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title: "Associate Principal, Policy (Vaccines)- Remote US Work role"
company: "Avalere Health"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/avalere-health"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/avalere-health-associate-principal-policy-vaccines-remote-us-work-role-288bd20e-2868-49a4-b266-4490016cd09e"
apply_url: "https://jobs.lever.co/avalerehealth/412e86d3-8aa9-47c0-8ad9-a5b615990336"
workplace: remote
location: "Remote (US)"
remote_scope: "US"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: principal
role: finance-legal
region: united-states
salary: "$140,000–$175,000 per year"
date_posted: 2026-09-18T14:31:42.851Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-18T15:59:33.781Z
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# Associate Principal, Policy (Vaccines)- Remote US Work role

**Avalere Health** · Remote (US)

Salary: $140,000–$175,000 per year

Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/avalerehealth/412e86d3-8aa9-47c0-8ad9-a5b615990336

## About Avalere Health

Avalere Health is a global strategic partner for the healthcare industry. Learn how our advisory, medical, and marketing experts unite to reach every patient.

## About the role

**About Avalere Health**
United by one profound purpose: to reach **EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE**. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind. 
Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere. 
Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources. 
Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs. 
We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves. 
We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.

Avalere Health is seeking an Associate Principal to join our Policy Practice Vaccines Team. Associate Principals are critical roles within the Policy Practice and lead multiple projects and accounts and serve as subject matter experts to execute projects and provide clients with actionable policy and business support. This position is a key member of the Policy Practice’s vaccine team and will directly interface with vaccines clients. Specifically, we are seeking a candidate with direct experience in and enthusiasm for vaccine-specific market access, marketing, commercialization, and access-related lifecycle management.

Avalere Health’s Policy Practice relies on deep subject matter expertise and understanding of the business issues facing our clients to assess how the changing policy landscape impact the pharmaceutical industry, managed care plans, providers, and patients. We provide analytic support and advisory services, including regulatory analysis, evidence generation/review support, policy analysis, legislative strategy, and modelling of proposed and enacted policies to a wide range of clients across the healthcare industry, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Avalere Health values people over place; we want our employees to thrive wherever they do their best work, whether fully remote or connected through one of our office hubs across major U.S. cities (Washington D.C., NYC, Philadelphia).

##### What you'll do

• Serve as a key subject matter expert on policies that affect vaccine coverage, payment and reimbursement, specifically as it may relate to acquisition and contracting, billing complexity, and payer specific strategies.
• Generate both strategic and tactical recommendations for clients that are responsive to their policy and business needs. 
• Lead the day-to-day execution of projects and engagements with clients, under the direction of executive leadership, which include managing a project team, setting the strategy to execute the objective of the project or engagement, and ensure quality and timely delivery to the client 
• Develop new and creative offerings that respond to the changing needs of our clients 
• Participate in strategic and planning discussions across the firm to develop new business and create and execute business development plans to meaningfully contribute toward the Policy Practice’s annual sales and revenue goals. 
• Supervise, train and mentor staff members within the practice and across the firm. 
• Author thought leadership that raises the profile of your expertise and the practice’s capabilities.

##### About you

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in health policy, public policy, public health, healthcare management, business administration, health economics, or biological sciences.
 
Minimum Requirements: 
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in health policy, public policy, public health, healthcare management, business administration, health economics, or biological sciences.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in a healthcare consulting role, vaccine manufacturer, or similar company focusing on policy and market access, marketing, or commercialization for vaccine products.
• Established Subject Matter Expertise on the U.S. vaccine policy and market access landscape at federal and state levels, including how vaccines differ from other medical benefit drugs; pricing, contracting, and reimbursement across Medicare, Medicaid, VFC, Section 317, Universal Purchase states and Commercial markets; state provider scope of practice laws and vaccine purchasing policies. 
• Experience reviewing vaccine reimbursement rates, payment analytics, and competitive information to identify and resolve payer-specific barriers for new and existing vaccines.
• Demonstrated experience managing primary market research projects, including IDIs and advisory boards with payers, IDNs, public health providers, and other healthcare decision-makers. Ability to then translate findings into client-facing strategic recommendations.
• Hands-on experience developing market access resources and promotional/non-promotional materials including managing MLR review cycles, incorporating stakeholder feedback, and clearing content through Veeva Vault submission and approval processes.
• Readiness to develop exceptional client-ready PowerPoint presentations and Excel-based analyses that turn complex policy, market, and data insights into clear, compelling narratives. 
• Experience in project management and leadership, including developing and finalizing scopes of work, tracking budgets, managing development of client deliverables, adhering to timelines and client engagement.
• Proven situational leadership skills and the ability to motivate and generate enthusiasm with individuals across all levels of the organization.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills that translate into positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Commitment to working in a team environment with an emphasis on collaboration and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Outstanding problem-solving and analytic skills with the ability to apply knowledge outside of one’s immediate functional area.
• Solid communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to concisely explain complicated concepts to executives within and outside of the firm.

Preferred but not required qualifications: 
• Knowledge of vaccine coding, including experience developing applications for the AMA CPT Staff and Panel.
• Ability to evaluate different channel options for pipeline immunization products and identify strategic opportunities based on a target product profile.

**What we can offer**
You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August. 
Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support. Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business. 
**We encourage all applicants to read our **[candidate privacy notice](https://avalerehealth.com/privacy-policy/candidate-privacy-notice/) **before applying to Avalere Health.**

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