Deputy Vice President – Policy & Research

PHRMA • Washington, DC

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is seeking a Deputy Vice President for its Policy and Research team to support PhRMA’s research strategy in support of PhRMA policy positions and analysis on the federal budgetary and economic impacts of U.S. federal and state policy reforms on the market for prescription medicines, including implications for access to care, utilization, spending, coverage, and reimbursement.

The individual will report to the Deputy Vice President who oversees the Research Unit, as well as other staff across the organization to support the development of PhRMA policy positions and strategy. Key areas of focus will be to develop and manage research and analysis to shape a policy and regulatory environment that supports a competitive market for prescription medicines, improves patient access to care, and sustains future innovation. This highly visible role requires extensive collaboration across PhRMA and with member companies.

The Deputy Vice President will:

Assist in developing preliminary internal federal budget and industry impact estimates of drug policy. Work with external consultants to develop and oversee additional scoring analyses and reports.
Join Hill meetings to share scoring insights.
Work across the Policy team to help identify and develop research that will be persuasive on a variety of topics (e.g., rebate pass-through, impacts of federal legislation on federal drug programs and drug development).
Partner with the 340B policy team to help develop and execute a research agenda, including advising on methodology, identifying and engaging research partners, and reviewing findings and reports.
Serve as a research partner to the Part B policy team by providing support in research efforts if needed and ensuring alignment of PhRMA’s research goals across all connected issues including Part B, Medicaid, and 340B programs.
Provide input on approaches to working with CMS across programs.
Provide added support as needed on Part D, including effectuation, as well as on more technical research topics (e.g., changes to Part D risk adjustment).
Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Success Factors
PhRMA seeks a collaborative, proactive self-starter who is passionate about innovation, access to medicines, and contributing to today’s health care challenges. Key success factors for this role include a strong understanding of public and private prescription drug coverage and reimbursement policies knowledge of Congressional Budget Office methodology for legislative scoring, strong interpersonal skills and team focus paired with the ability to work independently and under short timelines. The preferred candidate will bring expertise in public policy analysis and will be focused, organized, detail oriented, responsive and diplomatic. The successful candidate should be adaptable, able to reprioritize and shift gears quickly and be comfortable in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Policy or related field; Master’s degree in these areas strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in health care research, policy analysis, and legislative scoring.
• Experience with health datasets such as the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
• Understanding of HHS, Congress and federal health policy process.
• Experience managing third party research efforts.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Experience in creating advocacy support materials, such as talking points, policy briefs, etc.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analysis skills.
• Experience working with health care surveys or claims data.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in the federal government, trade association, or related advocacy environment, and experience with budget estimates at CBO, OMB, OACT preferred.
• Prior experience at a biopharmaceutical company, pharmacy, health plan, or other related industry environment.
• Experience working with statistical software, such as SAS.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing preliminary internal federal budget and industry impact estimates of drug policy. Work with external consultants to develop and oversee additional scoring analyses and reports.
• Join Hill meetings to share scoring insights.
• Work across the Policy team to help identify and develop research that will be persuasive on a variety of topics (e.g., rebate pass-through, impacts of federal legislation on federal drug programs and drug development).
• Partner with the 340B policy team to help develop and execute a research agenda, including advising on methodology, identifying and engaging research partners, and reviewing findings and reports.
• Serve as a research partner to the Part B policy team by providing support in research efforts if needed and ensuring alignment of PhRMA’s research goals across all connected issues including Part B, Medicaid, and 340B programs.
• Provide input on approaches to working with CMS across programs.
• Provide added support as needed on Part D, including effectuation, as well as on more technical research topics (e.g., changes to Part D risk adjustment).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• In addition to a highly competitive salary and bonus program, various opportunities for reward and recognition and a platform of extensive benefits, PhRMA is committed to the development and overall wellbeing of our team members.
• We offer traditional (medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, life, AD&D, LTD, STD) and enhanced benefits such as parental leave, a well-being program, on-site fitness facility, back-up care, an employee assistance program, and pre-tax commuting benefits.
• We also offer a robust 401k plan with employer contributions upon the first day of hire and immediate vesting, a generous paid time off plan, ten paid holidays (plus inauguration day), half day Fridays preceding holidays, half day Fridays in the summer months and a paid winter break.
• As an organization, we work together in the office on Mondays through Thursdays and remotely on Fridays. We also work remotely in August.
• We are committed to the growth and development of our team members and offer many learning opportunities including an integrated onboarding program, best-in-class leadership programming, tuition reimbursement, industry on-site and off-site training, and other management/professional development programs.
• Corporate social responsibility is also important to us at PhRMA. Our team members participate in community service activities, fundraising drives and charitable athletic events.
• We are committed to supporting our family of professionals at PhRMA and strive to create programs that help our team members manage the challenges of balancing a fast-paced career with their own personal goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level