Jessica Bateman

About Jessica Bateman

Experienced results-driven senior leader with demonstrated success defining, creating…

Experience

1. Senior Director, Advocacy & Professional Relations

   Geron Corporation

   Jan 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Establish and execute an integrated global strategic engagement plan that prioritizes collaboration withprofessional, policy, and patient societies in the rare disease and oncology community. Serve as a cross-functional connector to ensure alignment and cohesive coordination with external advocates and community stakeholders. As a key partner to the Market Access team, I support state society policy strategy design; assist with payer engagement talking points, and coordination of NCCN guidelines adoption. I leverage professional, state, and patient society offerings to advance education and ensure outcomes are measurable and align with strategic priorities. Additionally, I ensure state society, congress, and corporate roundtable presence and participation through, sharing policy priorities, and amplifying the patient perspective. I monitor the federal and state legislative landscape to assess threats to innovation and timely access to healthcare and initiate responses to proposed changes including oversight of sign-on letters, congressional briefings, and coalition participation.

Education

• Towson University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Community Health and Preventive Medicine

  2004 — 2005