Senior Manager, Strategy and Public Policy

This position will be responsible for:

• Developing and implementing strategies to advance India’s legislative, regulatory, research funding, and other policy measures aimed at replacing or reducing animal use in testing and research, and defeating problematic measures;
• Working with relevant government departments and regulators, expert committees, country and program staff and partners to draft or amend legislation and other policy measures in line with program priorities. Analyzes proposed and pending legislation to determine whether it is favorable to program objectives;
• Building relationships with regulators, seeking their acceptance of animal-free approaches, and reforming to priority regulations.
• Building relationships with Indian corporate and other relevant stakeholders, negotiating policy alignment on regulatory, and other policy measures, and coordinating joint advocacy;
• Organizing briefings, high-level meetings, trainings, workshops, webinars and other forums for engagement, education, dialogue, and policy alignment with policy makers, regulators, and scientific community;
• Coordinating with HSI/India communications department to draft and review press releases, social media content, and other outreach materials and respond to comments. Serving as a program spokesperson with the media and at public events;
• Managing the Research & Toxicology staff and providing them with guidance and advice, training, performance management, and career development;
• Developing hiring strategy for the department in India, drafting job descriptions, interviewing candidates for positions including but not limited to employees, consultants, intern and/or volunteers, and training them as necessary;
• Developing the team, building capacity for internal and external communication while promoting discussion and exchange of ideas and concerns;
• Providing guidance to team and motivating them to meet or exceed goals;
• Working in collaboration with operations department to facilitate smooth operations of financial, administrative, and travel processes;
• Performing other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.