Manager, Reimbursement, Healthcare Economics & Market Access

Company Overview

MCRA, an IQVIA business, is a medical device advisory firm and clinical research organization. Through integrated regulatory, clinical research, reimbursement, healthcare compliance, and quality capabilities, the organization supports medical technology clients from concept through commercialization.

Position Overview

The Manager, Reimbursement Strategy, Payment & Policy will be a client-facing, billable member of the Reimbursement, Health Economics & Market Access (RHEMA) team. The Manager will lead reimbursement research and consulting engagements focused on coverage, coding, payment, policy, and market access; develop defensible strategic recommendations; manage project teams, budgets, and timelines; and support the growth and development of junior staff and the RHEMA practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply expert knowledge of U.S. healthcare reimbursement systems to advise colleagues and medical technology clients on coverage, coding, payment, policy, and market access.

• Lead client engagements with limited supervision, including project planning, research design, analysis, recommendation development, and day-to-day client communication.

• Own the quality, accuracy, and strategic coherence of client deliverables.

• Develop and confirm reimbursement strategies and recommendations with limited assistance from senior leaders.

• Lead research involving Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer policies; coding and payment pathways; stakeholder interviews; and relevant policy developments.

• Translate complex research into clear implications, options, and recommendations for client decision-making.

• Present findings and recommendations to clients, providers, payers, and other stakeholders.

• Lead project teams of peers and junior staff; delegate effectively; review work; and provide coaching, training, and performance support.

• Manage projects through disciplined tracking of scope, timelines, staffing, budgets, risks, and client expectations.

• Oversee monitoring and knowledge development in assigned policy areas, therapeutic areas, and service offerings.

• Participate actively in business development, including opportunity shaping, proposal development, scoping, and prospective-client discussions.

• Contribute to webinars, conferences, publications, and other forums that demonstrate RHEMA expertise.

• Collaborate across RHEMA, Regulatory, Clinical, and other IQVIA MedTech functions to deliver integrated solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health policy, economics, public health, life sciences, business, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Five or more years of relevant experience in reimbursement, market access, health policy, medical technology, healthcare consulting, a payer, a provider organization, or a related setting.

• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. coverage, coding, payment, and policy pathways relevant to medical technologies.

• Experience managing client relationships and consulting projects with responsibility for deliverable quality, budgets, and timelines.

• Strong research, analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and strategic-thinking skills.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly to varied audiences.

• Ability to lead and develop junior staff while working effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; ability to analyze and interpret complex documents and datasets.

• Strong professionalism, judgment, self-direction, organization, and prioritization. Occasional travel may be required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, or other novel technologies.

• Experience conducting payer or provider interviews and developing evidence-based reimbursement or market access recommendations.

• Knowledge of medical terminology and familiarity with Medacare prospective payment systems and coding processes.

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