main responsibilities:

• Represent and anchor the new GA&P strategies within BMS Switzerland and outside


• Establish a monitoring in order to identify political challenges and opportunities for BMS and evaluate their impact and possible measures for BMS.


• Develop and execute several government affairs initiatives in order to go public (incl. development of communication tools such as infographics, reports, fact sheets, talking points, briefings, websites etc.)


• Engage with internal stakeholders and support on local positioning and government affairs insights & actions


• Engage in initiatives with external stakeholder e.g. industry associations, chamber of commerce, diverse working groups internal and external, policy-makers, journalists, other policy opinion leaders


• Support GA&P activities such as events, media work, trade association engagement, briefings


• Work closely with BMS global GA&P to stay ahead of policy changes, which can have an impact for Switzerland

Qualification

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in political science, law, economics, international affairs or similar


• Preferred 2-3 years of government affairs/policy or public affairs consultancy related experience, ideally in or for the pharmaceutical industry


• Ideally direct work experience in the government or parliament, and/or in local trade association and/or in an agency responsible for pharmaceutical clients and/or in a similar position in a pharmaceutical company


• Very good knowledge of Swiss health care and policy system


• Broad understanding of the political landscape in Switzerland


• Strong communications skills in local languages (German, French and/or Italian) as well as in English  


• Capable of engaging with several different interest groups without losing view of the essential


• Efficient and organized working style with good project management skills


• Have an analytic and strategic thinking but also with a hands-on and flexible attitude in order to realize projects in time


• Trustworthy, engaged and positive personality who enjoys working in a small team

Bristol-Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular,immunoscienceand fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Description

As a Government Affairs & Policy Manager, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of external and internal government affairs strategies in order to shape the environment across Bristol-Myers Squibb therapeutic areas. Additionally, the Government Affairs & Policy Manager sharpens and enhances the reputation of Bristol Myers Squibb in Switzerland and support its growth.

Main responsibilities:

• Represent and anchor the new GA&P strategies within BMS Switzerland and outside


• Establish a monitoring in order to identify political challenges and opportunities for BMS and evaluate their impact and possible measures for BMS.


• Develop and execute several government affairs initiatives in order to go public (incl. development of communication tools such as infographics, reports, fact sheets, talking points, briefings, websites etc.)


• Engage with internal stakeholders and support on local positioning and government affairs insights & actions


• Engage in initiatives with external stakeholder e.g. industry associations, chamber of commerce, diverse working groups internal and external, policy-makers, journalists, other policy opinion leaders


• Support GA&P activities such as events, media work, trade association engagement, briefings


• Work closely with BMS global GA&P to stay ahead of policy changes, which can have an impact for Switzerland

Qualification

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in political science, law, economics, international affairs or similar


• Preferred 2-3 years of government affairs/policy or public affairs consultancy related experience, ideally in or for the pharmaceutical industry


• Ideally direct work experience in the government or parliament, and/or in local trade association and/or in an agency responsible for pharmaceutical clients and/or in a similar position in a pharmaceutical company


• Very good knowledge of Swiss health care and policy system


• Broad understanding of the political landscape in Switzerland


• Strong communications skills in local languages (German, French and/or Italian) as well as in English  


• Capable of engaging with several different interest groups without losing view of the essential


• Efficient and organized working style with good project management skills


• Have an analytic and strategic thinking but also with a hands-on and flexible attitude in order to realize projects in time


• Trustworthy, engaged and positive personality who enjoys working in a small team

Bristol-Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.