Policy Manager

About the role

The Policy Manager plays a key role in advancing The Sequoia Project’s mission by developing, refining, and maintaining policy documents that support organizational initiatives and strategic objectives. This role supports the end-to-end policy development process, including policy research, drafting, iterative revision, analysis of reviewer feedback, and production of high-quality final documents. Additionally, this position ensures effective execution of organizational strategy and priorities related to policy, in collaboration with the Director of Policy and Governance.

Responsibilities

• Research industry trends, regulations, standards, and organizational priorities to support policy development and updates.
• Draft new policies, guidance documents, white papers, implementation guidance, and supporting materials.
• Analyze existing policies to identify opportunities for clarification, improvement, modernization, and consistency.
• Research policy issues and develop recommendations that improve policy clarity, consistency, and effectiveness.
• Ensure policy documents are logically organized, internally consistent, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead multiple iterative review cycles for policy documents from initial draft through final publication.
• Collect, organize, track, and analyze reviewer comments to identify common themes, conflicting recommendations, and areas requiring clarification.
• Review proposed revisions and recommend changes that improve clarity, consistency, and alignment with policy objectives.
• Incorporate approved revisions into successive policy drafts while maintaining document integrity and consistency.
• Prepare comment disposition logs and documentation describing how feedback was addressed.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of revisions, comment resolution, and policy evolution throughout the drafting process.
• Manage document version control and ensure publication-ready quality.
• Conduct policy and industry research to support policy development and document revisions.
• Monitor changes in industry practices, regulations, and organizational priorities that may require policy updates.
• Prepare policy briefs, executive summaries, issue analyses, FAQs, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure all policy documents are accurate, well-written, and supported by appropriate references.
• Support multiple policy initiatives simultaneously while maintaining project schedules and document milestones.
• Maintain organized repositories of policy documents, supporting research, revision history, and published materials.
• Cook up document reviews and ensure timely completion of revision cycles.
• Support publication and ongoing maintenance of organizational policy documents.
• Support special projects and strategic initiatives, including research, planning, and implementation support, as requested.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical, research, and critical thinking skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights, recommendations, and actionable materials.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex policy topics to diverse audiences.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare interoperability, health IT, HIE, trust frameworks, and/or related policy environments, preferred.
• Strong understanding of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and policy development processes impacting interoperability and health information exchange, preferred.
• Ability to work independently with sound judgment while contributing effectively within a collaborative and mission-driven organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint; Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, including document formatting, styles, tracked changes, and document comparison.

Skills

• Excellent analytical, research, and critical thinking skills.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability, health IT, HIE, trust frameworks, and/or related policy environments.
• Understanding of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and policy development processes.
• Ability to work independently with sound judgment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$97,000 – $116,000 depending on experience.

Schedule

Remote (U.S.).