Director Policy/Government Relations (HIV Prevention)

Location: Hybrid roles available in Washington, DC; Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; Rahway, New Jersey; Zurich; Brussels; or Lucerne.

Salary: $190,800–$300,300 per year for the primary location.

Company

hirify.global is a global pharmaceutical and healthcare company developing medicines, vaccines, and healthcare solutions.

What you will do

• Develop and implement global public policy strategic plans supporting infectious disease and HIV prevention franchise strategies.
• Lead policy positions and stakeholder engagement strategies for HIV prevention access, reimbursement, implementation, and uptake.
• Partner with commercial, market access, medical affairs, outcomes research, communications, regional, and country policy teams.
• Identify policy barriers and shape external policies supporting prevention access, innovation, and method choice.
• Build relationships with governmental, multilateral, nongovernmental, public health, healthcare provider, patient advocacy, and community stakeholders.
• Represent hirify.global in external policy forums and manage consultants and policy development projects.

Requirements

• BS or BA required; a master's or graduate degree related to healthcare policy is strongly preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience addressing public policy issues, including strong HIV knowledge and experience related to HIV prevention; at least 5 years in global policy is preferred.
• Expert knowledge of governmental and nongovernmental organizations active in global public policy and of global healthcare policy processes.
• Experience engaging HIV community, advocacy, multilateral, public health, and global health stakeholders is preferred.
• Experience with prevention access, reimbursement, health technology assessment, healthcare financing, public health programs, and preventive health interventions is preferred.
• Understanding of access barriers affecting populations disproportionately impacted by HIV is preferred.
• Experience with public health prevention, immunization, sexual health, HIV prevention, or population-based health intervention programs is preferred.
• Ability to identify strategic priorities, work in a matrix organization, manage consultants and budgets, and collaborate inclusively.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills required.

Nice to have

• Master's or graduate degree in a healthcare policy-related field.
• At least five years of experience in the global policy space.
• Experience engaging HIV prevention and global health stakeholders.
• Experience with prevention access, reimbursement, health technology assessment, healthcare financing, and preventive health interventions.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with regular daytime hours.
• Regular employee status with medical, dental, vision, insurance, retirement, and 401(k) benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, compassionate leave, and sick days.
• Annual bonus and long-term incentive eligibility, where applicable.
• Travel requirements are approximately 25%.
• No relocation support and no visa sponsorship are provided.