Vaccines Europe - 10 Jul 2020
Executive Director, Vaccines Europe
About Vaccines Europe: Vaccines Europe (VE) is the specialised vaccines industry group operating within the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). It represents innovative research-based vaccine companies as well as small and medium sized enterprises operating in Europe.
About EFPIA:
Together with its 33 national member associations, 39 leading pharmaceutical companies and representing 1,900 companies, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ mission is to create a collaborative environment that enables its members to innovate, discover, develop and deliver new therapies and vaccines for people across Europe, as well as contribute to the European economy.
Role:
- To be the voice of the Vaccines industry in Europe; overall accountability for the management and success of VE – including strategy development, definition of objectives and their delivery – in partnership with the VE team, VE Board, drawing support from and aligning with EFPIA as needed.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define and update periodically the strategy for VE, in alignment with the Board and EFPIA strategy
- Clarify and align with the Board, the annual strategic priorities for VE and develop a plan to ensure:
- The work of VE, including staff and its working Groups, is aligned to the priorities
- That VE has clear aligned positions on key topics
- That VE responds to relevant consultations and requests from EU stakeholders (incl. institutions, media, etc)
- That VE drives for action to improve and mitigate risks in the European environment for vaccines
- To monitor the external European environment, ensure that VE responds appropriately and that members are duly informed of relevant policy developments
- Manage a network of National Vaccine Industry Groups to deliver alignment with and amplification of the goals of VE at Member States level
- Represent VE with EU stakeholders and the media, working in close partnership with EFPIA and the VE President
- Accountable for management of VE including, including managing and motivating a small team
- Delivery of the budget, with the Treasurer
- Drive close alignment and co-ordination with EFPIA and other Trade Associations working on common topics and vaccines, where appropriate (eg IFPMA, BIO)
Minimum requirements:
- Substantial experience working in public affairs, in Trade Associations, companies or EU institutions; healthcare experience is a must, vaccines knowledge desirable
- Extensive knowledge of the European institutional environment and institutional interactions as well as a developed network therein
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Leadership and management capability
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Under-graduate degree in an area relevant to the responsibility of the job. A Masters in health-related issues or EU Affairs is desirable
- Good judgement
- Leadership capability
- Strategic understanding and capability
- Solution- and delivery-focused
- Able to motivate and engage others (both in the team and able to lead the substantial resources put in by Member companies)
- Strong advocacy skills – applied in a political context and to get things done internally
- Communication skills (both written and oral)
- Able to work under pressure, able to multi-task and manage in a fast-moving, busy environment
- Working knowledge of other EU languages is desirable
EFPIA / Vaccines Europe offers:
- A permanent contract to start as soon as possible.
- Interested candidates should send their application by 15 August 2020, or address any question on the position to vacancy@efpia.eu.The application should consist of:
- CV
- Cover letter max. half page
- A 1-pager outlining the challenges for the vaccine industry.
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