Senior External Engagement Manager

Who is USP

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. At USP we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness integrity and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1300 professionals across twenty global locations working to strengthen the supply of safe high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship professional development and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships standards and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

The Senior Engagement Manager will play a pivotal role in advancing the USP Resiliency Centers influence visibility and impact. This role is directly responsible for the management and activation of a high-level multi-sector advisory board as well as the planning and execution of the Resiliency Centers signature events and convenings.

The role serves as a strategic connectorlinking advisory board insights thought leadership agendas and convenings to USPs broader influence policy and stakeholder engagement strategies. Working in a highly matrixed environment the Senior Manager will coordinate closely with leadership across the Resiliency Center Global External Engagement Communications Science Advocacy and Business Development to ensure that outputs from advisory bodies and events are purposeful aligned and action oriented.

This is an individual-contributor role requiring strategic judgment executive presence strong project management skills and the ability to translate complex discussions into concrete influence and engagement outcomes.

How will YOU create impact here at USP

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity regulatory excellence and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong tested and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally USPs People and Culture division in partnership with the Equity Office invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged collaborative and results-driven work environments.

The Senior Engagement Manager has the following responsibilities:

Advisory Board Management & Activation

• Serve as the primary manager for the USP Resiliency Centers high-level Advisory Board including senior leaders from government industry academia health systems and other key stakeholders.
• With the Resiliency Center leadership design and manage the advisory boards annual cadence including meeting schedules agendas pre-reads and follow-up deliverables.
• Partner with Resiliency Center leadership to shape advisory board priorities and agendas that advance thought leadership topics and strategic objectives.
• Translate advisory board insights recommendations and discussions into clear outputs including key messages internal briefs content themes and stakeholder engagement considerations.
• Support onboarding member engagement and stewardship to ensure sustained participation and value creation for both USP and advisory members.

Signature Events & Strategic Convenings

• Lead planning and execution of the Resiliency Centers signature events including public forums invitation-only roundtables and executive convenings.
• Ensure events are strategically designed to align with USP and Resiliency Center priorities and stakeholder influence goals.
• Coordinate end-to-end event delivery including concept development agendas speaker coordination logistics run-of-show and post-event reporting.
• Work closely with Communications and External Engagement teams to ensure consistent messaging audience targeting and amplification before and after events.

Thought Leadership to Influence Integration

• Partner with Resiliency Center leadership and Communications to ensure advisory board and convening outputs inform broader thought leadership plans (e.g. content series white papers briefings).
• Help connect convening topics and insights to USPs broader influence strategies including advocacy government engagement and stakeholder relationship-building.
• Contribute to planning cycles that align advisory activities and events with annual Resiliency Center priorities and USP institutional objectives.

Cross-Functional Coordination and Support

• Serve as a key liaison across departmentsincluding Communications Science Advocacy Business Units and Executive Leadershipto ensure alignment and coordination.
• Track dependencies timelines and approvals across teams in a matrixed environment.
• Support leadership briefings and internal alignment on advisory board outcomes convening objectives and influence implications.
• Support and align with other engagement and influence efforts within GHMS

Planning Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Develop planning tools trackers and templates to support consistent execution of advisory board and event activities.
• Produce concise post-meeting and post-event summaries highlighting insights decisions and recommended follow-up actions.
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve the effectiveness and strategic value of advisory boards and convenings.
• Process contracts and invoices for vendors consultants or other purchase requests.

Who is USP Looking For

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders along with the following competencies and experience:

• Bachelors degree in public health public policy international affairs communications or a related field.
• 7 years of relevant professional experience including experience with high-level advisory bodies stakeholder engagement or strategic convenings.
• Demonstrated experience managing high-profile events or convenings involving senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organizational environment and coordinate across multiple teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear actionable outputs.
• Excellent project management skills including managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Exceptional organizational and coordination skills.
• Detail-oriented with a high bar for quality and professionalism.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with CRM and email marketing software (e.g. Salesforce Marketo Constant Contact).

Additional Desired Preferences

• Masters degree in public health public policy international development communications or a related field.
• Experience working at the intersection of policy industry and public health or regulatory systems.
• Familiarity with thought leadership development influence strategies or advocacy engagement.
• Comfort engaging with senior executives government officials and external partners.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None this is an individual contributor role.

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Compensation

Base Salary Range: USD $127102.00 $156550.00 annually.
Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role.

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidates skill set experience qualifications equity and other job-related reasons.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP.

Required Experience:

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