Associate Director Corporate Affairs

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

• Researches, develops, plans, designs, maintains and implements policies and programs that enhance the organization's relations with the community, the public, government and regulatory authorities, and shareholders. 
• Coordinates media relations and prepares strategy for external communications. 
• Plans, prepares and relays information concerning the organization to the press and government authorities to gain understanding and acceptance for the organization. 
• Develops and maintains healthy relations with government authorities, law maker, media, community influencers and other external audience groups.
• Design, implement and monitoring of country’s Corporate Social Responsibility programmes. 

How you’ll spend your day

Policy & Regulatory Research: 

• Research support on various regulatory and policy matters such as upcoming policies, new regulations and notifications.
• Prepare recommendations on draft policy/regulations for submission directly or through industry associations.
• Include research from journals/ newsletters/ online research/ social media such as twitter, and other relevant platforms.
• Tracking of news/notifications/ union budget/election results/political & economic updates etc. and preparation of its related summary communication for dissemination to concerned internal stakeholders.
• Tracking national / international developments related to TAPI business.
• Timely coordination with team for preparation and circulation of Monthly reports to leadership, documents for important and other meetings.
• Preparation of monthly policy and regulator monitors, annual policy report.
• Preparation of whitepapers, reports, leadership advisories etc.
• Engagement support in policy outreach with relevant external stakeholders

Partnering with Sites & BU leads: 

• Support the unit location teams on projects, government communications, monthly reports, trackers, strategy documents, stakeholder mapping, briefing books etc.
• Coordinate for projects including business transfer, major approvals, special projects etc.
• Timely support to the international business team for meeting with external stakeholders, pending payment issues, information on FTAs etc.
• Extend support for coordination with personnel involved in liasoning / dealing with authorities from site.

Engagement with External stakeholder and Industry Associations: 

• Ensuring positive external stakeholder engagement on relevant business matters and regular engagement with Industry Associations
• Engage in policy outreach for key policy/regulatory matters with relevant external stakeholders- Industry associations, government officials.
• Track and ensure participation in key industry events/ forums / state level investment summits. It will include identification of thought leadership forums and evaluation of same (for Tava leadership and relevant businesses) with a focus on Teva's priority areas.
• Providing support in management of critical legal issues in conjunction with the legal team. 

Community Development Programs / Corporate Social Responsibilities: 

• Identifying the initiatives for community development as part of the overall strategy and within the purview of the applicable laws and norms
• Partner with NGOs / agencies and implementation partners for program effectiveness
• Validate, qualify and propose projects to the committee for approvals and implementation.
• Administer the progress of key performance indicators and publish periodic reports.
• Guide the site teams on the overall strategy and ensure adherence with the global donation policy.
• Conduct periodic audits to ensure effectiveness of the programs and utilization of the funds.
• Ensure adequate documentation and process governance.
• Single point of contact for all community development related queries and solutions.
   

Your experience and qualifications

• Masters in Mass Communication / Business Administration / Economics or any other Master Degree.
• 15 to 20 years (Corporate Affairs)in Pharmaceutical industry and Manufacturing business.

Reports To

• Sr Director Head of Develop api R&D, Global R&D

Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

TAPI is the leading international supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). With the industry's broadest portfolio including over 350 API products. We are the go-to global supplier for APIs, supporting 80% of top 50 global pharmaceutical companies. We are proud of our reliable history in the generic API industry dating back over 80 years, and the fact we are considered to be one of the most trusted API suppliers, these enable TAPI to lead the industry, based on our experience, expertise, technologies, and exceptional customer service.
Our employees are at the core of our success.  Our Headquartered is in Israel, TAPI employs more than 4,000 professionals at 14  sites worldwide. Our state-of-the-art production facilities are located in Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Israel, Mexico and India. Our significant ongoing investment in R&D generates a steady flow of APIs, enabling timely introduction of new products to market.