The Opportunity 

The Health Policy Giving Lead will ensure GSI’s ongoing and future giving aligns with Genentech’s corporate goals. The two roles will focus on Health Policy grantmaking, activation and management, budget oversight, and impact measurement.

This role is based out of our South San Francisco Office, but we may consider remote options

Relocation benefits are NOT offered on this posting.

Primary Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Align Strategic Direction: Ensure health policy-giving strategies align with the broader GNE business priorities and yield high-impact grant partnerships.

Identify Strategic Philanthropic Investment Opportunities: Build, cultivate, and maintain strategic partnerships with philanthropic organizations, non-profits, government agencies, and private sector entities that advance new grantmaking program exploration. 

Coordinate Internal Stakeholder Management: Design highly visible strategic cross-portfolio grantmaking portfolios to align with GNE business priorities. 

Develop Measurement Strategy & SOPs: Establish an impact measurement strategy for cross-portfolio grants and create standard operating procedures to pull through impact measurement data.

Ensure Compliance: Work alongside HCO to develop and implement compliance to understand the risk profile of the health policy grant-making portfolio and propose appropriate mitigation strategies.

Provide Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert within GNE on grant application creation.

Workstream Management: Manage all aspects of health advocacy giving workstream, including measurement, budget, and internal/external communications. Collaborate with the Head of GSI to understand near- and long-term projects across External Affairs 

External Presence: Represent Genentech at conferences, conduct one-on-one meetings, and speak from the main stage to amplify GNE’s reputation

Who you are

PLEASE NOTE: If you believe you meet the minimum qualifications (marked as required) to do the work we have described here, and if you are excited about the work, we encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you meet every preferred qualification (marked as preferences). We recognize that some candidates will consider applying for these roles only if they meet all preferred qualifications in addition to the minimum qualifications. Others will apply simply if they believe they generally fit the profile of someone in this role. We aspire to represent and meet the expectations of the communities we serve and are eager to have a diverse pool of candidates and challenge ourselves to find new and better ways of doing the work that we do. Thank you.

Required Qualifications:

You have a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12 years of related/relevant experience;

Subject matter expertise in corporate philanthropy and strategic grantmaking with 501c3 and 501c4 entities

Proven track record of building partnerships between biotech/pharmaceutical companies, nonprofit organizations, medical societies, and government agencies to advance a shared mission

Proven ability to shape strategy, anticipating challenges and opportunities. Demonstrated relationship advancement with external stakeholders over multiple years

Deep fluency in business priorities and is considered a critical partner in advancing relevant enterprise objectives through philanthropic investments.

Experience managing vendors (e.g., strategic consulting, communications, evaluation), complex projects, and large-scale budgets 

Leads with integrity and passion for goals that drive Genentech’s corporate philanthropy mission and vision to deliver the greatest impact to patients.

Experience working effectively in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments 

Preferred Qualifications

An advanced degree with 8 years of equivalent work experience.

Skills & Competencies: 

Strategic Agility & Innovation

Lead, envision, and architect innovative strategies that drive broad portfolio-level (vs. individual grant or program-level) impact.

Strategic leader and dynamic systems thinker with an excellent ability to distill data and input from disparate sources, industry and competitor trends, and enterprise/business contexts to develop strategies that drive change at scale

Proactively seeks ways to prioritize and simplify, challenge the status quo, introduce new ideas that strengthen the impact of the work, and lead with curiosity.

Creative thinker and agile mindset, striving for continuous improvement and evolution of investments and programs to adapt to changes in the internal and external environment.

High ethical standards and integrity; strong humility and discretion; comfort and commitment to operating in a highly regulated environment

Influencing, Partnering & Leadership

Exceptional ability to partner, counsel, negotiate for alignment, drive collaboration, and influence without authority across all levels and with diverse audiences by demonstrating authenticity, cultivating trust, identifying collective opportunities, and driving toward successful outcomes. 

Proven ability to communicate concisely and translate complicated topics into lay language relevant across a variety of audiences

Decision Making, Problem-Solving, and Managing Change

Prioritize effectively to focus efforts on activities that drive the most value, demonstrate flexibility and willingness to pivot, flow resources, and adapt and catalyze others to focus efforts on activities that drive the most value to align with the changing needs of the business priorities.

This role is based out of our South San Francisco Office, but we may consider remote options

Relocation benefits are NOT offered on this posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, California $160,720/yr to $298,480/yr.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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