Associate Director, Public Affairs

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.  The Associate Director, Public Affairs role will lead Lilly Australia and New Zealand's efforts to shape the future healthcare policy environment, accelerate patient access to innovation, and build coalitions that support sustainable reform of medicines access and reimbursement. In doing so, the role will establish Lilly as a trusted, constructive, and impact-oriented healthcare policy partner for federal and state stakeholders. As leader of the Public Affairs function for Australia & New Zealand, you will provide coalition leadership and create system change with strategies (and associated performance indicators) to evolve the HTA and payer policy environment, healthcare system readiness for priority therapeutic areas, and continually enhance Lilly’s corporate reputation. You will lead a team who operate across public affairs competencies including government relations, policy, patient advocacy, media and communications, and crisis management.

Develop and implement innovative environment shaping strategies that build public, policy and stakeholder momentum for reform, including through coalitions, evidence-led advocacy and third-party engagement, and utilizing public voice that remove barriers to timely and equitable medicine access.   In partnership with Value and Access teams, design and implement strategies to shape alternative funding opportunities for Lilly portfolio and pipeline along with strategies to support PBAC and MSAC recommendations. Identify and analyse local market risks and opportunities, providing policy intelligence, insights and solutions to the Australian commercial leadership teams. Offer recommendations including policy and advocacy to overcome obstacles and achieve desired business outcomes. Build and lead credible multi-stakeholder coalitions, while representing Lilly in a balanced and politically impartial manner with influential stakeholders including state and federal parliamentarians, the Department of Health, government agencies, patient advocacy groups, academics, healthcare professionals and other policy-shaping voices.    Be accountable for delivery of external communications plan developed by team members, including readiness for data, regulatory and reimbursement milestones. Partner with International Government Affairs, Communications and Global Public Policy teams to ensure close alignment and effective reuse/adaptation of environment shaping resources. Drive a team culture of high performance, disciplined execution and pioneering mindset. Manage budget, support annual business planning and operational excellence. Ensure all initiatives are conducted within the highly regulated pharmaceutical environment, including but not limited to the Medicines Australia code of conduct, international regulations and Lilly policies Essential Skills and Attributes: Passion for public affairs  and the positive impact that the innovative medicines industry can have on population health. Strategic and creative thinking:  ability to facilitate integrated campaigns and influence planning, and execution of therapeutic access policy programs. Apply entrepreneurial mindset. Proven ability to build coalitions, align diverse external stakeholders and create momentum for system-level policy change ; established relationships in government or