Title: Senior Director, Public Policy And Reimbursement Location: Washington, DC Full time job requisition id REQ-29368 Job Description General Summary: Vertex is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Director, US Public Policy and Reimbursement to lead the development and execution of Vertex’s US Public Policy strategy on policy issues related to access to innovative medicines, with a primary focus on Medicare, Medicaid and related issues. This role will serve as a primary subject-matter expert, strategic architect, and external-facing leader within the U.S. Public Policy and Reimbursement team, working to advance favorable public policies that are both aligned with enterprise goals and support product specific reimbursement strategies amid a rapidly evolving legislative, regulatory, and litigation landscape. The Senior Director will be responsible for collaborating closely with our internals teams to understand key barriers and issues affecting our brands, portfolios and business at the State and Federal level; developing and executing strategies that align with Vertex’s core business objectives and ensure patient access to our innovative medicines; and engaging with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other relevant federal departments and agencies, policy stakeholders, trade associations, and industry peers to advance Vertex’s priorities. The role will not only monitor and analyze policy developments but proactively shape the external environment — cultivating relationships with key policymakers and stakeholders as well as positioning Vertex as a credible and constructive voice in policy discussions. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the US healthcare system, particularly Medicare and Medicaid, and a proven track record of successfully navigating complex policy and reimbursement landscapes. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and execute comprehensive public policy and reimbursement strategies to support Vertex’s business objectives and optimize, mitigate, or enhance policy changes related to access to innovative medicines. - Serve as the primary point of contact with CMS, advocating for policies that support patient access and align with Vertex’s mission, including through rulemaking cycles and ad hoc opportunities. - Build and maintain strong relationships with key policy stakeholders, including government agencies, trade associations, and industry peers. - Monitor, analyze, and interpret federal healthcare policies, regulations, and legislative developments, providing strategic insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Market Access, Legal, and Commercial, to align policy strategies with business priorities, keep them apprised of policy developments, and seek directional input. - Represent Vertex in external forums, including industry coalitions, trade associations, and public policy discussions, to advocate for policies that support innovation and patient access. - Lead the development of policy positions, white papers, and other materials to effectively communicate Vertex’s perspective to policymakers and stakeholders. - Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership on emerging policy trends and their potential impact on Vertex’s business and patients. - Manages certain policy consultants, ensuring that expertise is fully utilized and that deliverables are timely and of high-quality, Qualifications: Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in public policy, health policy, political science, or a related field. - Minimum of 12-15 years of experience in public policy, government affairs, or a related field, with a strong focus on healthcare policy and reimbursement. - Deep knowledge of the US healthcare landscape (especially Medicare and Medicaid), as well as the biopharmaceutical industry, policy/political landscape, reimbursement/access issues, and regulatory and legislative processes. - Proven experience engaging with CMS, trade associations, and other policy stakeholders. - Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex policy issues into actionable business strategies. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence diverse stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications: - Advanced degree (e.g., JD, MPH, MPP, MBA) is strongly preferred. - Experience working in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry. - Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. - Strong understanding of the broader US healthcare system, including commercial and government payers. Pay Range: $248,000 - $372,000 Disclosure Statement: The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law. At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more. Flex Designation: Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible Flex Eligibility Status: In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as: 1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select 2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility. Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time. #LI-Hybrid Company Information Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law.

