Senior Director, Coalition Partnerships & Public Affairs

Better Medicare Alliance; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive benefits package

Salary range: $146k–$170k

Job summary

Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) seeks a Senior Director of Public Affairs and Partnerships to grow BMA's national coalition and strengthen its policy advocacy. You will report to the VP of Strategic Partnerships and drive external engagement across advocacy, policy, research, communications, and events.

You will build relationships with leaders in health care organizations, activate partners around policy opportunities, and translate strategy into measurable engagement across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years in public affairs, partnerships, health policy, or related field.
• Experience with Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or managed care preferred.
• Experience building executive and member relationships in associations or coalitions.
• Proven ability to mobilize stakeholders and launch engagement campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute partnership and coalition efforts across 250 ally organizations.
• Support advocacy initiatives and recruit partners for meetings with Congress/Administration.
• Produce communications materials for newsletters, op-eds, blogs, and resources.
• Manage engagement infrastructure, mapping, planning, and outcome tracking.
• Develop coalition offerings like joint research, workgroups, and campaigns.
• Plan conferences and coalition events; aid programming and promotion.
• Represent BMA at conferences, partner events, and webinars.
• Identify new partner organizations and expand national reach.
• Mobilize partners in priority jurisdictions for in-state advocacy.
• Provide coalition intelligence to inform strategic direction.

Skills

Public affairs

Coalition management

Policy advocacy

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Public speaking

Strategic planning

Project management

Relationship building

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) seeks a Senior Director of Public Affairs and Partnerships to grow BMA's national coalition and strengthen its policy advocacy. You will report to the VP of Strategic Partnerships and drive external engagement across advocacy, policy, research, communications, and events.

You will build relationships with leaders in health care organizations, activate partners around policy opportunities, and translate strategy into measurable engagement across multiple channels.