Position Summary:
The Director, Government Affairs – East is responsible for shaping Empower’s legislative and regulatory strategy across the Eastern United States, building trusted relationships with state and local policymakers to advance our mission of expanding access to high-quality, affordable medication. This role serves as Empower’s lead advocate and strategist in the region, ensuring that evolving state pharmacy laws, healthcare policies, and political dynamics are navigated with foresight and alignment. Through proactive engagement, strategic communication, and policy influence, this leader strengthens Empower’s voice across critical markets and accelerates our impact in healthcare transformation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads Empower’s state and local government affairs strategy across the Eastern U.S., identifying legislative and regulatory opportunities and risks impacting pharmacy operations, patient access, and business expansion.
• Establishes and nurtures strong relationships with elected officials, regulatory bodies, healthcare coalitions, and trade associations to influence policy outcomes that support Empower’s strategic objectives.
• Monitors legislative sessions, rulemaking activity, and enforcement trends across key states; translates developments into clear guidance for internal stakeholders and action plans for leadership.
• Partners with Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, and Market Development teams to align policy positions, regulatory responses, and advocacy strategy with business goals and operational realities.
• Represents Empower in regional coalitions, working groups, and advocacy forums, advancing positions on pharmacy practice, reimbursement, telehealth, and compounding regulation.
• Develops and delivers position statements, comment letters, executive briefings, and testimony that clearly communicate Empower’s perspective to state policymakers and health officials.
• Drives coordinated, data-informed outreach efforts across target states to support licensure initiatives, facility expansion, and the evolution of 503A and 503B pharmacy frameworks.
• Leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and policy-tracking platforms to forecast regional regulatory trends, evaluate legislative risk, and optimize engagement strategies.
• Collaborates with corporate communications and executive leadership to ensure consistent messaging and reputation management across public and governmental channels.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated success influencing state-level policy, managing multi-state advocacy efforts, and navigating legislative and regulatory complexities in a highly regulated environment.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills with the ability to translate policy into business impact and drive alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in legislative monitoring systems, regulatory intelligence platforms, and AI-powered tools that enable timely, data-driven policy engagement.
• Must pass a comprehensive background check and demonstrate professional conduct in both public and digital settings, including a polished, apolitical, and policy-focused presence suitable for public engagement on behalf of Empower.

• Leads Empower’s state and local government affairs strategy across the Eastern U.S., identifying legislative and regulatory opportunities and risks impacting pharmacy operations, patient access, and business expansion.
• Establishes and nurtures strong relationships with elected officials, regulatory bodies, healthcare coalitions, and trade associations to influence policy outcomes that support Empower’s strategic objectives.
• Monitors legislative sessions, rulemaking activity, and enforcement trends across key states; translates developments into clear guidance for internal stakeholders and action plans for leadership.
• Partners with Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, and Market Development teams to align policy positions, regulatory responses, and advocacy strategy with business goals and operational realities.
• Represents Empower in regional coalitions, working groups, and advocacy forums, advancing positions on pharmacy practice, reimbursement, telehealth, and compounding regulation.
• Develops and delivers position statements, comment letters, executive briefings, and testimony that clearly communicate Empower’s perspective to state policymakers and health officials.
• Drives coordinated, data-informed outreach efforts across target states to support licensure initiatives, facility expansion, and the evolution of 503A and 503B pharmacy frameworks.
• Leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and policy-tracking platforms to forecast regional regulatory trends, evaluate legislative risk, and optimize engagement strategies.
• Collaborates with corporate communications and executive leadership to ensure consistent messaging and reputation management across public and governmental channels