Director, Government Affairs - Canada

Abbott Laboratories; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories is looking for a Government Affairs leader in Toronto, Canada. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in government relations and public policy, with a strong ability to influence legislation and maintain key relationships. This role offers the opportunity to shape Abbott's strategic direction in the health care sector while advancing the company's interests with government entities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in government affairs or public policy required.
• Proven network and success influencing government policy.
• Experience in health care or consumer products industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Government Affairs efforts for Abbott Canada.
• Establish relationships with key government stakeholders.
• Identify and influence policies affecting Abbott's business.

Skills

Influencing relationships

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Political acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in political science, public policy, public health, or MBA

Legal degree

Job description

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to :

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists

The Opportunity

Bring strengths in advocacy, business knowledge, judgement, and process management to successfully lead Government Affairs efforts for Abbott Canada. Advance Abbott's interests before legislative bodies, government agencies / ministries, policymakers, diplomats, and politicians. Engage with and educate allies and influencers, including trade associations, patient groups, practitioner groups, consumer groups, suppliers, political media, NGOs, and employees. Build the reputation of Abbott Canada Government Affairs as the preferred, go-to trusted partner for policymakers, allies, and our businesses.

What You’ll Work On

• Establish and maintain relationships with key members of legislatures, ministries, civil s ervice, and executive offices. This involves identifying key targets, prioritizing resources, networking with their office staffs, and developing outreach and grassroots programs.
• Stay apprised of business goals and strategies to assess the impact of federal or provincial legislative, executive, and regulatory activities. Consult with appropriate business and corporate personnel in making such determinations, providing recommendations, and developing action plans.
• Identify health care, economic, and other policy developments that could impact Abbott's business and operation. Proactively identify opportunities to pursue favorable policies and effectively defend Abbott against policies that could harm patient and shareholder interests. Develop plans to influence legislation and agency actions for both macro and business / product specific initiatives.
• Increase the management and business unit understanding of, and participation in, the policy-making and political process. C ollaborate with the business units for input on critical issues and involve appropriate executives to advance Abbott's positions with policymakers.
• Deliver strong messaging in support of Abbott positions - combining the right substance with a credible, trusted approach. Work collaboratively with public affairs, legal, and other functions as necessary to ensure message consistency and delivery to key targets.
• Participate in or lead projects to maximize team effectiveness, such as public events, programs, community engagement, and public speaking.
• Target : Deep understanding of target policymakers, allies and influencers.
• Coverage : The best network (strong, ongoing, trusted relationships) to reach key players directly and via allies and other key influencers.
• Analysis : Clear understanding of Abbott priorities within and across businesses and compelling data and messaging to convey positions.
• Offer : Delivery of Abbott's desired outcomes by successfully communicating and negotiating with those developing policies (policymakers, allies, influencers).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree in political science, public policy, public health, or MBA is preferable. Legal degree a plus.
• Minimum 10 years required in positions of increasing responsibility and experience. Experience in government, government affairs, public affairs or public policy in best-in-class health care / consumer products industry is strongly desired.
• Proven extensive contact network, involvement and success in influencing the development of government policies / legislation and strong knowledge of the process.
• Exceptional skill influencing and managing relationships to develop, implement, and coordinate strategic direction, action plans, and tactics.
• Effective relationships with legislators, r egulators, policymakers, and leaders in the health care and business community.
• Ability to interface well with key policymakers at s enior levels, major ally and association policy teams, and Abbott executives.
• Experience with federal and provincial legislative and e xecutive branch processes, rules, and systems.
• Ability to work across government arenas impacting Abbott, including Health Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Finance, provincial reimbursement entities, and provincial sustainability organizations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to synthesize key government issues, develop strategy, and persuade constituencies.
• Strong analytical skills to dissect complex range of public issues and assess potential impacts to Abbott.
• High degree of strategic thinking, decision-making, and tactical skills to develop broad strategy and policy, options, and recommendations. Ability to coordinate with trade / business / ally organizations to promote Abbott's position with urgency and tight deadlines.

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