Hybrid Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director – MA, NH, RI, ME, VT

at OneTrust

• Job title: Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director – MA, NH, RI, ME, VT
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $122,000 - $212,750 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director in the US ensuring patient access to J&J Innovative Medicine products. Focusing on advocacy partnerships and strategic plans impacting legislative priorities.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic business and local advocacy initiatives to ensure patient access to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) products.
• Build and lead relationships with key advocacy stakeholders, including physician and patient organizations, employer coalitions, and individual key advocacy leaders.
• Educate, enable, and mobilize, around legislative priorities impacting patient access.
• Deliver high-impact advocacy partnerships across all oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and the life sciences sector to shape policy, strengthen care pathways, and enable patient access.
• Develop and execute strategic advocacy plans addressing legislative and payer policy issues that correspond with business priorities.
• Build, deepen, and grow relationships with advocacy leaders, physician societies, patient organizations, and employer coalitions.
• Provide federal and state policy education to advocacy stakeholders.
• Coordinate across a wide variety of internal partners/teams to advance advocacy efforts that shape regulatory, legislative and payer policies.
• Evaluate and manage sponsorship opportunities within budget to support advocacy initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for advocacy organizations and coordinate with internal teams.
• Monitor Medicare Administrative Contractor activities and partner with internal teams to ensure appropriate coding, reimbursement and access.
• Partner with US Policy and US State Affairs to track legislative developments that shape healthcare access and deliver on business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s/MBA preferred.
• Travel up to 60% (including evenings/weekends) required.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in health policy, advocacy, payer relations, pharm/bio sales or marketing, or related healthcare policy is required.
• Strong understanding of complex healthcare markets (biologics, oncology, immunology, etc.).
• Understanding of complexities and impact associated with the changing health care environment at the local and nation level is required.
• Excellent communication, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage territory budget.
• Knowledge of government policy development and healthcare policy trends (IRA, PDABs, 340B, PBM reform, Utilization Management, ASP, Fee for Service and Managed Medicaid/Medicare is highly preferred.
• Prefer experience with grassroots lobbying and mobilization efforts.
• Prefer experience pulling through local public affairs campaigns focused on legislative or policy issues.

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
• 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year