(Senior) Public Affairs Manager (d/f/m) - Healthcare Germany

(Senior) Public Affairs Manager (d/f/m) - Healthcare Germany

Essity is a leading global hygiene and healthcare company. We are committed to improving the quality of life through high-quality hygiene and healthcare solutions. We sell our products and solutions in around 150 countries under many strong brands, including the global market leaders TENA and Tork, as well as well-known brands such as Jobst, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa.

Essity is looking for a Public Affairs Manager with a primary focus on its wound care business. The role will operate under the direct supervision of the Senior Business Director of the Business Unit Health and Medical, Germany.

Within this role, you will work in strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders with the aim of having a stable and positive policy environment for Essity’s wound care business in Germany.

The scope of this job includes monitoring external developments, assessing them, highlighting relevant trends, risks and opportunities and their impact on the management team, but also leading the internal strategic positioning and planning, as well as the execution of the agreed plans.

Your Role

• Proactively advise the local management team on trends, risks and opportunities driven by policy changes relating to wound care
• Translate business objectives to short, mid and long-term policy objectives and activities
• Lead the development of Essity Health & Medical positions in relevant wound care topics as well as arrange for substantiating facts and arguments
• Develop a stakeholder engagement plan with clear and measurable KPIs
• Proactively engage in dialogues with key stakeholders to seek win-win solutions (incl. participation at 3rd party conferences)
• Maintain and expand a high-level network within the medical device industry, government authorities, healthcare providers, health economic organizations, patient representatives, and other relevant decision-making representatives

You Identify Yourself With

• High ethical standards
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in the medical device or health care industry with at least 5 years in Public Affairs, Governmental Affairs or the Health Policy area
• Solid and detailed understanding of the German medical device market and policy frameworks, decision-making processes and stakeholders (wound care knowledge/experience is preferred)
• Established and active network with government institutions, payers, policy-makers, KOLs and influencers in the healthcare and medical device arena
• Fluent in German and English (written and verbal)

Our Benefits for You

• Compensation & Benefits: Compensation above tariff, yearly special payment, bonus, annual salary adjustment process, pension schemes, anniversary bonus, child allowance, Corporate Benefits & other employee benefits
• Work-Life-Balance: Hybrid working model, flexible working hours, overtime compensation, 39h week, 30 days of vacation plus additional balance days, lifetime working time account
• Learning & Development: Structured onboarding, training opportunities such as digital learning platform, coaching & mentoring as possible part of individual development plan, participation in professional conferences and fairs
• Health & Well-being: Discounted fitness membership, Lease-a-bike, health and well-being month, Walk-and-Talk Meetings, nilo.health & mindfulness courses, employee surveys
• Team & Collaboration: People culture, communities & networks, co-working spaces, leadership guidelines, canteen
• Mobility: Company car, bicycle parking, free car parking, e-charging stations

This is Us

At Essity, our Beliefs & Behaviours (Care, Collaboration, Courage and Commitment) is the foundation for our inclusive culture and as such something we are living on an everyday basis. We are committed against discrimination on the basis of color, ethnicity, migration history, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, caregiving responsibilities, disability, chronic illness, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information and other. We explicitly welcome applications from people who are structurally, institutionally, intersectionally discriminated.

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Job Requisition ID:

Essity243057

About Us

Essity - a globally leading hygiene and health company, breaking barriers to well-being. Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. Our barrier breakers innovate for good and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.