Director, US State Affairs (Healthcare)

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States; primary work in Colorado and Arizona, with responsibility for Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming. Up to 60% domestic travel is required.

Base pay: $150,000–$258,750 per year.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions through its Innovative Medicine and MedTech sectors.

What you will do

• Represent Johnson & Johnson and its operating companies before state and local legislative, administrative, regulatory, and executive bodies.
• Develop and execute strategies shaping state legislative and regulatory processes related to patient and provider access, coverage, reimbursement, and business growth.
• Draft and advance legislative and regulatory proposals with internal partners and external stakeholders.
• Build relationships with government branches, trade associations, professional organizations, educational institutions, organized labor, and other policy stakeholders.
• Analyze legislation, regulations, healthcare trends, and emerging issues, then recommend and manage responses.
• Lead external engagements, industry associations, steering committees, and internal public-policy workstreams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• At least 10 years of business-related experience and 5 years in government or public policy.
• Prior state- or federal-level lobbying experience.
• Experience drafting and advancing legislative and regulatory proposals.
• Thorough understanding of political, legislative, regulatory, and budget-development processes in the assigned states.
• Strong communication, influencing, prioritization, strategic problem-solving, and execution skills, with the ability to interpret complex healthcare information.

Nice to have

• Public policy experience in Colorado and Arizona.
• State affairs experience and experience leading teams across public-policy disciplines.
• Healthcare industry knowledge, including legislative and regulatory trends, payers, markets, and competition.
• Interest in emerging technologies such as AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment centered on individual dignity, diversity, and employee recognition.
• Eligibility for pension, 401(k), and long-term incentive programs.
• Vacation, sick time, holidays, personal and family time, parental, caregiver, bereavement, volunteer, and military spouse leave.
• Work supporting patient access and healthcare innovation across Innovative Medicine and MedTech.