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Johnson & Johnson

Makes prescription drugs and medical devices

Senior External Affairs Manager

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBrasília, Brasilia - Federal District, BrazilNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Substantial experience in government relations, public policy, market access, or related areas in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industries.
  • A proven track record leading strategic public-policy projects, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy initiatives.
  • Understanding of the Brazilian healthcare landscape, including health technology assessment, pricing, reimbursement, and healthcare financing processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain high-level relationships with government authorities, technical experts, and institutional stakeholders while maintaining the highest compliance standards.
  • Strong environmental monitoring, critical analysis, and strategic communication capabilities.
  • Fluent Portuguese and intermediate English, particularly written English, are required.

Responsibilities

  • Support and participate in strategic company initiatives and public-policy influence efforts, focusing on strengthening regulatory predictability, recognizing the value of innovation, and advancing policies that position health as an investment; assess external policy proposals and projects from strategic and business perspectives.
  • Coordinate and execute institutional engagement with government authorities, regulatory agencies, legislators, trade associations, and other key stakeholders, ensuring ongoing dialogue and effective representation of company priorities.
  • Monitor political, regulatory, and healthcare-system trends, including health technology assessment, pricing, reimbursement, innovation frameworks, and broader health-policy agendas; translate relevant trends into timely insights, risk assessments, and early warnings for internal teams to ensure business readiness and proactive response.
  • Represent Johnson & Johnson at public-policy events and forums, hearings, and stakeholder meetings; actively monitor discussions, provide strategic input when appropriate, and identify emerging opportunities or risks in the external environment.
  • Conduct structured risk assessments on priority issues, clarify potential business impacts, and support internal strategic decision-making.
  • Lead systematic stakeholder mapping and develop and maintain influence maps for the Executive and Legislative branches, identifying decision-makers, influencers, and institutional pathways relevant to public-policy priorities.
  • Promote cross-functional alignment by sharing political and regulatory intelligence with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, Compliance, and brand teams so external trends inform planning, prioritization, and strategic action.
  • Ensure full compliance with internal policies, standard operating procedures, codes of conduct, and industry compliance standards, upholding Johnson & Johnson's Credo in all interactions with government and public stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Advocacy communications.
  • Budget management.
  • Business storytelling.
  • Corporate communications strategy.
  • Corporate management.
  • Developing others.
  • Government relations.
  • Inclusive leadership.
  • Knowledge networks.
  • Leadership.
  • Managing managers.
  • Negotiation.
  • Public affairs.
  • Regulatory development.
  • Relationship building.
  • Representing.
  • Stakeholder engagement.
  • Strategic thinking.

About the Company

Johnson & Johnson

Makes prescription drugs and medical devices

Johnson & Johnson develops prescription medicines and makes medical devices for hospitals, and unlike most big drugmakers, it runs both businesses under one roof. In 2015, its Darzalex became the first antibody drug approved for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Its medicines treat cancer, immune diseases such as psoriasis, and mental illnesses such as depression, and patented drugs bring in most of its sales. Its MedTech unit makes heart pumps, catheters that treat irregular heartbeats, surgical sutures, and Acuvue contact lenses. It was founded in 1886 to make sterile surgical dressings, is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and spun off its consumer brands, such as Tylenol and Band-Aid, as Kenvue in 2023.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New Brunswick, NJ
Founded
1886

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