Associate Director Corporate Affairs

Role & responsibilities

• Researches, develops, plans, designs, maintains and implements policies and programs that enhance the organization's relations with the community, the public, government and regulatory authorities, and shareholders.
• Coordinates media relations and prepares strategy for external communications.
• Plans, prepares and relays information concerning the organization to the press and government authorities to gain understanding and acceptance for the organization.
• Develops and maintains healthy relations with government authorities, law maker, media, community influencers and other external audience groups.
• Design, implement and monitoring of countrys Corporate Social Responsibility programmes.

Policy & Regulatory Research:

• Research support on various regulatory and policy matters such as upcoming policies, new regulations and notifications.
• Prepare recommendations on draft policy/regulations for submission directly or through industry associations.
• Include research from journals/ newsletters/ online research/ social media such as twitter, and other relevant platforms.
• Tracking of news/notifications/ union budget/election results/political & economic updates etc. and preparation of its related summary communication for dissemination to concerned internal stakeholders.
• Tracking national / international developments related to TAPI business.
• Timely coordination with team for preparation and circulation of Monthly reports to leadership, documents for important and other meetings.
• Preparation of monthly policy and regulator monitors, annual policy report.
• Preparation of whitepapers, reports, leadership advisories etc.
• Engagement support in policy outreach with relevant external stakeholders

Partnering with Sites & BU leads:

• Support the unit location teams on projects, government communications, monthly reports, trackers, strategy documents, stakeholder mapping, briefing books etc.
• Coordinate for projects including business transfer, major approvals, special projects etc.
• Timely support to the international business team for meeting with external stakeholders, pending payment issues, information on FTAs etc.
• Extend support for coordination with personnel involved in liasoning / dealing with authorities from site.

Engagement with External stakeholder and Industry Associations:

• Ensuring positive external stakeholder engagement on relevant business matters and regular engagement with Industry Associations
• Engage in policy outreach for key policy/regulatory matters with relevant external stakeholders- Industry associations, government officials.
• Track and ensure participation in key industry events/ forums / state level investment summits. It will include identification of thought leadership forums and evaluation of same (for Tava leadership and relevant businesses) with a focus on Teva's priority areas.
• Providing support in management of critical legal issues in conjunction with the legal team.

Community Development Programs / Corporate Social Responsibilities:

• Identifying the initiatives for community development as part of the overall strategy and within the purview of the applicable laws and norms
• Partner with NGOs / agencies and implementation partners for program effectiveness
• Validate, qualify and propose projects to the committee for approvals and implementation.
• Administer the progress of key performance indicators and publish periodic reports.
• Guide the site teams on the overall strategy and ensure adherence with the global donation policy.
• Conduct periodic audits to ensure effectiveness of the programs and utilization of the funds.
• Ensure adequate documentation and process governance.
• Single point of contact for all community development related queries and solutions.
  

Qualification and Experience:

• Masters in Mass Communication / Business Administration / Economics or any other Master Degree.
• 15 to 20 years (Corporate Affairs)in Pharmaceutical industry and Manufacturing business.