Director, Health Economics & Reimbursement, Field - Cardiac Rhythm Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee the U.S. Cardiac Rhythm Management Field Health Economics & Reimbursement organization.

• Direct the implementation of field reimbursement strategies to enhance customer access, therapy adoption, and achieve business goals across the CRM portfolio.

• Set priorities, allocate resources, and drive execution plans to tackle reimbursement challenges and enhance patient access.

• Collaborate with Commercial Excellence, Sales, Marketing, Division Business Partners, Therapy Access, Clinical teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

• Provide strategic direction on reimbursement, coverage, coding, payment, and access dynamics.

• Lead and nurture a high-performing team of field reimbursement professionals.

• Cultivate relationships with healthcare providers, hospital economic stakeholders, physician leaders, government agencies, payer organizations, professional societies, and industry associations.

• Identify trends in reimbursement, policy changes, market access opportunities, and associated risks.

• Create and present reimbursement education, economic value communications, and tools for customer engagement.

• Oversee departmental budgets, resource allocation, and investment decisions.

• Ensure adherence to FDA regulations, company policies, and relevant healthcare laws.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience in health economics, reimbursement, market access, healthcare consulting, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or related healthcare fields.

• In-depth knowledge of U.S. reimbursement, coverage, coding, payment systems, and healthcare economics.

• Strong comprehension of provider and payer market dynamics.

• Proven track record in leading field-based, customer-facing organizations and building high-performing teams within complex matrix environments.

• Demonstrated capability to formulate and implement reimbursement and patient access strategies.

• Experience collaborating with commercial leadership on sales, marketing, customer engagement, and market development initiatives.

• Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior leaders, customers, payers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Experience interacting with CMS, commercial payers, hospital administrators, physicians, and healthcare decision-makers.

• Proven financial acumen, including managing departmental budgets, resource planning, and business planning.

• Ability to make strategic decisions in complex and ambiguous situations and convert business priorities into actionable field strategies.

• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Preferred: experience in cardiovascular, cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology, heart failure, or other medical device fields.

• Preferred: formal education in health economics, healthcare administration, public health, epidemiology, health services research, health policy, or related fields.

• Preferred: experience in supporting product launches, market development initiatives, and strategies for customer adoption.

• Preferred: experience engaging with national provider organizations, professional societies, and healthcare policy stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Career development with an international organization.

• Complimentary medical coverage for employees through the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO.

• Excellent retirement savings plan with substantial employer contributions.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.

• FreeU education benefit.

• Training and career development opportunities, including onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance.

• Competitive salary and incentives.

• Retirement plans.

• Medical, dental, vision, wellness, and occupational health programs.

• Paid time off.

• Retirement savings plan with company matching.