Health Policy Director - State Program Administrator Manager Senior

About the role

The Health Policy Director serves as a policy advisor to the Executive Director of the Health Subcabinet. This role involves leading policy research, development, and analysis, recommending health policy changes and administrative actions, and engaging and coordinating cross-agency legislative staff, advocacy groups, and community voices.

Responsibilities

• Leading policy research, development, and analysis, in consultation with internal and external stakeholders.
• Recommending health policy changes and administrative action for the State of Minnesota to improve physical health, behavioral health, and social drivers of health across the state.
• Advising on needed interventions and innovations to impact Minnesota’s health care ecosystem and markets.
• Engaging and coordinating cross-agency legislative staff, advocacy groups, and community voices to improve state programs impacting health.
• Serving as a senior leader on the Health Subcabinet team, prioritizing continuous improvement and providing expert policy consultation.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience leading policy research, development, and analysis, to recommend health policy changes and administrative action for improving physical health, behavioral health, and/or social drivers of health.
• Knowledge of administrative health innovations, health reforms, and health policy challenges.
• Knowledge in health insurance markets; health-care delivery systems; health care payment models; social determinants of health; federal and state health care policies, practices, and systems; and public health funding streams, including Medicaid reimbursement, federal grants, and other federal programs including Medicare and Advanced Premium Tax Credits.
• Research and analysis skills sufficient to interpret complex information from multiple sources to support policy or strategy development.
• Interpersonal skills sufficient to build and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders, including senior leadership, agency partners, health care leaders, and elected officials.
• Communication and writing skills sufficient to convey complex and/or sensitive information to a variety of audiences, including MMB staff, executive leaders across the state, and elected officials.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience leading policy research, development, and analysis, to recommend health policy changes and administrative action for improving physical health, behavioral health, and/or social drivers of health.
• A bachelor’s degree in public administration, business, or other closely related field as determined by the agency may substitute for one (1) year of experience.
• A master’s degree in the previously listed fields may substitute for eighteen months of experience.
• A doctorate degree in the previously listed fields may substitute for two (2) years of experience.

Skills

• Experience designing or implementing large-scale policy or program reforms within government or private-sector health systems.
• Experience with federal or state legislative processes, requirements, and functions, including demonstrated proficiency at relationship-building with policymakers.
• Experience building or managing collaborative partnerships with community organizations, research institutions, or health systems to inform policy innovation.
• Expertise in Minnesota’s health care system, including health policy, regulation, payer-provider relationships, service delivery models, and issues impacting access, quality, and affordability for Minnesotans.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care