IAM Director, Employer Engagement

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Director of Employer Engagement influencing employer healthcare landscape to ensure access to vaccines and medicines. Focused on employer health policy, engagement, and brand support strategies.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $210,400 - $331,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute an employer health policy strategy, within their region, that is aligned with the company’s healthcare policy priorities working collaboratively with State Government Affairs
Identify emerging employer health policy issues (e.g., benefit design reform, value-based coverage, utilization management, data transparency, prevention mandates, low value care) and shape strategies to engage collaboratively where it aligns to the company’s business objectives around access and affordability
Serve as a subject matter expert on employer policy trends and their implications for the company’s pipeline, launch brands, and long-term therapeutic strategy
Build, deepen, and activate relationships with employer thought leaders, national and regional business coalitions, benefit consultants and other ecosystem partners to enhance the company’s presence
Translate employer policy, benefit design and utilization trends into actionable business insights for commercial, medical and policy leadership
Deploy approved access and affordability messaging to shape external policy and employer perceptions around value, pricing and appropriate utilization
Represent the company in employer forums, panels, and roundtables to advance evidence-based perspectives supporting broad access
Inform employers on benefit designs — through education on primary prevention, disease state awareness, and early detection strategies — that expand evidence-based benefit structures and optimize provider and patient choice
Partner with brand and payer marketing stakeholders by providing employer insights into customer segment planning for the company’s products to guide the company’s GTM strategy, including customer needs, friction points, policy pressures, and opportunities for differentiation
Incorporate profiling data, benefit design assessments, and coalition insights into segment strategy planning
Identify emerging risks and opportunities across prevention, early detection, care pathways, access, and affordability that are relevant for specific therapeutic areas
Support the development of employer focused tools, messaging, and segment education modules
Collaborate with Segment Strategy lead, as well as other key stakeholders in IAM, Payer Marketing and Account Management teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree
8+ years of relevant experience in Account Management, Marketing, Sales, Health policy, Employer Segment, Market Access, and/or Managed Care
Demonstrated experience engaging senior level decision‑makers and thought leaders
Strong collaboration skills in complex, matrixed environments
Demonstrated business acumen and understanding implications of access decisions, benefit designs, and contracting strategies
Strategic and tactical planning skills and ability to manage several projects simultaneously
Cross-functional headquarters coordination and understanding of operational processes
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays
vacation
compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

health policy strategybenefit design reformvalue-based coverageutilization managementdata transparencyprevention mandatesemployer policy trendsaccess and affordability messagingsegment strategy planningemployer focused tools

Soft Skills

collaboration skillsbusiness acumenstrategic planningtactical planningproject managementcommunication skillsrelationship buildingengagement with decision-makerseducation and trainingcross-functional coordination

Certifications

Bachelor's degree