Government Relations

**Job Description Summary**: Job Description Summary: Proactively develop and implement government relations initiatives as well as sales strategies by establishing sustaining relationships with strategic government stakeholders and entities at Federal and State levels. This position will report directly to the Brazil Executive Director and functionally to the Executive Leader Government Affairs and Policy (GAP) LATAM.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator with over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Utilize government relations skills to 1) identify commercial opportunities for the business enterprise, and 2) to develop and execute on strategies to achieve those objectives.
- Use understanding of policy, law, regulations and legislation, this person should be able to quickly engage in strategies that create a level playing field for GE HealthCare to compete in the Brazil markets based on tender integrity and equal access to tender bidding.
- Proactively build network with government bodies as well as deep understanding of healthcare structure/players.
- Develop and implement strategies to protect and promote GE HealthCare through engagement with Brazil and State Government entities, including legislative, Administrative, and regulatory bodies.
- Work with GE HealthCare’s Brazil business leadership and Executive GAP Leader LATAM to ensure awareness of key issues and build GE HealthCare’s policy positions on those issues.
- Identify opportunities and threats to GE HealthCare business and utilize the function to achieve commercial opportunity for the business and to protect against threats to market, reimbursement and product approval opportunities.
- Shape emerging regulations and legislation to the benefit of GE HealthCare and its customers.
- Work closely with GE HealthCare Executive GAP LATAM Leader to identify and deliver opportunities to position GE HealthCare as a thought leader in the field of health care technology and innovation.
- In coordination with GE HealthCare Executive GAP LATAM Leader Government, engage and lead within strategic Brazil chambers and healthcare trade associations to ensure GE HealthCare’s leadership on key industry issues and initiatives.
- Develop GE HealthCare Brazil political strategy (relationship engagement) and represent GE HealthCare at presented or created opportunities.

**Qualifications/Requirements**:

- Minimum 10 years’ experience in government, or government relations field with sales to government experience.
- Deep understanding of Brazilian health care systems.
- Experience interacting with Brazil government officials within the health care space.
- Demonstrated understanding of government policy development and decision-making processes, including ability to identify and have access to key policy makers.
- Demonstrated orientation towards business growth and experience in connecting policy and business commercial outcomes.
- Substantive understanding of key healthcare policy and business issues.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to advise GE HealthCare business leaders.
- Proven team leader with high degree of personal initiative.
- Strong public speaking and written communication skills.
- Strong People leadership skills

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No