Job Description

Together, we can beat cancer.

At Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company, we bring together the world's best talent to realize our vision of a world without fear of cancer. Together, we work passionately to develop and deliver easy-to-use, efficient oncology solutions.

We are part of an incredible community of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists pushing the boundaries of what's possible, to improve people's lives around the world. We embrace a culture of inclusivity in which the power and potential of every individual can be unleashed. We spark ideas that lead to positive impact and continued success.

If you want to be part of this important mission, we want to hear from you.

Company:

Siemens Healthineers is a leading medtech company with over 125 years of experience. Our portfolio, spanning from in-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways. With our strengths in patient twinning, precision therapy, as well as digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI), we are well positioned to take on the biggest challenges in healthcare. We will continue to build on these strengths to help fight the world's most threatening diseases, improving the quality of outcomes, and enabling access to care. We are a team of 66,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare to help improve people's lives around the world.

Position:

The chosen candidate will be responsible for creating, managing and leading Siemens Healthineers' Southeast Asia government relations and public policy function. This role will provide critical support to Siemens Healthineers' commercial business development, educational program development and regulatory strategies across Southeast Asia.

This position reports directly to the Senior Director, Government Affairs, APJ, based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Advise and counsel company executives on public policy and governmental matters, including pending legislation/regulations and any policy initiatives which may have potential implications to Siemens Healthineers.
• In partnership with Siemens Healthineers executives and business unit stakeholders, shape an impactful Southeast Asian government relations and public policy strategy and agenda, prioritising relevant resources, actions and outcomes.
• Drive and support market development activities with public sector partners.
• Develop strong relationships with trade organizations and strategic industry groups in order to influence legislation, regulations and policies which may affect the industry, in order to advance Siemens Healthineers' interests.
• Engage appropriately with key government officials, staff, administrative agencies and other international organizations as it relates to Southeast Asia on issues of importance, such as expanding regional access to oncology care and regulatory approval of relevant technologies.
• Assist and guide government business transactions with Ministries of Health, Finance and other related government agencies, increasing the level of thought leadership.
• Collaborate with regional educational institutions, symposia, government agencies, and thought leaders to improve the adoption of best clinical practices.
• Manage and balance internal resources.

Requirements:

Exposure within the private sector in a responsible Government Relations/External Affairs role would include:

• Minimum 10 years of legislative, governmental agency, trade or industry association experience.
• Knowledge of the medical capital equipment, medical device industry, healthcare industry or other highly-regulated industries-is considered extremely valuable
• Able to appropriately influence the political/policy process, including work experience managing consultancies;
• Experience in legislative and public policy making processes; developing partnerships with trade associations and other industry partners to direct an agenda;
• Formulation and implementation of business development, government relations and external affairs policies in Southeast Asia;
• Demonstrated ability to analyze key regulatory and policy issues in light of the company's strategic goals, and focus on issues which advance or prohibit the company's competitive business interests.

• Visible confidence to effectively partner with the regional internal business stakeholders.

• Must be extremely well organized and a self-starter, able to work autonomously and with matrixed staff.
• Undergraduate degree is mandatory. Fluency in English is required, and fluency in a Southeast Asia language is considered highly beneficial

Primary Stakeholders:

Internal:

APJ Government Affairs; ASEAN Leadership Team (Business Verticals, Country Heads, Functional leaders, etc).

External:

Health Ministries, Finance Ministries and medical related government bodies, relevant trade associations, special-interest groups, think-tanks, academia, relevant political consultancies and NGOs.

Personal Characteristics:

Open-minded, able to apply social perceptiveness when guiding, facilitating or instructing others.

• Positive, highly energetic, diplomatic, tenacious, with sound judgment and EQ.
• High level of corporate professionalism, gravitas and political agility; analyse, negotiate, and influence at the right times.
• Able to work flexibly under pressure, to tight deadlines and balance multiple and competing tasks gracefully.
• Understand how to bring clarity to ambiguous situations, act decisively and graciously.
• Think and act on their feet, execute broad strategies while appreciating the details.
• Exemplary networking and influencing skills, able to partner effectively and form relationships with peers and management.
• Strong project management skills, a track record of executing complex programmes with speed and accuracy.
• Strong cross-cultural awareness in Asia, a track record of having successfully 'built bridges'.
• An uncompromising commitment towards ethical business practice and quality.

Varian is required to comply with all local and applicable regulations that may be associated with vaccine requirements for certain roles.

Fighting cancer calls for big ideas.

We envision a world without fear of cancer. Achieving this vision takes dedication and commitment from all of us, every single day. That's why we celebrate and value the distinctly beautiful and intersectional identities of each of our employees. We are a mirror of our patient-base, which allows us to innovate. Big ideas come from everywhere, and the best ideas are fostered by our unique individual experiences. At Varian, we encourage you to bring your whole self to work and believe your bold and authentic perspective will help to power more victories over cancer.

#TogetherWeFight