Senior Manager, Health Economics, Policy, and Reimbursement - Remote

Medtronic; United States; Remote; USD 164,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare technology is seeking a Senior Reimbursement Program Manager to drive global strategies for reimbursement and maintain access to innovative therapies. The role requires expertise in reimbursement policy and healthcare trends while leading cross-functional teams to enhance patient access. This remote position involves collaboration and some travel, offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 8 years.
• Understanding of US payment systems.
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop global product-specific reimbursement strategies.
• Lead processes that ensure appropriate reimbursement analyses.
• Monitor state policies impacting patient access.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Healthcare trends

Reimbursement policy

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Tools

Reimbursement tools

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Jul 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident —we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

The Senior Reimbursement Program Manager will serve in a highly visible and impactful role as the ENT business’s primary reimbursement leader to support global reimbursement strategy development, new business development, evidence planning, and product launch support for legacy Interventional Pain Products and emerging Early Interventions therapies. This individual will also develop and communicate business unit and therapy-specific reimbursement strategy for the US to include all considerations for coding, coverage, and payment for both government and private payers.

In addition to US-focused work, this role will provide critical input into developing global reimbursement strategies. This individual will collaborate with local country reimbursement and market access colleagues (including the US market) to support the establishment of reimbursement in target geographies and to resolve reimbursement challenges.

This individual reports to the Director, Reimbursement and Health Economics for the ENT Business.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require some travel to enhance collaboration and ensure the successful completion of projects.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Provide advice and counsel to cross-functional partners (Marketing, Regulatory, Legal, R&D, Clinical, Corporate, and Global reimbursement counterparts) on reimbursement considerations in the areas of global (including US) reimbursement strategy, health economics, and health policy.
• Lead the process for developing global product-specific reimbursement strategies based on the requirements of technology assessment organizations and payers, including Medicare, NICE, etc.
• Develop reimbursement assessments/ strategies for emerging and existing therapies, ensuring appropriate reimbursement and health economics analyses and perspectives are integrated into business plans and decision making.
• Champion the development and maintenance of reimbursement tools to be used by reimbursement colleagues and sales partners. (coding sheets, economic models, evidence dossiers, etc.)
• Provide updates as well as strategies to address changes in the U.S. Medicare payment system, as well as other key country healthcare reimbursement systems in relation to Interventional and Early Interventions therapies
• Represent the Interventional Pain Therapies business at key professional society congresses.
• Actively monitor state policy and regulatory activities that could impact patient access for Pain Therapies products.
• Interact with retained lobbyists at the state level and influence state-based reimbursement policy and regulation via direct or contracted lobbying efforts.

Qualifications

Must-Have: Minimum Requirements

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Have

• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or commiserate knowledge and experience
• ‘Project management experience leading cross-functional teams
• Understanding of US payment systems and healthcare trends
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in a healthcare environment
• Experience reviewing commercial coverage policies and Medicare payment regulations

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$164,000.00 - $246,000.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

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