Senior Director, Patient Advocacy

Role Summary

The Senior Director, Patient Advocacy leads Regeneron’s disease area enterprise‑wide advocacy strategy and operating model, integrating the patient voice across discovery, development, and commercialization. The role exercises independent judgment in ambiguous environments, influences executive decision‑making, and builds scalable processes that elevate patient impact, operational efficiency, and company reputation. The Senior Director serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and a visible ambassador to advocacy and professional organizations.

This role is based in Sleep Hollow, NY, and requires 4 days per week at the office.

• Develop the overarching patient advocacy strategy across multiple therapeutic areas with enterprise visibility and executive engagement.
• Establish standard methodologies and governance for engagement with advocacy and professional societies.
• Advises cross‑functional contributors in Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Policy, and Clinical Development on a multi‑year advocacy roadmap.
• Accountable for measurable improvements in disease awareness, time to diagnosis, clinical trial awareness, access, and patient experience.
• Operate at both strategic and operational levels, driving outcomes through cross‑functional leadership.

• Define and evolve the disease area patient advocacy strategy, translating corporate objectives into a prioritized, outcome‑based portfolio.
• Standardize engagement frameworks, decision rights, and operating mechanisms that scale across therapeutic areas and regions.
• Anticipate external trends and policy shifts, framing tactical choices and trade‑offs with clear implications for patients and the business.
• Help establish governance and operating mechanisms that support alignment, speed, and accountability across departments.

• Create and maintain therapeutic area strategies and operating plans for educational programs, disease awareness, advisory boards, patient speaker engagement, clinical trial awareness, and policy initiatives.
• Support development and deployment of advocacy campaigns; ensure external partner plans align with Regeneron’s goals and compliance standards.
• Define and report outcome‑based KPIs; implement dashboards to monitor reach, quality, and ROI of advocacy efforts.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives; deliver board‑ready materials that articulate patient impact, risks, and investment options.
• Lead executive forums and steering committees to drive aligned decisions across competing priorities.

• Lead relationship development with key patient advocacy and professional societies to build durable, mission‑aligned partnerships.
• Ensure Regeneron’s leadership position is evident through presence at priority events; synthesize and disseminate insights to internal stakeholders.

• Build strong, collaborative relationships with Medical, Commercial/Brand, Market Access, Government Affairs, Health Policy, Clinical Development, and Legal/Compliance.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment (including at senior leadership levels) and execution of advocacy initiatives; co‑create plans with alliance partners where applicable.
• Contribute to departmental strategy, annual planning, budgeting, and digital portal development.

• Systematically capture and translate patient insights to inform clinical trial design, evidence generation, disease education, patient services, and access strategies.
• Champion a patient‑centric mindset and embed patient perspectives in enterprise decisions and roadmaps.