Title: Managing Director, Healthcare Innovations Location: US-Remote Job Description: Join AIR as a Managing Director with our Healthcare Innovations team. Our team works collaboratively to unravel the intertwined challenges of health care quality, costs, and access. Our team of experts–economists, data scientists, statisticians, public health experts, sociologists, nurses, physicians, and psychologists – advance evidence and save lives by leading rigorous research and evaluation; program implementation and monitoring; results-driven technical assistance and training; and leading-edge data science and technology tools. The Managing Director will provide leadership on business development activities including leading capture teams, serving as technical and/or business lead for proposals, coordinating and managing capture and proposal teams, and participating in partnering discussions. Opportunities can be expected to include complex implementation, monitoring, technical assistance (TA), and/or evaluation initiatives for federal health agencies. In additional, the Managing Director will serve in project leadership roles for large, complex projects within the Healthcare Innovations portfolio. This role is ideally suited for candidates who have successfully led large and complex business development efforts and projects for major CMS health projects. Candidates with expertise with Medicaid policy and data, value-based specialty care, or pharmaceuticals are especially encouraged to apply. This position has the flexibility to work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories. About AIR: Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all. Responsibilities: Strategic Direction & Federal Business Growth - Working with AIR’s program leadership to create and implement business development strategies for established areas and specific new areas of growth, including: - Coordinating pursuit plans and pipelines for federal opportunities, particularly for the CMS Innovation Center. - Supporting bid/no‑bid decisions and ensuring alignment with AIR capabilities and priorities. - Leading proposal pursuits: conceptualizing bid strategies, developing research, implementation, and monitoring approaches, drafting proposal content, and conducting technical reviews. - Cultivating and maintaining relationships with potential partners, funders, and federal clients. - Monitoring ongoing projects to understand client expectations, anticipate needs, and identify opportunities and challenges across the portfolio. - Assessing staff capacity and helping align resources to support both project delivery and new business pursuits. Project Leadership & Oversight - Lead large, complex federal health implementation, monitoring, or evaluation projects, ensuring high‑quality execution, timeliness, fiscal stewardship, and operational stability. - Oversee multidisciplinary workflows (e.g., for IMC projects, implementation planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, data collection, monitoring, reporting; and for evaluation projects, participation, implementation, impact, and synthesis analyses and reporting) - Engage directly with federal clients — particularly Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — to maintain productive communication, clarify requirements, and address emerging needs or risks. Team Leadership, Staff Development & Collaboration - Supervise and mentor task leads, analysts, economists, programmers, researchers, TA specialists, and operational staff to build strong, high‑performing project teams. - Foster cross‑functional collaboration across teams to ensure integrated, high‑quality project delivery. - Contribute to a collaborative environment that values and respects a wide range of perspectives, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences. Thought Leadership & External Engagement - Represent AIR in federal stakeholder meetings, technical discussions, and conferences. - Collaborate with AIR’s communications teams to translate implementation and monitoring insights into publications, briefs, and presentations. - Contribute to AIR’s visibility and reputation in federal health work. Qualifications: Education, Knowledge, and Experience - Ph.D. or masters degree in health economics, public health, public policy, or a related social science discipline. - 10 or more years of leadership or management experience in health policy or federal health program work. - Proven track record of leading business development efforts that result in contract awards. - Successful experience serving as a Project Director on large, complex contracts involving implementation, monitoring, TA, evaluation, or model testing. - Experience working with or for CMS (preferred) or similar federal health agencies. Skills - Working knowledge of CMS program structures, policy priorities, and expectations related to implementing or testing new models. - Expertise in Medicaid policy, value-based specialty care, or pharmaceuticals preferred. - Strong communication skills for federal audiences and the ability to manage complex, multi‑stakeholder relationships. - Experience overseeing large budgets, managing risks, developing staffing plans, and implementing operational systems consistent with federal contracting standards. - Proven ability to lead large‑scale evaluation or implementation projects, write reports, and present findings. - Demonstrated ability to lead mission‑driven teams, including staff, subcontractors, and consultants. - Strategic thinker with the ability to structure complex initiatives and maintain a long‑term view of project, portfolio, and client needs. - Collaborative leadership style and commitment to mentorship and staff development. - Strong organizational and project management skills, with experience leading multidisciplinary teams. Disclosures: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements. American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law, including, but not limited to, actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braid, locks, and twists), creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (e.g., cancer), sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, civil union status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information, or military or veteran status. AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. AIR maintains a drug-free work environment. Fraudulent Job Scams Warning & Disclaimer: AIR is aware of individuals falsely presenting themselves as AIR representatives. Fraudulent job scams seek to extract sensitive information or money from victims. To protect yourself, please be aware that AIR recruitment will only email you from an “@air.org” domain. Please take extra caution while examining the email address, for example jdoe@air.org is correct and jdoe@aircareers.org is not a legitimate AIR email address. If you are unsure of the legitimacy of a communication you have received, please reach out. If you see a job scam, or lose money to one, report it to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. You can also report it to your state attorney general. Find out more about how to avoid scams atftc.gov/scams. #LI-AS1 #LI-REMOTE AIR’s Total Rewards Program, is designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to achieve our critical mission. This position offers the anticipated annual salary as listed. Salary offers are made based on internal equity within the institution and external equity with competitive markets. Please note this is the annual salary range for candidates that are based in the United States. Anticipated Annual Salary Range $180,000 - $230,000 USD

Develop and lead advocacy programs, teach advocacy courses, mentor law students, and coordinate moot court activities while fostering relationships within the legal community to enhance experiential learning opportunities.

