OneTrust

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

OneTrust

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Maine • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $122,000 - $212,750 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
health policyadvocacypayer relationspharmaceutical salesbiologicsoncologyimmunologybudget managementgovernment policy developmenthealthcare policy trends
Soft Skills
communicationstrategic planningcross-functional collaborationrelationship buildingadvocacy leadershipeducation and mobilizationevaluation and managementcoordinationmonitoringstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeMBA