This role is in support of Cencoras global pharma consulting services

The Role:

The Senior Director Health Policy plays an integral role in developing deliveringand selling data-driven solutions to clients as part of evolving our Reimbursement Policy Analytics offering. At Cencora we are passionate about helping our clientsanticipatereimbursement challenges and creating targeted reimbursement and health policy solutions that maximize patient access at every stage of the product life cycle. This role will play heavily in thought leadership businessdevelopmentand strategic and tactical management of project execution.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Strong subject matterexpertisein life sciences healthcare policy (eg Medicare and Medicaid policy and regulations Inflation Reduction Act federal budget scoring models alternative payment models etc.)

• Primary driver of thought leadership activities and presence for health policy offerings internally and externally and business development subject matter expert and driver of BD opportunities

• Familiarity with key data sources for healthcare analysis (eg Medicare claims Medicare Part D data commercial claims data Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data)

• Experience working with patient advocacy and industry groups is preferred

• Quickly recognize and understand clients business questions; ability toidentifyand connect client market access and HEOR requirement needs to the rest of the business for RFP execution

• Develop data-driven solutions and analysis frameworks that clearly answer those questions

• Execution of contracted work as strategic oversight providing leadership of the team. Ability to manage projectseffectively and efficiently and be flexible enough to shift directions if needed

• Interpret and summarize results accurately

• Quickly recognize and understand clients business questions

• Create story-based narratives that articulate how results directly inform product launch strategies or influence policy decision-makers

MANAGEMENT:

• Accomplishes team results by communicating expectations; planning monitoring and appraising job results; coaching and counseling employees; developing coordinating and enforcing systems policies procedures and productivity standards. No direct line management at initiation of role but will be a possibility over time

• Creates innovative business expansion and/or new services

• Responsible for lead proposal writing

• Allocates human and financial resources asappropriate toensureobjectivesareaccomplishedwithin scope of project requirements

• Searches and pursues revenue generation opportunities and effectively manages to ensure that new revenue is realized

• Overall responsibility for timeliness accuracy and completeness of all services

• Identifiesareas for risk

• Fosters proactive continued quality improvement

• Ensures andmaintainshighest integrity and honesty in all business activities

EDUCATION:

• Graduate degree in public policy healthcare policy or law or another related field

• Requires broad experience in fields such as public policy business administration sales marketing or similar vocationsgenerally obtainedthrough completion of afour yearbachelors degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education.

• Mastersdegree or equivalent experience is preferred.

• Normally requiresdirectly relatedand progressively responsible experience within healthcare consulting or pharmaceutical biotechnology or medical device industry with a history of successful achievement in the fields of reimbursement strategies and tactics; tangential experience in market access and/or HEOR a plus.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 12 years relevant healthcare policy and reimbursement experience

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong connections with Congress and Pharma

• Previousexperience working in DC

• uantitative analytical skills including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and SAS

• Deep understanding of core policy issues relevant to industry including the Inflation Reduction Act PBM transparency 340BMost Favored Nation (MFN) GENEROUSetc.

• Robustexpertisein Medicare payment policies particularly related to pharmaceuticals and associated services is strongly preferred

• Experience and comfort with existing Medicare and commercial data sets including but not limited to medical claims prescription drug claims hospital chargemaster data medical policy data prescription formulary coverage data

• Experience in a wide range of topics including coverage coding and payment across commercial and public payers drug distribution and specialty pharmacy and patient support services

• Ability to translate detailed technical information to others with limited experience in policy or quantitative analysis

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills to convey complex and changing legislation regulations and their impact

• Ability to travel 15% - 30%. Travel would be primarily for in-person meetings with policy clients in Washington DC.

• Possesses and applies an advanced knowledge ofparticular fieldof specialization to the completion of projects of major complexity sufficient to teach others. Must have achieved recognized standing in professional field through original contribution. Able tosubstantially contributeto business strategy and planning withinspecifiedarea of expertise.

• Proven ability to contribute to a team and to deliver results on time with the available resources and within budget

• Proven ability to work on multiple projects and with multiple individuals simultaneously

• Proven ability tomaintainhigh quality output

• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical/biotechnology/medical device industry and experience with issues surrounding the marketing of pharmaceutical products including issues surrounding coding coverage and reimbursement of those products

• Thinks independently and adapts easily to changes

• Results-oriented strategic partner

• Economicfinancialand quantitative problem-solving skills

• Ability to direct his/her staff in the development analysis and preparation ofhigh qualityclient deliverables

• Strong organizational and communication skills; attention to detail

• Demonstrated success within the consulting environment or pharmaceutical industry

• Broad technical knowledge of reimbursement strategies and/or health policy

• Ability to interact with and influence clients to drive new business development for the company

• Interest and ability to think outside the box

• Excellent writing skills as well as the ability to communicate complex material in presentations and discussions in a straightforward manner

• Displays flexibility and collaboration

• Strong interpersonal skillsin order todevelop sound long-term clientrelationshipsand an ability to influence clients without being overbearing

• Ability to work well in a dynamic successful consulting firm whichmaintainshigh quality standards and demands excellence

Salary range: up to $250k per annum depending on the experience and geo location.

-This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your experience and locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.