Role Description USA TODAY is seeking an experienced, ambitious, and creative Opinion Director to build the most compelling opinion team in American journalism. Our aim is to create a new standard for opinion journalism—one that reflects the full range of perspectives across America, not just those elevated on the coasts, and helps bridge divides through thoughtful, challenging, consequential conversation. This role sits at the center of our mission to elevate informed civic dialogue, surface bold and thought-provoking perspectives, and engage audiences around the defining issues of our time. The Opinion Director will set the editorial vision for opinion at USA TODAY across platforms and formats, while serving as a key partner to USA TODAY Network newsrooms—identifying strong local and regional voices for national amplification and driving standards, innovation, and impact. This is also a community-building role. The right candidate will help us find ways to cultivate an active, loyal civic community around our opinion journalism, one that rewards our existing audience and creates a compelling reason for new readers, viewers, and listeners to stay. That includes programming live and digital experiences, such as live Q&As/editorial events, town halls, and community forums, that make participation, not just reading, the hallmark of USA TODAY Opinion. This leader will oversee a team of editors, writers, and social engagement experts and will be accountable for excellence in opinion across text, video, on-platform, and off-platform experiences. The right candidate will bring urgency, agility, and a clear point of view—and will build a culture that experiments with purpose and performs at a high level. This role is remote and can be based anywhere in the US, except for Alaska, Hawaii, and Wyoming. Qualifications - A bias toward action and comfort with change. - Significant experience leading opinion journalism at a major media organization. - Exceptional editorial judgment and deep command of ethics, libel, and publishing standards. - Proven ability to shape a clear editorial voice while managing a wide range of perspectives. - Strong editing, writing, and coaching skills. - Deep commitment to sourcing, reporting, and rigor in opinion journalism. - Ability to lead effectively across a large, distributed newsroom. - Track record of digital innovation and audience growth in opinion or commentary. - Experience in both print and digital (newsletters, social, podcasts, video) formats, plus eagerness for using data to inform audience decisions and ongoing experimentation. Requirements - Set the editorial vision and strategy for USA TODAY Opinion, aligned with our mission, ethical principles, audience priorities, and civic role. - Maintain the highest standards for accuracy, fairness, transparency, and legal and ethical compliance in opinion journalism. - Lead and develop editors, writers, and contributors, building a culture of excellence, range of thought, and continuous improvement. - Represent USA TODAY Opinion internally and externally, including at industry events and public forums. - Shape a distinctive opinion report grounded in facts, strong reporting, and clear points of view. - Set coverage priorities across timely commentary, explanatory opinion, and the defining debates shaping the country. - Lead USA TODAY Opinion's experimentation with and oversight of AI tools, setting contributor standards around AI-generated and AI-assisted content, piloting potential applications, and helping shape organization-wide policy in this rapidly evolving space. - Partner across the USA TODAY Network to raise standards, surface strong local voices, and expand the reach and impact of opinion journalism. - Work across Product, Audience, Brand, and Multimedia to evolve how opinion is presented, distributed, and experienced. - Use audience insights to sharpen strategy, deepen engagement, drive subscription conversion and retention, and grow loyalty. - This role has final say on what runs, how it’s framed and promoted, and owns the roadmap for opinion products (digital packages, newsletters, podcasts, video franchises, live events, etc.). Benefits - The annualized base salary for this role will range between $138,000 and $215,625. - Base compensation is reflective of many factors, including, but not limited to, the market in which one lives/works, individual education level, skills, certifications, and experience. - Note: variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable. Application Instructions We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order: - Your resume – one to two pages. - A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job. It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.