Senior Director, Medicaid Policy & Health Equity

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is seeking a Senior Director with substantial Medicaid expertise to join its health policy division in Washington, DC. The Senior Director will lead CBPP’s federal Medicaid strategy, policy development, and state-level agenda, serving as a nationally recognized expert and representative on priority issues.

The role requires overseeing policy direction, mentoring staff, building stakeholder relationships, and advancing health equity through

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; a relevant advanced degree may substitute for up to two years of experience.
• At least ten years of relevant work experience working on policy or advocacy issues related to the Medicaid program.
• A minimum of three years of relevant work experience managing staff or teams.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage relationships with policymakers, government officials, partner organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Excellent ability to communicate CBPP’s policies and messages, in writing and orally, to policymakers and members of the media.
• Experience and interest in program implementation at the federal or state levels.
• A profound understanding of the role that inequity and discrimination play in health policy, and a commitment to advancing equity in CBPP’s health policy work.
• Extensive experience developing and analyzing policy and programmatic options.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about opportunities to affect policy decisions and implementation, develop thoughtful work plans in collaboration with others, and to balance competing priorities and interests.
• Exceptional ability to respond to multiple demands in a complex, fast-paced, and rapidly changing policy environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a nationally recognized, trusted resource on the Medicaid program, sharing knowledge and analysis and providing technical assistance both within the organization and to external partners and audiences, including congressional staff, state and federal government officials, national and state advocates, the news media, researchers, and others.
• Direct CBPP’s strategy and policy development on Medicaid, in consultation with the Government Affairs team and other CBPP staff.
• Manage a senior policy analyst, working to ensure they accomplish their performance goals, and mentor and support the development of other staff’s programmatic and policy knowledge.
• Build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with partners and stakeholders, including government officials, health advocacy and equity-focused organizations, and other experts in Medicaid and health equity to advance CBPP’s policy and implementation goals.
• Analyze and influence the implementation of Medicaid policy and financing proposals, such as state waiver proposals and federal and state legislative and regulatory proposals advanced by policymakers, researchers, national and state partners, and others.
• Craft policies and strategies to improve and protect health coverage for enrollees and further expand affordable coverage and access to care for people who are uninsured or who have low incomes.
• Advance policies that promote health equity and racial justice and center the lives of people with lived experience of racism and discrimination, poverty, and low-paid work.
• Collaborate closely with other staff in the health policy division and in other CBPP departments.
• Perform other job-related duties within the role’s scope as assigned to support the team’s goals.

Skills

Policy analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is seeking a Senior Director with substantial Medicaid expertise to join its health policy division in Washington, DC. The Senior Director will lead CBPP’s federal Medicaid strategy, policy development, and state-level agenda, serving as a nationally recognized expert and representative on priority issues.

The role requires overseeing policy direction, mentoring staff, building stakeholder relationships, and advancing health equity through