Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director (USA&SA)-Chicago, IL

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Customer Management

Job Sub Function:
Patient Advocacy

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., US Advocacy & State Affairs is recruiting for a Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director located in Chicago, Illinois. 

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

The Healthcare Policy & Advocacy Director will drive strategic business and local advocacy initiatives to ensure patient access to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) products.

This role builds and leads relationships with key advocacy stakeholders, including physician and patient organizations, employer coalitions, and individual key advocacy leaders.

In partnership with the National Policy & Advocacy, State Affairs, and the Policy & Strategy teams, the Director will educate, enable, and mobilize, around legislative priorities impacting patient access.

Responsibilities:


* Deliver high-impact advocacy partnerships across all oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and the life sciences sector to shape policy, strengthen care pathways, and enable patient access.


* Develop and execute strategic advocacy plans addressing legislative and payer policy issues that correspond with business priorities.


* Build, deepen, and grow relationships with advocacy leaders, physician societies, patient organizations, and employer coalitions.


* Provide federal and state policy education to advocacy stakeholders.


* Coordinate across a wide variety of internal partners/teams to advance advocacy efforts that shape regulatory, legislative and payer policies


* Evaluate and manage sponsorship opportunities within budget to support advocacy initiatives.


* Serve as the primary point of contact for advocacy organizations and coordinate with internal teams.


* Monitor Medicare Administrative Contractor activities and partner wither internal teams to ensure appropriate coding, reimbursement and access.


* Partner with US Pol...