Associate Principal, Policy

Avalerehealth; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with employer match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Life insurance & disability coverage

Flexible/hybrid/remote work

20 vacation days + 1 personal day

Public holidays and summer Fridays

Job summary

Avalere Health seeks an Associate Principal focused on Medicare, Medicaid, and drug pricing policy. You will generate creative solutions, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate with highly motivated colleagues to advise clients across the healthcare sector.

You will lead project execution, supervise staff, contribute to business development, and author thought leadership while advancing policy analysis and advisory services for pharma, payers, and providers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Medicare/Medicaid policy or life sciences consulting.
• Ability to explain complex policy to executives and clients.
• Experience supervising colleagues and leading teams.
• Strong communication and analytic skills for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on Medicare/Medicaid and drug pricing policy issues.
• Generate strategic and tactical client recommendations.
• Lead day-to-day project execution and manage project teams.
• Develop new offerings to respond to client needs.
• Participate in strategy discussions and business development.
• Supervise, train and mentor staff across the practice.
• Author thought leadership to raise the practice's profile.

Skills

Policy analysis

Medicare/Medicaid policy

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in public health or policy

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

About Avalere Health

United by one profound purpose: to reach EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE.

At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.

Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere.

Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources.

Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs.

We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves.

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.

Avalere’s policy practice is seeking an Associate Principal with a focus primarily on Medicare, Medicaid, and drug pricing policy. We are seeking a policy professional who loves to generate creative solutions to complex problems, thrives in a fast‑paced environment, and is energized by working collaboratively with highly motivated and knowledgeable colleagues.

The Policy Practice focuses on a range of issues including ongoing federal and state discussion around drug pricing policy; the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Parts B and D policy and payment; evolving benefit designs and coverage in public and private payers; Medicaid; and other state health policies.

Clients include major pharmaceutical companies, emerging biotech companies, health plans and payers, patient advocacy and other non‑profit healthcare organizations, and many other healthcare stakeholders.

We rely on deep subject matter expertise and understanding of the business issues facing our clients to assess how this changing policy landscape impacts the pharmaceutical industry, managed care plans, providers, pharmacies, PBMs, and consumers. We provide analytic support and advisory services, including legislative strategy, regulatory analysis, and quantitative modeling of proposed and enacted policies to a wide range of clients across the healthcare industry.

• Serve as a key subject matter expert on Medicare, Medicaid and drug pricing policy issues impacting the pharmaceutical/ biotech, health insurance, pharmacy, and PBM industries.
• Generate both strategic and tactical recommendations for clients that are responsive to their policy and business needs.
• Lead the day‑to‑day execution of projects and engagements with clients, under the direction of executive leadership, which include managing a project team, setting the strategy to execute the objective of the project or engagement, and ensuring quality and timely delivery to the client.
• Develop new and creative offerings that respond to the changing needs of our clients.
• Participate in strategic and planning discussions across the firm to develop new business and create and execute business development plans to meaningfully contribute toward the Policy Practice’s annual sales and revenue goals.
• Supervise, train and mentor staff members within the practice and across the firm.
• Author thought leadership that raises the profile of your expertise and the practice’s capabilities.

Education Requirements

• A degree in public health, public policy, political science, healthcare management, health policy, public administration, economics, business administration, or a relevant discipline.
• A graduate degree in a relevant field is strongly preferred.

Skill Requirements

• Significant experience analyzing policy proposals, legislation, and/or regulation and conveying findings and implications to clients, colleagues, and the public.
• Sophisticated understanding of the policy issues impacting the healthcare sector, business dynamics in the marketplace, and how policy changes affect unique stakeholders.
• Experience overseeing and supervising work of colleagues.
• Proven situational leadership skills and the ability to motivate and generate enthusiasm with individuals across all levels of the organization.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills that translate into positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Commitment to working in a team environment with an emphasis on collaboration and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Outstanding problem‑solving and analytic skills with the ability to interpret and communicate complex analytic project methodologies and findings internally and to clients.
• Thrives in a dynamic, fast‑paced and intellectually stimulating environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and Word.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience, with a strong preference for prior employment by a pharmaceutical/ biotech company, life sciences consulting/advisory services firm, or a federal government executive branch agency (e.g., CMS, FDA, etc.).
• Other relevant experience, such as past employment with a health insurance company, PBM, relevant trade group, advocacy organization, a healthcare‑focused financial services firm, or Congress is highly desired.
• Deep knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid policy, including Medicare Part D, the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, and other key drug pricing reform policies.
• Prior project management and/or leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to concisely explain complicated concepts to executives within and outside of the firm.

What we can offer

• You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year.
• We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well‑being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end‑of‑year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
• Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support.
• Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family‑planning journey.
• You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on‑demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.

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