Washington, DC, USA
Description: This position reports to the Head of Federal Policy and Government Affairs and is based in Washington, D.C. The Director, Federal Policy and Government Affairs will work on strategic federal issues, including policy development, lobbying, and strategic external engagement. Responsibilities include:
Develop policy strategies and initiatives that address key issues in the pharmaceutical and health care environment, including coverage and access to innovative medicines.
Engage with external trade associations, academic institutions, think tanks, and other policy-oriented groups.
Lobby Congress and Executive agencies on strategic imperatives.
Support PAC and political operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct Strategic Analyses—Initiate and conduct strategic analyses of health policy proposals and prioritize issues that influence our ability to operate effectively as an innovator company.
Policy Assessment—Work closely with commercial units and key functions to assess effects of new policies or proposed changes in policy.
Develop and Establish Policy Positions—Work with internal team to develop and steer our policy agenda and advance policy positions in the U.S., collaborate with internal stakeholders to establish strategic policy positions related to access to pipeline and marketed products, and ensure that recommendations align with business and scientific objectives.
Build Organizational Alignment on Key Issues— Inform and educate management and employees about external developments and develop external communications for use in policy conversations.
Engage externally—Represent and establish our company as an industry leader in policy conversations with appropriate external venues; including trade associations, academic institutions, think tanks, and other policy-oriented organizations.
Requirements
12-15 years of relevant public or private sector experience; preferably health care industry.
Master’s Degree or J.D. preferred;
Excellent verbal, analytical, written and interpersonal communication skills, particularly in interpreting and distilling complex information;
Excellent organizational and project management skills—demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple work streams and timelines simultaneously, build cross-functional teams consisting of a strong portfolio of skills and expertise.
Ability to maintain good working relationships, internally and externally.
Ability to travel to NJ headquarters and other important events, about 25% travel expected, or as necessary.
Key attributes: personal integrity, confidence, ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, accountability, optimism, creativity, committed to a strong team culture.
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Description: This position reports to the Head of Federal Policy and Government Affairs and is based in Washington, D.C. The Director, Federal Policy and Government Affairs will work on strategic federal issues, including policy development, lobbying, and strategic external engagement. Responsibilities include:
Develop policy strategies and initiatives that address key issues in the pharmaceutical and health care environment, including coverage and access to innovative medicines.
Engage with external trade associations, academic institutions, think tanks, and other policy-oriented groups.
Lobby Congress and Executive agencies on strategic imperatives.
Support PAC and political operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct Strategic Analyses—Initiate and conduct strategic analyses of health policy proposals and prioritize issues that influence our ability to operate effectively as an innovator company.
Policy Assessment—Work closely with commercial units and key functions to assess effects of new policies or proposed changes in policy.
Develop and Establish Policy Positions—Work with internal team to develop and steer our policy agenda and advance policy positions in the U.S., collaborate with internal stakeholders to establish strategic policy positions related to access to pipeline and marketed products, and ensure that recommendations align with business and scientific objectives.
Build Organizational Alignment on Key Issues— Inform and educate management and employees about external developments and develop external communications for use in policy conversations.
Engage externally—Represent and establish our company as an industry leader in policy conversations with appropriate external venues; including trade associations, academic institutions, think tanks, and other policy-oriented organizations.
Requirements
12-15 years of relevant public or private sector experience; preferably health care industry.
Master’s Degree or J.D. preferred;
Excellent verbal, analytical, written and interpersonal communication skills, particularly in interpreting and distilling complex information;
Excellent organizational and project management skills—demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple work streams and timelines simultaneously, build cross-functional teams consisting of a strong portfolio of skills and expertise.
Ability to maintain good working relationships, internally and externally.
Ability to travel to NJ headquarters and other important events, about 25% travel expected, or as necessary.
Key attributes: personal integrity, confidence, ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, accountability, optimism, creativity, committed to a strong team culture.
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San Francisco, CA, USA
Job Description
Based in San Francisco and reporting to the company’s Chief Legal Officer, this position will be Ancestry’s first focused government relations role. The Director, Government Relations will take the lead in defining and executing an impactful and comprehensive government relations/public affairs strategy addressing both state and federal government, and to a lesser extent, international. The Director will actively partner with senior management to develop and refine strategic plans to address relevant policy threats and opportunities as well as legislation and regulations impacting the company’s business and the rapidly evolving direct to consumer genomics industry.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with senior management to develop Ancestry’s policies and objectives involving local, state, federal, and international government and public affairs
Establish a positive, credible, and influential presence for Ancestry within relevant state, federal and international government entities
Foster a productive relationship between Ancestry senior management and elected officials and organize briefings, meetings and other interactions with government officials.
Develop, maintain, and nurture relationships to represent and advance Ancestry’s government relations/public affairs agenda before elected officials and government decision makers
Monitor and track proposed legislation (state, federal and international), lead analysis of proposed legislative/regulatory actions, determine the potential impact on the company and propose appropriate responses
Work with Ancestry senior management to identify and monitor operational issues that may benefit from legislative/regulatory action
Support senior leadership through regular meetings, briefings, analysis and recommendations regarding policy matters and company interactions with government officials
Manage federal, state and international engagements with consultants and lobbyists to ensure implementation of legislative, regulatory and political priorities
Exercise a leadership role internally and externally in forming issue coalitions and driving policy change
Establish a positive, credible and influential presence for Ancestry with key trade associations, as well as national public policy and legislative groups and other relevant stakeholder organizations
Serve as an external representative of policy priorties and objectives with key policy stakeholders
Draft presentations, policy papers, speeches and briefing documents for the company’s CEO and other senior executives.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred
10+ years of experience including both work in government and government relations or related positions in a corporation, trade organization or consulting/lobbying firm.
Experience interacting with federal and state government officials
Existing relationships with government officials, their staffs and other key organizations
Ability to manage and leverage outside consulting and lobbying resources
Extensive knowledge of government relations processes. Ability to understand all components of an issue, and effectively influence an outcome.
Proven ability to network and build coalition support
Highly resourceful (stretches people and money; compresses time)
Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and keep ahead of industry trends.
Organized and detail oriented
Adaptable, flexible, with the ability to lead and drive for results
Ability to work across political lines in a bipartisan manner
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated ability to craft written articles, releases, testimony, or op-eds
Ability to travel (including internationally) at least 25% of time
Company Description
Ancestry is the leader in family history and consumer genomics. The Company harnesses information found in family trees, historical records, and DNA to help people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Ancestry is the world’s largest online family history resource. The Company has pioneered and defined this category, developing new innovations and technologies that have reinvented how people make family history discoveries. These discoveries can give everyone a greater sense of identity, relatedness, and their place in the world.
Ancestry is a privately-held Internet company with multiple strategic equity investors, including Silver Lake and GIC, along with Permira funds and Spectrum Equity. Revenues increased from $225 million in 2009 to more than $1 billion in 2017. The Company’s management team is comprised of seasoned executives with prior experience at companies including Intuit, PayPal, Martha Stewart Living, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, American Express, GAP, Box and Google.
Ancestry has over 1,400 employees located around the world, with its primary offices in Lehi, Utah, San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland. The Company has additional offices in London, Sydney and Munich. Ancestry has been recognized as one of the “Best Companies To Work For” by the Utah Business magazine and as by the San Francisco Business Times. Ancestry has more than 2.5 million paying subscribers across its family history websites. The Company has localized websites in nine countries providing access to its archive of online family history records to the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, and the UK. The Ancestry brand family encompasses Ancestry, AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Archives, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find A Grave, and more.
Launched in May 2012, AncestryDNA is a fast-growing segment of Ancestry. It is the world’s largest consumer DNA database with DNA samples from more than six million people. AncestryDNA is available in more than 30 international markets. AncestryDNA uses a simple test to analyze an individual's DNA. The saliva-based test reveals ethnicity and uses advanced genomic science to connect distant relatives, find new ancestors, and uncover new details about family history.
Additional Information
Working for Ancestry
We’re a cutting-edge tech company with a very human mission—to help every person discover, preserve, and share the story of what led to them. Combining the rich information in family trees and historical records with the genetic details revealed in DNA, we create unique experiences that give people a new understanding of their lives, because connecting all the pieces of our family story can give us the deepest sense of who we are. For more information on what we do and why you would want to work at Ancestry, visit our careers
page: www.workforancestry.com
Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry.com as a result of the referral or through other means. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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Job Description
Based in San Francisco and reporting to the company’s Chief Legal Officer, this position will be Ancestry’s first focused government relations role. The Director, Government Relations will take the lead in defining and executing an impactful and comprehensive government relations/public affairs strategy addressing both state and federal government, and to a lesser extent, international. The Director will actively partner with senior management to develop and refine strategic plans to address relevant policy threats and opportunities as well as legislation and regulations impacting the company’s business and the rapidly evolving direct to consumer genomics industry.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with senior management to develop Ancestry’s policies and objectives involving local, state, federal, and international government and public affairs
Establish a positive, credible, and influential presence for Ancestry within relevant state, federal and international government entities
Foster a productive relationship between Ancestry senior management and elected officials and organize briefings, meetings and other interactions with government officials.
