Senior Associate, Policy
About The Position
Avalere Health is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Policy Practice. This role involves assessing how the changing policy landscape impacts the pharmaceutical industry, managed care plans, providers, and patients, leveraging deep subject matter expertise and understanding of client business issues. The practice provides analytic support and advisory services, including regulatory analysis, evidence generation/review support, policy analysis, legislative strategy, and modeling of proposed and enacted policies, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Senior Associates are crucial to the Policy Practice, supporting multiple projects and accounts. They collaborate with project managers and subject matter experts to analyze and research policy proposals, create client deliverables, and track market developments affecting all healthcare stakeholders. This position offers a unique opportunity to learn about the U.S. healthcare system, how policy proposals translate into real-world implications for patients, and how they impact key business decisions made by healthcare stakeholders. The role will cover various policy domains such as Medicare and Medicaid policy, the Inflation Reduction Act and drug price negotiation, vaccine-specific policy, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, Medicaid managed care and health insurance coverage policy within the Affordable Care Act, and drug pricing policies like the 340B program.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant work experience, which could include employment at biopharmaceutical manufacturing, health plan, health sciences consulting and advisory services, public sector (e.g. CDC) roles, or other healthcare-related organizations
- A graduate degree in public policy, health sciences, health policy, epidemiology/biostatistics or public health more broadly. A combination of bachelor’s degree and in-depth relevant work experience is also acceptable.
- Subject matter expertise should reflect a proficient level of understanding of: Important aspects of healthcare policy
- Policy analysis and characterization of legislative & regulatory impacts, challenges, and unintended consequences
- Qualitative and quantitative public health research methods
- Primary and secondary research and analytic methods
- Evidence generation, review, and appraisal
- Experience analyzing policy proposals, legislation, and/or regulation and translating findings to varying audiences appropriately
- Superior oral and written communications skills in order to clearly and effectively convey issues, reports, and other deliverables
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in parallel and other excellent time management skills
- Proficiency in Excel, including implementing functions, pivot tables, and visualizations, with preference for advanced Excel-based modeling experience
- Ability to effectively synthesize research into PowerPoint presentations with content accuracy, thoughtful design, and efficient use of PPT tools to create clean, compelling slides
- Commitment to working in a team environment with an emphasis on collaboration and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proven ability to initiate and drive projects to completion
- Responsive, action-oriented demeanor
- Ability to build trust and cultivate relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Problem definition and resolution skills
- A positive, professional, and solution-oriented attitude
- High degree of work ethic and willingness to learn new skills and content
Nice To Haves
- Advanced Excel-based modeling experience
Responsibilities
- Assist senior staff with account stewardship through management of cross-functional projects to solve complex client problems
- Coordinate subject matter experts (SMEs), technical staff, vendors/partners, client teams, and others to ensure the efficient operation and delivery of projects and programs under their management
- Support the development of both strategic and tactical recommendations for Avalere clients
- Manage short- and long-term deliverables, to ensure that all of Avalere’s knowledge and expertise are available to meet client needs
- Use subject matter experience and general understanding of healthcare issues to collaborate and bridge work between practices, becoming a recognized resource within the firm and to clients
- Develop and maintain a professional level of knowledge regarding Avalere’s and Avalere Health’s services and products
Benefits
- 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested)
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work
- Option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year
- 20 vacation days
- One personal well-being day
- Recognition of 9 public holidays
- Gifted end-of-year holidays
- Early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August
- Free counselling through employee assistance program
- Personalized health support
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave
- Fertility policies
- Continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
