# Director, Rapid Response Policy

**Company**: Cigna
**Location**: Washington, DC, DC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 154,200 - 257,000 USD / yearly
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

This role supports the development and articulation of Cigna's public policy positions and proposed solutions for PBM and prescription drug issues. The Director plays a key role in advancing enterprise-wide policy positioning, strengthening advocacy effectiveness, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct legislative and regulatory analysis

- Develop policy recommendations, briefing materials, and comment letters

- Coordinate subject matter expert input and support stakeholder engagement

- Evaluate specialty-pharmacy policy affecting complex medicines, biosimilars, gene and cell therapies

- Collaborate with federal and state advocacy teams to ensure policy positions are accurate and actionable

- Maintain organized issue tracking and contribute to cross-functional workstreams

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree; JD, MBA or Master's degree in Public Health, Health Policy or Public Administration preferred

- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in health policy, government affairs, law, regulation, or the PBM, prescription drug sector

- Knowledge of prescription drug markets, PBM operations, pharmacy services, drug-pricing policy, and the pharmaceutical supply chain

- Strong written and oral communication skills, including ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely

- Demonstrated experience developing policy analysis, recommendations, advocacy materials, or regulatory comments

Benefits:

- Comprehensive range of benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs

- 401(k), company-paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence

## Skills

### Required
- health policy
- government affairs
- law
- regulation
- PBM
- prescription drug sector
- policy analysis
- advocacy
- regulatory comments

### Nice to have
- JD
- MBA
- Master's degree in Public Health, Health Policy or Public Administration

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