Develop, maintain, and nurture relationships to represent and advance Ancestry’s government relations/public affairs agenda before elected officials and government decision makers
Monitor and track proposed legislation (state, federal and international), lead analysis of proposed legislative/regulatory actions, determine the potential impact on the company and propose appropriate responses
Work with Ancestry senior management to identify and monitor operational issues that may benefit from legislative/regulatory action
Support senior leadership through regular meetings, briefings, analysis and recommendations regarding policy matters and company interactions with government officials
Manage federal, state and international engagements with consultants and lobbyists to ensure implementation of legislative, regulatory and political priorities
Exercise a leadership role internally and externally in forming issue coalitions and driving policy change
Establish a positive, credible and influential presence for Ancestry with key trade associations, as well as national public policy and legislative groups and other relevant stakeholder organizations
Serve as an external representative of policy priorties and objectives with key policy stakeholders
Draft presentations, policy papers, speeches and briefing documents for the company’s CEO and other senior executives.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred
10+ years of experience including both work in government and government relations or related positions in a corporation, trade organization or consulting/lobbying firm.
Experience interacting with federal and state government officials
Existing relationships with government officials, their staffs and other key organizations
Ability to manage and leverage outside consulting and lobbying resources
Extensive knowledge of government relations processes. Ability to understand all components of an issue, and effectively influence an outcome.
Proven ability to network and build coalition support
Highly resourceful (stretches people and money; compresses time)
Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and keep ahead of industry trends.
Organized and detail oriented
Adaptable, flexible, with the ability to lead and drive for results
Ability to work across political lines in a bipartisan manner
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated ability to craft written articles, releases, testimony, or op-eds
Ability to travel (including internationally) at least 25% of time
Company Description
Ancestry is the leader in family history and consumer genomics. The Company harnesses information found in family trees, historical records, and DNA to help people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Ancestry is the world’s largest online family history resource. The Company has pioneered and defined this category, developing new innovations and technologies that have reinvented how people make family history discoveries. These discoveries can give everyone a greater sense of identity, relatedness, and their place in the world.
Ancestry is a privately-held Internet company with multiple strategic equity investors, including Silver Lake and GIC, along with Permira funds and Spectrum Equity. Revenues increased from $225 million in 2009 to more than $1 billion in 2017. The Company’s management team is comprised of seasoned executives with prior experience at companies including Intuit, PayPal, Martha Stewart Living, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, American Express, GAP, Box and Google.
Ancestry has over 1,400 employees located around the world, with its primary offices in Lehi, Utah, San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland. The Company has additional offices in London, Sydney and Munich. Ancestry has been recognized as one of the “Best Companies To Work For” by the Utah Business magazine and as by the San Francisco Business Times. Ancestry has more than 2.5 million paying subscribers across its family history websites. The Company has localized websites in nine countries providing access to its archive of online family history records to the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, and the UK. The Ancestry brand family encompasses Ancestry, AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Archives, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find A Grave, and more.
Launched in May 2012, AncestryDNA is a fast-growing segment of Ancestry. It is the world’s largest consumer DNA database with DNA samples from more than six million people. AncestryDNA is available in more than 30 international markets. AncestryDNA uses a simple test to analyze an individual's DNA. The saliva-based test reveals ethnicity and uses advanced genomic science to connect distant relatives, find new ancestors, and uncover new details about family history.
Additional Information
Working for Ancestry
We’re a cutting-edge tech company with a very human mission—to help every person discover, preserve, and share the story of what led to them. Combining the rich information in family trees and historical records with the genetic details revealed in DNA, we create unique experiences that give people a new understanding of their lives, because connecting all the pieces of our family story can give us the deepest sense of who we are. For more information on what we do and why you would want to work at Ancestry, visit our careers
page: www.workforancestry.com
Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry.com as a result of the referral or through other means. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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