Reimbursement Director

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

21h•Remote

About The Position

The Reimbursement and Health Policy Director for CRM/CAS reports to the Vice President, HEPR, CRM/CAS. The role is accountable for developing and implementing global strategies to secure reimbursement through coding, coverage, and payment levels, and for shaping and translating overall health policy impacting Medtronic’s CRM/CAS portfolio. This position leads the US reimbursement and health policy strategy to grow patient access and provider adoption. The Director also translates business strategies to international regional and in-country reimbursement teams, helping them prioritize and implement geography-specific projects that meet payer and provider stakeholder requirements. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position can be remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. The preferred location for this role is Mounds View, MN, a remote assignment will be considered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in health policy, health services research, economics, biostatistics, epidemiology, public administration, clinical research or a related discipline.
Minimum 10 years of relevant reimbursement and health policy development experience, Or advanced degree and 8 years of relevant reimbursement and health policy development experience
Minimum 7 years of people management experience
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.
U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

Medical Device industry experience
Demonstrated excellence in US reimbursement, coding, coverage, and payment, and a key understanding of health care economics with multi-government health care systems.
Demonstrated strong influence management skills and ability to lead teams and work effectively across competing organizations.
The ability to research and strategically apply technical reimbursement knowledge to a variety of business situations.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a high-performing Reimbursement and Health Policy team setting clear priorities aligned to the business and customer needs
Represent HEPR on CRM/CAS at product development committees to guide policy and reimbursement planning for launch readiness and success, and ensuring evidence development needs (clinical and economic) are addressed early in the product development process.
Translate R&T/D plans and business development strategies into multi-year reimbursement/policy roadmaps by therapy/innovation area
Ensure clinical and economic evidence strategies align with payer and HTA requirements for key markets globally
Cross-functional collaboration with Clinical Research and Medical Science, Regulatory, Marketing, R&D, Business Development & Strategy, Sales, Finance, and Government Affairs (among others) to ensure Reimbursement and Health Policy topics and interests are addressed comprehensively throughout the business.
Partners with regional and country teams to adapt and execute global reimbursement strategies in priority markets
Primary spokesman for CRM/CAS reimbursement and health policy issues with external partners including professional societies, industry associations and CMS.
Engage with HTA bodies, KOLs, and key stakeholders to shape satisfactory coverage and payment environments.
Partners with US sales leadership and Regional Economic Managers to educate hospital and physician customers on reimbursement and relevant health policy.

Benefits

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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)