Director, Rare Disease Policy & Government Affairs

Government Affairs & Policy Director Rare Diseases - AstraZeneca, Dubai; Dubai Emirate; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Dubai seeks a visionary Director of Government Affairs and Policy for the Rare Diseases program to steer policy shaping across International markets. The role focuses on improving access to care and advancing patient outcomes through strategic collaboration with governments, healthcare bodies, and industry partners.

The position reports to the Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Rare Disease International, and requires extensive experience in public health affairs, leadership, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Public health Affairs.
• Experience in Rare disease is desirable.
• In-depth knowledge of therapy areas and how health systems operate.
• Excellent communicator with experience collaborating in a fast-moving, multi-cultural workplace.
• Strategic thinker with ability to comprehend complex matters and chart a clear path forward.
• Leadership capability with strong self-awareness and ability to lead through persuasion rather than authority.
• Self-starting, independent, entrepreneurial attitude – a smart risk-taker who thrives on new challenges and on seeing things through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement policy shaping partnerships for rare diseases.
• Map, assess, augment, and accelerate the delivery of policy shaping programmes with a focus on positive outcomes for patients.
• Adopt and adapting existing management tools to help prioritise and track policy shaping activities across the area.
• Engage with multilateral organisations and promote partnership with key institutions across Global/Region & local markets.
• Assess and grow internal policy shaping capabilities, with a particular focus on ensuring alignment between national political priorities and our therapy area-specific objectives.
• Champion and oversee the creation of strong external relationships and partnerships with relevant stakeholders such as policymakers/advisors, patient advocacy groups, clinical experts and medical societies.
• The selected candidate for the role will continue to work from their current work location.

Skills

Public health affairs

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

AstraZeneca in Dubai seeks a visionary Director of Government Affairs and Policy for the Rare Diseases program to steer policy shaping across International markets. The role focuses on improving access to care and advancing patient outcomes through strategic collaboration with governments, healthcare bodies, and industry partners.

The position reports to the Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Rare Disease International, and requires extensive experience in public health affairs, leadership, and