Managing Director, Health Policy and Strategy
Arlington, VA
Full Time
The Academy Advisors
Senior Manager/Supervisor
About The Health Management Academy:
The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.
The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Vice President, Health Policy & Strategy the Managing Director, Health Policy and Strategy, is a key member of The Academy Advisors team that will serve as a functional leader for program, responsible for executing the strategic vision for government affairs and communications, overseeing team members, managing external consultants, and managing member relationships. This individual will have expert knowledge in federal health and healthcare policy and the policy process, experience in government relations, public affairs and/or coalition management at the federal level, and significant program and team management experience.
Primary Job Duties:
Minimum Qualifications:
Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision and the ability to work with screens or monitors for prolonged periods of time. This position is primarily a sedentary job where the team member will be seated for the majority of the day.
Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:
The Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure the representation of women, people of color, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in our organization.
Compensation:
Pay is $170,000-180,000 per year plus annual bonus and benefits.
THMA offers a comprehensive slate of benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, cell phone and commuter reimbursements, generous paid time off, and paid parental leave. We also offer non-monetary benefits designed to support team members fully including learning and development programs, coaching for working parents and caregivers, free therapy and professional coaching sessions, one-on-one financial coaching, and free legal support services.
The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.
The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Vice President, Health Policy & Strategy the Managing Director, Health Policy and Strategy, is a key member of The Academy Advisors team that will serve as a functional leader for program, responsible for executing the strategic vision for government affairs and communications, overseeing team members, managing external consultants, and managing member relationships. This individual will have expert knowledge in federal health and healthcare policy and the policy process, experience in government relations, public affairs and/or coalition management at the federal level, and significant program and team management experience.
Primary Job Duties:
- Execute day-to-day team operations including team management and development, and content and delivery strategy and execution.
- Lead relationships with TAA government relations and communications executive members, including managing member engagement and incorporating feedback into ongoing strategy.
- Manage external contractors including lobbying firm, communications firm, and other 501c4 organizations to drive value and ensure effective, coordinated efforts on behalf of TAA.
- Execute high-impact fly-in days and Hill engagements with member health system executives including CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, and other subject matter experts.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments, political appointments, and other relevant stakeholder activity to make timely recommendations for TAA impact.
- Serve as an internal subject matter expert, and travel to forum meetings to engage health system executive groups on current and upcoming Congressional and Agency activity impacting Leading Health Systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8-12 years’ experience in health policy, advocacy, government relations or public affairs work at a trade association, healthcare industry company, think tank, or other relevant organization
- At least 5 years of program or coalition management experience
- At least 5 years of experience managing and developing a team
- At least 3 years of experience managing multiple external contractors
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, public health, policy, public relations or a related field, Master’s degree a plus
- Expert knowledge of federal health policy issues
- Familiarity with issues impacting hospitals and health systems preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex ideas to a variety of audiences, and speaking/presenting to large groups
- Ability to register as a federal lobbyist on behalf of The Academy Advisors.
Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:
- Member-oriented
- Ability to coach and manage a team
- Ability to manage client/member relationships
- Strategic mindset and the ability to execute on day-to-day strategy
- Ability to influence others at senior levels
- A team approach to working with others
- Ability to perform a variety of duties within any work-day
- Organizational skills from planning to execution of tasks and projects
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both internally and externally as well as by phone and via email
- Proven experience managing multiple competing priorities
- Knowledge of and interest in healthcare subject matter
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision and the ability to work with screens or monitors for prolonged periods of time. This position is primarily a sedentary job where the team member will be seated for the majority of the day.
Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:
The Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure the representation of women, people of color, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in our organization.
Compensation:
Pay is $170,000-180,000 per year plus annual bonus and benefits.
THMA offers a comprehensive slate of benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, cell phone and commuter reimbursements, generous paid time off, and paid parental leave. We also offer non-monetary benefits designed to support team members fully including learning and development programs, coaching for working parents and caregivers, free therapy and professional coaching sessions, one-on-one financial coaching, and free legal support services.
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