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
• 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.
Skills Required
- 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 healthcare consulting, vaccine manufacturer, or similar experience focused on vaccine policy, market access, marketing, or commercialization
- Subject matter expertise in U.S. vaccine policy and market access at federal and state levels
- Knowledge of vaccine coverage, pricing, contracting, reimbursement, Medicare, Medicaid, VFC, Section 317, Universal Purchase states, and commercial markets
- Experience reviewing vaccine reimbursement rates, payment analytics, and competitive information to identify payer-specific barriers
- Experience managing primary market research projects, including IDIs and advisory boards
- Ability to translate research findings into client-facing strategic recommendations
- Experience developing market access resources and promotional or non-promotional materials
- Experience managing MLR review cycles and Veeva Vault submission and approval processes
- Ability to develop client-ready PowerPoint presentations and Excel-based analyses
- Project management and leadership experience, including scopes of work, budgets, deliverables, timelines, and client engagement
- Strong situational leadership, mentoring, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Knowledge of vaccine coding and experience developing applications for the AMA CPT Staff and Panel
- Ability to evaluate channel options for pipeline immunization products and identify strategic opportunities
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned as generous, including vacation, sick leave, and a year‑end holiday shutdown. Remote work flexibility is frequently highlighted as a strong complement to PTO.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work-from-home flexibility is emphasized through a “magnet not a mandate” approach with collaboration hubs. Wellbeing resources are visible, including mental-health support networks.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-forming support and external fertility-friendly accreditation are promoted. This signals investment in parenthood pathways alongside broader inclusion initiatives.
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What We Do
Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries. Our team of 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines—Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology—to create the connections that make better health happen. We partner with our clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.
