Senior Director – Policy & Research

PHRMA • Washington, DC

121d • $169,300 - $237,100

About The Position

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is seeking a Senior Director for its Policy and Research team to manage research to support PhRMA policy positions and support 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, Policy and Research, work closely with the Vice President, Policy and Research on federal budgetary impacts, and 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Policy or related field; Master’s degree in these areas strongly preferred.
• 8+ 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

• Provide research and policy analysis to support the development of federal and state legislative and administrative policies that promote market-based solutions to improve coverage and access to prescription medicines.
• Develop and coordinate research and analytics across teams assigned to support advocacy and policy development for specific market segments (e.g., Medicare Part B, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, commercial).
• Conduct in-house data analysis and manage external analysis on policy priorities including impacts of policy proposals on prescription drug coverage, utilization, spending, and access.
• Create and oversee the development of a broad range of policy and advocacy materials, ensuring all materials reflect the strongest evidence and analysis.
• Rapidly respond to requests for information from member companies and PhRMA leadership and colleagues under tight timelines.
• Develop strong relationships with member companies, consultants and PhRMA colleagues and represent PhRMA and industry interests through external engagement with policymakers and thought leaders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Traditional benefits (medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, life, AD&D, LTD, STD, LTC).
• 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.
• Robust 401k plan with employer contributions upon the first day of hire and immediate vesting.
• 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.
• Opportunities for reward and recognition and a platform of extensive benefits.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree