Senior Government Affairs Manager

Job Function: Communications & Corporate/External Affairs

Job Sub Function: Government Affairs & Policy

Job Category: Professional

Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction on the implementation of J&J IM's government affairs strategy in the UK.
• Strategically appraise the external environment and interact with government officials, parliamentarians, and system stakeholders to represent J&J IM's priorities and maintain patient access across individual therapeutic areas.
• Support the Director of Health Affairs to build and execute a coherent, integrated government affairs strategy for J&J IM.
• Deliver J&J IM's government affairs strategy for the commercial environment in the UK, working internally and externally on issues such as NICE reform and VPAG.
• Actively engage on Government policy initiatives (e.g., Industrial Strategy, Life Science Sector Plan, NHS 10‑year plan, budget discussions) to ensure J&J's positions are appropriately communicated.
• Represent J&J IM within trade bodies (ABPI) and industry groups.
• Keep senior colleagues up to date on political and policy developments and initiatives, ensuring an integrated external affairs approach.
• Actively contribute to wider Patient Access team discussions, to shape the J&J IM patient access strategy.
• Develop effective networks and relationships with key external stakeholders including Ministers, Civil Servants, Parliamentarians, Political Advisers and Officials, Think Tanks and Academia.
• Raise the profile of J&J to positively create an understanding of the company’s impact on the healthcare environment in the UK.
• Become core member of therapeutic area cross‑functional teams and design, lead and manage the implementation of impactful Government Affairs, policy and healthcare system plans/projects.
• Interpret key developments in government and health policy, identify opportunities and threats to the business, and develop appropriate plans to compliantly engage in health policy development.
• Manage risk – provide expert counsel and identify specific actions related to government and healthcare system policy for identified issues to J&J IM UK senior management.
• Develop briefing documents, presentations and other communication materials for internal and external audiences.
• Maintain relationships with senior colleagues across the UK to ensure synergies in the J&J Government Affairs approach can be harmonised, leveraged and best practice shared.

Other Activities:

• Manage third‑party agencies to deliver on time and within budget.
• Review literature; refer to websites; subscribe to email alerts; attend conferences, courses and discuss developments with colleagues, to keep up to date on the latest NHS, Government and third‑sector policies.
• Keep abreast of changes in the health system and understand implications for our current and future products.