Senior Director, Patient Advocacy
About The Position
At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We're looking for a Senior Director, Patient Advocacy to join our Patient Advocacy team, shaping enterprise-wide strategy across discovery, development, and commercialization from our Sleepy Hollow, NY campus. In this role, you'll build the operating model that brings the patient voice into executive decision-making, partnering closely with Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Policy, and Clinical Development. This position offers the opportunity to shape how a fast-growing, science-driven organization listens to and acts on patient needs, making a meaningful difference for people living with serious diseases worldwide.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, including 10+ years leading multi-stakeholder patient advocacy programs
- A track record of building enterprise-wide, cross-functional programs with visible business impact
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with experience preparing board-ready materials
- Experience partnering with Medical, Commercial, Market Access, and Policy teams, with working knowledge of compliance in advocacy
Nice To Haves
- Experience in rare disease, oncology, hematology, ophthalmology, immunology, or cardio-metabolic disease
- Experience operating in complex, matrixed, or global organizations; alliance management experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Shape Regeneron’s enterprise-wide patient advocacy strategy, connecting the patient voice to discovery, development, and commercialization.
- Build the standards and governance that guide how we engage advocacy and professional organizations.
- Partner with Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Policy, and Clinical Development to set a multi-year advocacy roadmap.
- Drive measurable outcomes — faster diagnosis, stronger trial awareness, broader access, and a better patient experience.
- Move fluidly between big-picture strategy and hands-on execution, leading through influence across teams.
- Turn corporate priorities into focused, therapeutic-area plans with clear decision rights.
- Read external trends and policy shifts early, and recommend the moves that keep patient impact and business goals aligned.
- Report progress through KPIs, dashboards, and board-ready materials that keep senior leaders informed.
Benefits
- annual bonuses or other incentive plans
- equity awards
- pension or retirement benefits
- 401(k) company match
- health and wellness programs
- fitness centers
- insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
- paid time off
- family support benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
