Senior Director, US Policy Intelligence and Strategy

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Communications & Corporate/External Affairs Job Sub Function: Government Affairs & Policy Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Job Description: We are recruiting for a Senior Director, US Policy Intelligence and Strategy in Washington, D.C. The Policy Intelligence & Strategy Lead is a senior role that combines advanced Medicare health policy research with strategic leadership to support a high-performing U.S. Policy organization. This individual brings deep expertise in Medicare policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and novel payment reform to define and lead a forward-looking research agenda for highly innovative therapies, emerging treatment modalities, medical technologies, and digital health solutions. The role focuses on studying and shaping new coverage, coding, reimbursement, and payment pathways that can support timely patient access to breakthrough innovation, while developing policy solutions across core priority areas including drug pricing, coverage, payment, and coding for both pharmaceuticals and medical technology. In addition to research leadership, this role plays a critical part in shaping strategy and ensuring execution by guiding policy priorities, planning, and governance. The position brings a rare and highly valuable dual-sector perspective across both Innovative Medicine and MedTech—an important differentiator for advancing novel payment models that must work for breakthrough pharmaceuticals, emerging therapies, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital technologies. The role also serves on the U.S. Policy Organization Leadership Team and partners cross-functionally to align research and policy strategy with enterprise priorities. Responsibilities: Policy Research & Shaping Demonstrate the ability to drive the full policy development lifecycle in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) environment—from identifying a policy opportunity or barrier, developing the evidence base and policy strategy, engaging stakeholders, shaping regulatory or subregulatory action, and achieving a tangible policy, coverage, coding, reimbursement, or payment outcome Function as an industry-leading Medicare policy, coverage, coding, reimbursement, and novel payment reform subject matter expert for highly innovative therapies, emerging treatment modalities, MedTech, diagnostics, and digital health technologies, with a track record of translating policy strategy into measurable CMS-related outcomes Lead and oversee the team responsible for the health policy research workplan, ensuring forward-looking policy solutions are developed across the U.S. Health Policy MedTech and Innovative Medicine agenda, with emphasis on novel payment pathways that support patient access to breakthrough innovation Direct the team in developing research proposals and budgets, selecting and managing external research partners, and executing end-to-end research that informs legislative and regulatory options, with emphasis on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rulemaking and implementation, Medicare Part B, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, MedTech coverage and payment pathways, and emerging models for digital technologies and other innovative care solutions Guide the team in assessing policy options through literature review, policy analysis, evidence generation, and stakeholder input; ensure delivery of trade-off and impact analyses across Medicare and Medicaid, drug pricing reforms, MedTech coverage and payment, and novel reimbursement models for therapies and technologies that do not fit neatly into existing payment systems Oversee dissemination of policy research and guide development of policy and research reports, white papers, blogs, op-eds, policy commentary, and presentations for internal and external audiences Brief external stakeholders on research, including trade associations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Congress, and advocacy partners; present findings and convene roundtables and events to inform and disseminate policy insights Provide research-based input to state, national, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issue shaping in collaboration with the Issues Council; translate findings into activation packages that clarify the research insight, target decision-maker, timing, and implications for innovative payment, coverage, and access pathways Support regulatory and legislative engagement, including analysis and messaging to inform comment letters; develop policy education materials to help internal teams understand and act on the policy landscape Serve as a subject matter resource to internal teams and, as appropriate, media; contribute to U.S. Policy Organization recruiting, professional activities, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives Policy Strategic Planning Lead and manage the team responsible for policy planning and coordination across the U.S. Policy Organization and the Policy and Advocacy Collaboration Excellence (PACE) team; set direction, establish priorities, and ensure workplans, governance, and decision-making processes are clearly defined and effectively executed Provide leadership oversight for business planning processes across the U.S. Policy Organization, including team-level budgeting, long-range planning inputs, business planning program management, vendor management, and contract management, while ensuring the team executes day-to-day planning and operational activities Set expectations for impact measurement and guide the team in defining, tracking, and communicating metrics with therapeutic area and business unit aligned teams, including outcomes, engagement milestones, policy influence, and return on investment from policy execution Own strategic direction for the U.S. Policy research agenda in partnership with Innovative Medicine and MedTech policy leaders; ensure the team develops research proposals, budgets, and value cases that reflect the distinct policy, payment, and access needs of pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, diagnostics, and digital health solutions Oversee the team’s policy monitoring and tracking across state and federal legislative and regulatory developments; ensure the team scans, summarizes, escalates, and translates developments that may affect enterprise priorities, patient access, or innovation policy Drive operational excellence by leading team-led execution, process optimization, cross-functional coordination, and continuous improvement of U.S. Policy planning and governance systems Qualifications: Master’s degree is required, such as a Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Health, or Juris Doctor, in economics, public policy, health policy, or a related field; a doctoral degree is highly preferred, such as a Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Public Health, with a focus on U.S. health policy and leadership At least ten years of experience in health policy, government affairs, policy research, policy operations, or a relate