Senior Director, Public Affairs and Partnerships

Better Medicare Alliance (BMA), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit advocacy and research organization dedicated to strengthening and protecting Medicare Advantage, is seeking a Senior Director, Public Affairs and Partnerships. On behalf of a broad coalition of stakeholders and beneficiaries, BMA advances policy solutions through direct advocacy, timely research, and stakeholder engagement. BMA maintains a national network of grassroots advocates and sustains broad bipartisan, bicameral engagement with Congress and the Administration.

The Senior Director plays a leading role in growing and mobilizing BMA’s national coalition and strengthening BMA’s presence across health care policy and advocacy communities. Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, the Senior Director serves as a key partner in advancing BMA’s external engagement strategy, with responsibility for building the relationships and opportunities that strengthen BMA’s coalition and expand its impact.

The Senior Director will develop relationships with leaders across health care organizations, activate partners around policy and advocacy opportunities, and help represent BMA externally. The role will also build and maintain the day-to-day infrastructure behind BMA’s partnerships portfolio, translating strategy into measurable engagement across advocacy, policy, research, communications, and events.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute BMA’s strategic partnership and coalition efforts, activating more than 250 ally organizations across advocacy, policy, research, and communications priorities.
• Support BMA’s advocacy initiatives, managing coalition advocacy campaigns, recruiting partners for meetings with Congress and the Administration, and developing content and messaging in support of BMA’s strategic goals.
• Produce communications materials, working as a member of BMA’s Public Affairs team on newsletters, op-eds, blogs, advocacy resources, and other materials that keep partners informed and activated.
• Manage BMA’s engagement infrastructure, including relationship mapping, engagement planning, and systems for tracking coalition outcomes.
• Create new coalition offerings that deepen partnerships across the BMA community (e.g., joint research initiatives, new workgroups, and campaigns).
• Help plan BMA conferences and coalition convenings, supporting programming, event promotion, and execution.
• Represent BMA externally at conferences, partner events, and webinars.
• Develop BMA’s ally recruitment strategy, identifying new priority organizations, cultivating relationships, and expanding BMA’s reach across the health care community.
• Mobilize new partners in priority jurisdictions around the country to join BMA’s network and support in-state advocacy events.
• Provide BMA leadership with coalition intelligence on emerging dynamics, opportunities, and gaps to inform BMA’s broader strategy.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of progressive experience in public affairs, partnerships, strategic communications, health policy, coalition or membership management, government relations, and/or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required; advanced degree preferred but not required.
• Experience in health care policy and familiarity with Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and managed care strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of the health care policy and stakeholder ecosystem, including federal health policy, advocacy, and public affairs strategy.
• Demonstrated experience cultivating executive and member relationships in an association and/or coalition environment.
• Expertise mobilizing stakeholders for policy and advocacy initiatives, with a track record of developing and launching engagement frameworks, campaigns, content offerings, and events.
• Deep familiarity with tools and techniques that can be used to scale a partner network and its offerings.
• Exceptional relationship-building and member services skills; ability to develop credibility with executives, policy leaders, advocates, and other external partners.
• Strong verbal, written, public speaking, and presentation skills; ability to distill complex concepts into concise and credible messages.
• Strong strategic planning and project management skills, with expertise building processes that turn objectives into organized, measurable work.
• Experience leading complex projects involving internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to build consensus among competing views; a collaborative, curious approach with the ability to offer creative pathways or alternative solutions.

Location and Travel

This position is hybrid. BMA staff work in the office in Washington, DC on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and remotely on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Travel up to 20%.

How to Apply

The salary range for this position is $146,000 to $170,000. BMA also offers a competitive benefits package. Please send your resume and cover letter to View email address on click.appcast.io.