Executive Director, Stakeholder Advocacy

Scorpion Therapeutics; Hampton (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking an Executive Director of Stakeholder Advocacy to lead advocacy initiatives for Celldex's biopharma portfolio, focusing on allergy, immunology, and autoimmune disorders.

The role requires proven leadership, strategic thinking, and strong communication as you build relationships with policymakers, patient groups, and industry partners while guiding advocacy strategy and metrics to measure success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 15+ years in pharma/biopharma with advocacy and policy experience.
• Leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills essential.
• Deep knowledge of regulatory, payer, and market landscapes.
• Ability to navigate complex policy environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and direct advocacy strategies aligned with regulatory changes.
• Build relationships with policymakers, patient groups, industry partners, and stakeholders.
• Communicate advocacy goals internally and externally.
• Monitor policy impacts on market access and product accessibility.
• Provide leadership to advocacy teams and report to executive management.
• Establish metrics to evaluate strategy effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Policy navigation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Role: Executive Director, Stakeholder Advocacy leading advocacy initiatives for Celldex's biopharma portfolio, focusing on allergy, immunology, and autoimmune disorders.

Responsibilities:

• develop and direct advocacy strategies aligned with regulatory and policy changes
• build relationships with policymakers, patient groups, industry partners, and non-traditional stakeholders
• communicate advocacy goals internally and externally
• monitor policy impacts on market access and product accessibility
• provide leadership to advocacy teams and report to executive management
• establish metrics to evaluate strategy effectiveness

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred
• 15+ years in pharma/biopharma with strong advocacy and policy experience, ideally within immunology and inflammation markets
• proven leadership, strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills
• deep knowledge of regulatory, payer, and market landscapes
• able to navigate complex policy environments

HighValue:

• advocacy leadership in immunology/autoimmune space, extensive stakeholder engagement, policy and regulatory expertise, 50%+ travel
• pre-launch and launch phase involvement