Senior Director, Market Access & Government Affairs (Healthcare)

Location: Libertyville, Illinois, United States; frequent travel, including overnight and occasional weekend travel.

Salary: $215,000–$300,000 yearly, with potential eligibility for the Secure Start Bonus Plan.

Company

Employee-owned healthcare products company developing, manufacturing, and marketing ostomy care, continence care, and critical care products worldwide.

What you will do

• Develop and execute government affairs and public policy strategies aligned with business and market access priorities.
• Monitor and influence legislative, regulatory, reimbursement, and healthcare policy developments.
• Build executive-level relationships with commercial payers, healthcare organizations, associations, policymakers, regulators, and advocacy partners.
• Assess pricing, reimbursement, payer policy, and healthcare market trends to recommend access and business strategies.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with Legal, Compliance, Communications, Commercial, Market Access, and executive leadership.
• Prepare executive briefings, recommendations, and strategic plans while overseeing advocacy initiatives, advisors, coalitions, and selected projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, public policy, healthcare, science, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of related experience, with 10+ years of progressive experience preferred.
• Experience influencing senior executives, policymakers, payers, regulators, association leaders, and other complex external stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of healthcare policy, reimbursement, payer dynamics, market access, and regulated industry environments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and translate external trends into actionable business strategies.
• Strong executive communication, business, financial, market, product, reimbursement, and performance analysis skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee-owned organization guided by a mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people using its products and services.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability, life, accident, wellness, and spending or savings account programs.
• Paid parental and caregiver leave, statutory leave programs, education assistance, and adoption assistance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with auto-enrollment, Roth contributions, vesting, and eligible safe-harbor matching contributions.
• Paid holidays, vacation based on length of service, sick days, and peer-to-peer recognition programs.