Director, Health Policy

Breakthrough T1D; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

403(b) retirement plan

Bonuses and generous PTO

Job summary

Breakthrough T1D, a leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, seeks a Director of Health Policy to drive access to care, devices, and drugs for people with T1D. You will advance coverage barriers and modernize coding with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years in advocacy or health policy, expert payer policy knowledge, US healthcare system mastery, and exceptional communication. Travel < 30%. Targeted salary range: $145,000–$165,000.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in advocacy, market access, health care policy, or related fields.
• Expert knowledge of public and private payer landscapes and reimbursement coding.
• Deep understanding of the US healthcare system.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of access strategy for diabetes technology and device access.
• Develop relationships with payers, PBMs, employers, coding bodies (AMA/HCPCS).
• Analyze CMS rulemaking and private payer policies affecting access to care.
• Provide technical guidance for external community resources and communications.
• Translate policy data into clear talking points for leadership and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Breakthrough T1D Advocacy, Research, Medical Affairs and Communications teams.
• Represent the organization at Congressional meetings, agency briefings and industry events.
• Support other access goals across insulin, care and policy priorities.

Skills

Policy advocacy

Payer policy

Regulatory analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

As the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with T1D better while driving toward cures. We invest in the most promising research to turn ideas into life-changing therapies and devices. We work with government, regulatory officials, and insurance companies to address issues that impact the T1D community -- breaking through barriers that limit access to care worldwide. We provide resources and guidance that makes it easier to live and thrive with T1D. This is more than a moment -- we're empowering a movement for the T1D community. Share your support and help educate and empower individuals facing type 1 diabetes.

Our mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life changing breakthroughs to treat, prevent and ultimately, cure T1D and its complications.

Always, we are guided by a single purpose: As we drive towards curing type 1 diabetes, we help make everyday life better for the people who face it

The Director of Health Policy will drive strategic efforts to advance access to care, devices, and drugs for people with T1D. This role will be primarily responsible for advancing broad, affordable access to diabetes devices including continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, automated insulin delivery systems, and continuous ketone monitors.

Working closely with Breakthrough T1D’s leaders, research colleagues, and volunteers, the Director of Health Policy will lead national commercial health plan and public policy efforts to eliminate coverage barriers and modernize coding in order to accelerate the adoption of life-changing diabetes technology. The person in this role must be a motivated, executive-paced self-starter with a proven track record of leading successful, cross-functional policy and commercial reimbursement projects.

Specific Responsibilities

• Strategy Execution: Enhance and lead the execution of Breakthrough T1D’s diabetes technology and device access strategy to identify and systematically remove coverage barriers in both public and commercial markets.
• Payer & Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain effective, impactful relationships with commercial health plans, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), employers, coding bodies (AMA/HCPCS), and other relevant external stakeholders.
• Regulatory Analysis: Lead the technical review and analysis of CMS rulemaking and private payer medical policies impacting access to T1D care.
• Community Resource Design: Provide technical guidance and subject matter expertise to support the development of external communication resources for the T1D community and other external stakeholders.
• Executive Communication: Translate complex public policy, reimbursement codes, and health economics data into clear, concise talking points and one-pagers for internal leaders and external stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with colleagues across Breakthrough T1D Advocacy, Research, Medical Affairs, and Communications teams to ensure technical alignment.
• External Representation: Serve as the access subject matter expert at Congressional meetings, agency briefings, workshops, and major healthcare industry conferences.
• Team Integration: Support other Breakthrough T1D access goals related to insulin, care, and general health policy priorities, as needed.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Advanced Degree/Masters in related healthcare, business, or policy field strongly preferred.

Experience & Requirements

• Years of Experience: 10+ years of experience in advocacy, market access, health care policy, medical device reimbursement, or digital health technology.
• Commercial and Government Payer Policy Expertise: Expert knowledge of public and private payer landscapes, reimbursement coding (HCPCS/CPT), and public policies impacting access.
• Systems Knowledge: Deep understanding of the US healthcare system is required.
• Detail & Self-Management: Detail-oriented, self-starter, with strong organizational skills who can manage processes autonomously.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrated ability to concisely present complex technology or financial concepts through exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Relationship Management: A team player with a proven ability to build and manage relationships with all levels of staff, volunteers, external industry partners and government officials..
• Speed & Precision: Proven track record of working in dynamic environment to synthesize complex policies and deliver polished outputs under tight deadlines.
• Software: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Travel: Ability to travel (less than 30%).

Targeted salary range: $145,000–$165,000

Essential Functions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

Breakthrough T1D offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 403(b) retirement plan, voluntary benefits, flexible spending and commuter benefit accounts, an employee assistance program (EAP), life and disability insurance, performance-based bonuses, and generous paid time off. Benefits may vary by job level and full time or part time status.

Additional Information

Requests for medical, religious, and other exemptions will be considered on an individual basis. Breakthrough T1D will comply with all federal, state, and local laws.

Breakthrough T1D supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Breakthrough T1D is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.