Sr Manager, State Government Affairs

The Opportunity

The State Government Affairs (SGA) Senior Manager is responsible for working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders across the assigned states and Genentech’s Customer Engagement (CE) field ecosystems, in a designated region of the United States, to advance Genentech’s legislative and regulatory priorities. The region will include approximately 5-7 contiguous states. It is expected that the Senior Manager will reside in the designated region.  Through their work, the Senior Manager will develop relationships and influence legislative and executive policy decisions, while supporting the needs of patients and customers to advance Genentech’s business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Interactions with external stakeholders:

• Advocating and lobbying, on the company’s behalf, with state legislatures and executive branches including, but not limited to:

  • Assisting in the development of legislative and regulatory policy positions

  • Drafting amendments, preparing and delivering testimony; and,

  • Attending and representing Genentech at legislative hearings, meetings and events.

• Developing and sustaining strategic relationships with external stakeholders, including but not limited to: elected officials and staff, relevant state agencies and departments, industry partners, trade associations, third party stakeholder groups - including advocacy partners - and identifying opportunities for shared legislative/policy objectives.

• Registering as a state lobbyist, completing any required training and reporting requirements, as well as managing contract lobbyists and association member engagement. The Senior Manager, like all Genentech employees, are fully accountable for compliance with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.

Engagement with internal stakeholders:

• Being a strategic advisor and partner to CE field ecosystem leaders and teams, as well as home office business partners, including national account managers, on interactions with external stakeholders to advance Genentech’s policy and business objectives.

• Serving as an executional catalyst for the CE ecosystem leadership teams. The Senior Manager will develop a deep understanding of their region and ecosystems’ business priorities, needs, and regional nuances to incorporate into their own planning and execution activities.

• Preparing briefings and/or presentations to keep internal partners, ecosystems, and other stakeholders abreast of evolving state legislation, regulations, reimbursement and Medicaid policies and executive branch decisions that may impact Genentech patients, products, or other business activities and goals.

• Monitor and engage in Medicaid policy developments in collaboration with the State Policy Team, industry partners, trade associations and third-party advocacy organizations; support education of internal stakeholders and field partners (e.g., ecosystem leadership) to advance an understanding of Medicaid policy in conjunction with the State Policy Team, and provide support for field engagement with Medicaid agency staff on policy issues.

Core Competencies

The Senior Manager, State Government Affairs will use the following skills/competencies to advance Department, team and cross-functional business objectives and achieve results:

• Strategic Agility: The Senior Manager will identify timely opportunities and threats for Genentech’s full portfolio in assessing the local/state political, advocacy, policy and health care market landscape in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, primarily within the assigned region and ecosystems. The Senior Manager will develop and manage projects effectively and efficiently, with the ability to multi-task simultaneously on competing priorities.

• Teamwork & Collaboration: The Senior Manager will develop, evaluate and maintain relationships with internal team members and external partners, including within the Southeast regional ecosystems. They will collaborate across the team, Department and full Organization to achieve results. They will have a clear understanding of strategies and tactics required to advance an agenda while maintaining influence and credibility in a multi-stakeholder environment. 

• Achieving Results: The Senior Manager will monitor trends, identify internal and external opportunities, and support the team to drive for positive results. They will provide supp