Hiring: Regional Lead - State Government Affairs (CA.) Company: Novo Nordisk Location: Sacramento, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 07:41:43 Employment Type: Contract About the job Experience: •A Bachelor 's degree and a minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in state legislative, government affairs, or lobbying consulting firm experience required. Advanced degree preferred •7 years of progressive experience in state legislative, government affairs, or lobbying consulting firm experience required. Advanced degree preferred Required Skills: •Develops and manages proactive and reactive strategies to mitigate risks and identify opportunities for policy goals of importance to the Company to achieve the success of NNI business goals •Monitors state policy and business environment for emerging issues that affect NNI products and/or business operations •In consultation with the Team Lead, identifies and educates internal NNI stakeholders and, as necessary, creates NNI cross-functional working groups to keep all apprised of the status of the issues as they evolve, to assure that advocacy remains informed of current NNI business strategy •Advocates within assigned states with key government officials, legislative committees and other entities Novo Nordisk’s position on legislative or public policy initiatives of importance to the company and the patients who rely on NNI therapies •Develops strategic plan for geographic region to provide advance insights into risks and opportunities to which NNI may need to respond and develop political intelligence to enable proactive strategic plans for response •Tracks state legislation and regulation on NNI’s businesses and coordinates with policy team to understand impacts and NNI’s position •Coordinates with Alliance Development team on cross-functional projects involving outside organizations •Ensures that state government officials, state legislative committees, and other relevant parties are educated on Novo Nordisk’s position on public affairs issues of importance to the Company Qualifications: •20-30% overnight travel required; Driver must maintain a valid driver’s license. Must be in good standing by not exceeding the Novo Nordisk points threshold assigned based on review of Motor Vehicle Records. •Multi-State Lobbying experience a strong plus •Advanced knowledge of state government affairs and public policy, including policy analysis and government relations •Strong planning, relationship building, cross-functional team and leadership skills required •Demonstrated ability to proactively strategize on how best to advance policy priorities •Demonstrated capacity to effectively deliver information, and explain, advocate and negotiate positions and issues to a broad spectrum of individuals required •Demonstrated capacity to work under tight deadlines, with little or no supervision required •Demonstrated track record of strong advocacy and communications skills •Demonstrated analytical skills to understand key components of legislation and policy •Pharmaceutical/healthcare industry experience and knowledge of diabetes, obesity and the diabetes and obesity marketplaces preferred, but not required Compensation: •$152,000 - $267,000 / year •Internal relationships include Legal, Compliance, Managed Markets Sales & Strategy, BioPharm, Medical, Institutional & DCS Sales Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!