联邦州政策与政府事务经理
Manager Federal States Policy & Governmental Affairs
职位描述
作为**联邦州政策与政府事务经理（m/f/d）**，你将在德国各联邦州（Länder）层面推动我们的政府事务参与。
向联邦州政策与政府事务副总监汇报，你将负责在所辖区域执行联邦州战略，建立并维护与关键政治利益相关方的关系，并提供高质量的政治情报、利益相关方参与活动和可衡量的政策成果。
作为指定联邦州的一线关系负责人，你将在确保地区优先事项和叙述与国家政策立场一致方面发挥关键作用。与市场准入、传播、业务部门、医学事务、患者参与和新产品等领域的同事密切合作，你将帮助将战略重点转化为连贯、合规且本地相关的利益相关方参与活动。
该职位可在慕尼黑、柏林或德国任何联邦州首府设立。
**你的职责**
- 根据政治相关性、政策影响、公司影响力和战略目标，负责联邦州的细分和优先级排序
- 作为1-2个优先联邦州的主要关系负责人，直接与州部长、州秘书、高级职员和相关议会利益相关方进行沟通。对所有联邦州保持轻量级监督，以确保信息一致、早期风险识别和机会感知
- 确保与国家政策团队紧密对齐：将国家立场转化为地区叙述，为联邦倡导提供联邦州见解，并防止信息和立场的碎片化。监督叙述资产和工具包（信息网格、框架文件、针对联邦州的具体价值主张、高管简报包）
- 运用强大的政治判断力和敏感度；在双边会议、圆桌会议和战略对话中可信地与部长级别进行互动。设计并实施高影响力的参与形式（政治圆桌会议、部长实地访问、跨行业联盟会议）
- 监测发展动态，推动优先级制定，确保决策透明，并定期向政策团队和高层领导汇报
- 在市场准入、传播、业务部门、医学、患者参与和新产品等领域推动跨职能协调
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Job Description
As the **Manager (m/f/d) Federal States Policy & Governmental Affairs**, you will drive our government affairs engagement at federal states (Länder) level across Germany.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Federal States Policy & Governmental Affairs, you will be responsible for executing federal states strategies within your assigned regions, building and maintaining relationships with key political stakeholders, and delivering high-quality political intelligence, stakeholder engagement activities, and measurable policy outcomes.
As the day-to-day relationship owner for a defined set of federal states, you will play a key role in ensuring that regional priorities and narratives align with national policy positions. Working closely with colleagues across Market Access, Communications, Business Units, Medical Affairs, Patient Engagement, and New Products, you will help translate strategic priorities into coherent, compliant, and locally relevant stakeholder engagement.
This position can be based in Munich, Berlin, or in a federal state capital within Germany.
**Your Responsibilities**
- Own Federal States segmentation and prioritisation based on political relevance, policy impact, company footprint, and strategic objectives
- Serve as primary relationship owner for 1–2 priority federal states, engaging directly with State Ministers, State Secretaries, senior staff, and relevant parliamentary stakeholders. Maintain light-touch oversight across all federal states to ensure consistent messaging, early risk identification, and opportunity sensing
- Ensure tight alignment with the National Policy team: translate national positions into regional narratives, surface Federal States insights for federal advocacy, and prevent fragmentation of messages and positions. Oversee narrative assets and toolkits (message grids, framing documents, federal states specific value propositions, executive briefing packs)
- Apply strong political judgement and antenna; engage credibly up to minister level in bilaterals, roundtables, and strategic dialogues. Design and deliver high-impact engagement formats (political roundtables, ministerial site visits, cross-sector coalition meetings)
- Monitor developments, drive prioritisation, ensure decision transparency, and provide regular updates to Policy and senior leadership
- Drive cross-functional orchestration across Market Access, Communications, Business Units, Medical, Patient Engagement, and New Products
**Your Profile**
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Significant experience in Government Affairs and/or political institutions, ministries, or parliamentary processes
- Strategic acumen linking federal states and national policy dynamics to business priorities and translating them into coherent, compliant strategies
- High political sensitivity and integrity, combined with sound judgement, discretion, and the ability to remain effective under pressure
- Ability to translate complexity into actionable guidance
- Excellent communication skills, including structured writing and executive-level briefing capabilities
- Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken
- Willingness to travel regularly within Germany for stakeholder engagement, roundtables, and site visits
**Preferred Skills**
- Proven exposure to federal states politics in Germany
- Strong matrix leadership and stakeholder orchestration skills
People with severe disabilities and their equivalents will be given preference if they are equally qualified.
**Required Skills:**
Adaptability, Analytical Problem Solving, Communication Coordination, Cost Forecasting, EHS Program Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Research, Laboratory Compliance, Media Communications, Policy Implementation, Project Management, Public Relations (PR) Management, Public Speaking, Regulatory Compliance, Teamwork
**Preferred Skills:**
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**Employee Status:**
Regular
**Relocation:**
No relocation
**VISA Sponsorship:**
No
**Travel Requirements:**
25%
**Flexible Work Arrangements:**
Remote
**Shift:**
Not Indicated
**Valid Driving License:**
No
**Hazardous Material(s):**
N/A
**Job Posting End Date:**
09/22/2026
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