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As part of MITRE's Center for Transforming Health, the CMS Programs Division is responsible for managing work shaping, engagement, and end-to-end delivery for the Health FFRDC's CMS Portfolio with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid and Services (CMS).
Roles & Responsibilities:
In this role, you will be supporting large, complex engagement teams to address programmatic, policy, operational, strategic, and/or acquisition needs for the Center for CMS programs. As part of a team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with CMS to develop and implement evidence-based strategies and solutions to address some of the agency's most complex challenges.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop strategies and resolutions to complex problems across CMS programs (Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance) with lasting impact on CMS' mission. Lead functional teams and complex project across or the CMS portfolio, integrating multidisciplinary team. Communicate complex ideas to the Sponsor, anticipate potential objections, and persuade the Sponsor to adopt a new point of view to achieve their mission.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10+ years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Experience with health policy, application of the health capability, and in-depth knowledge of the health domain. Recognized as a technical expert in one or more CMS programs in the areas of policy and/or operations Demonstrated ability to apply best practices to develop and improve products and solutions and share with more junior staff Experience supporting large, complex engagements that identify, design, and implement policy and business solutions for government entities or large companies. Demonstrated ability to engage with senior leaders and executives to shape, influence, and persuade them to achieve their objectives. This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
A terminal degree (JD, MD, PhD) or advanced degree in public policy or health sciences field and 8 years related experience Key understanding of challenges across entire health spectrum
- payor, provider, life sciences and public health arena This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): None Salary compensation range and midpoint: $155,000
- $194,000
- $233,000
Annual Work Location Type:
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