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Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Government Affairs Director - Asia Region

Risk & ComplianceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSingaporeRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, Law, Economics, Healthcare Policy, or a related field is required.
  • At least 10 years of experience in government affairs, healthcare policy, public policy, market access policy, trade policy, or related strategic policy roles is required.
  • Demonstrated experience working across Asia Pacific or other multinational regional environments is required.
  • Experience engaging with government officials, policymakers, trade associations, and healthcare stakeholders across multiple markets is required.
  • Proven ability to influence policy discussions and navigate complex healthcare and political environments is required.
  • Experience operating effectively within highly matrixed global organizations is required.
  • Ability to anticipate policy developments and translate complex external dynamics into actionable regional strategies and business insights is required.
  • Strong understanding of healthcare policy, pricing, reimbursement, intellectual property, trade, and access environments across JAPAC markets is required.
  • Ability to advise senior leaders and support executive engagement through clear strategic communications and policy analysis is required.
  • Ability to coordinate and align affiliate, regional, and global stakeholders around shared priorities and execution plans is required.
  • Ability to develop policy narratives, leadership briefings, and stakeholder messaging that support external engagement is required.
  • Ability to enable knowledge sharing and best-practice exchange across affiliates is required.
  • Strong policy insight and geopolitical awareness, relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills, sound judgment and strategic agility, clear communication, and the ability to work in matrixed and multicultural environments are required.
  • High ethical standards and integrity are required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead regional alignment and execution of government affairs and healthcare policy priorities across JAPAC, ensuring coordinated strategies, consistent messaging, and visibility to key risks and opportunities.
  • Anticipate, analyze, and communicate emerging healthcare policy, geopolitical, trade, intellectual property, and international reference pricing developments relevant to JAPAC markets, assessing implications and potential risk mitigation considerations.
  • Coordinate with Washington, DC, global, and ELMAC teams to align policy positions, advocacy priorities, and external messaging across regional and global initiatives.
  • Support affiliate government affairs and policy teams in developing strategic narratives, stakeholder engagement plans, and approved messaging for engagements with government officials, payers, trade associations, and industry stakeholders on pricing, reimbursement, intellectual property, biosimilars, tariffs, artificial intelligence, and healthcare system sustainability.
  • Prepare regional and affiliate leaders to articulate the company's perspectives on healthcare policy, trade, pricing, and industry issues through briefing materials, leadership messaging, and strategic guidance.
  • Support affiliates in assessing and responding to evolving government-led policy developments through timely policy guidance, cross-market insights, and sharing relevant best practices.
  • Bring affiliate perspectives, market intelligence, and regional insights into global government affairs and policy discussions to help shape coordinated strategies across markets and regions.
  • Develop and maintain strategic policy narratives, leadership briefing materials, stakeholder communications, and engagement content for consistent external engagement across the region.
  • Collaborate across regions and with global partners to share insights, align approaches on common policy priorities, and identify emerging trends affecting pricing, access, intellectual property, trade, and healthcare systems.
  • Represent the company in regional industry associations, policy forums, and external engagements, contributing to advocacy efforts and strengthening its policy leadership across JAPAC.
  • Communicate regularly with regional and global leadership, providing assessments of policy developments, risks, opportunities, and strategic considerations affecting the business.
  • Execute activities in a compliant and ethical manner consistent with applicable laws, industry codes, and company policies and procedures.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree, such as an MBA, MPA, Public Policy degree, Law degree, or equivalent, is preferred.
  • Significant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences sectors is strongly preferred.
  • Experience working with U.S. Government officials in embassies, consulates, and Washington, DC, on trade and other policy issues is preferred.

About the Company

Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Thousand Oaks, CA
Founded
1980

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