Managing Principal

Fully Remote
• Medicaid, Policy and Programs

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Aurrera Health Group (Aurrera Health) is a mission-driven, national health policy and strategic communications firm. Our mission is to advance access to affordable, comprehensive, high-quality health care for all. We help states, counties, communities, foundations, non-profits, and federal agencies design and implement health policy and social services programs. Our team members have decades of experience working in the Medicaid, behavioral health, and social services fields at the federal, state, and local levels.

Headquartered in Sacramento, California, with team members across the country, Aurrera Health Group is a small, woman-owned and women-led business.

• Policy Research and Analysis
• Program Design, Implementation, and Assessment
• Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation
• Strategic Planning and Change Management
• Technical Assistance
• Health Care Data Analysis

You will provide senior strategic direction across major Medicaid policy, implementation, technical assistance, and strategic communications engagements. You will serve as a trusted subject matter advisor to sophisticated clients and help translate changing federal and state policy into practical strategies and solutions. Our current need includes substantial work related to Medicaid eligibility and enrollment, federal policy implementation, state Medicaid work, and strategic communications.

The specific portfolio will evolve as client and organizational needs change.

You will:

• Lead major client relationships and complex portfolios.
• Work directly with senior government officials, clients, funders, partners, and project leaders.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities and make sound decisions when information is incomplete.
• Ensure high-quality client deliverables and strategically valuable work.
• Oversee portfolio scope, staffing, budgets, quality, and priorities.
• Create clear roles and accountability so senior team members can lead effectively.

Business development is a core part of this role.

You will:

• Protect and deepen existing client relationships.
• Identify renewals, follow-on work, and opportunities to expand successful engagements.
• Develop and pursue new work based on emerging policy needs.
• Shape proposals, partnerships, and positioning strategies.
• Build relationships with complementary organizations and senior stakeholders.
• Help identify areas where Aurrera Health can credibly expand its expertise and market presence.
• Evaluate opportunities thoughtfully based on mission, expertise, client need, capacity, financial sustainability, and risk.

Strategic communications is an important part of the current portfolio. You will help clients translate complex policy and implementation work into communications strategies that reach the right audiences at the right time. This may include audience analysis, messaging, stakeholder engagement, education and outreach strategies, rollout planning, and collaboration with communications professionals and subject matter experts.

At this level, success is not about personally doing all of the firm’s hardest work. You will manage and coach Directors and potentially other senior staff, delegate meaningful authority, establish clear performance expectations, and help develop the next generation of client leaders, managers, and subject matter experts. We are looking for a leader who can provide candid and constructive feedback, address difficult issues directly, create psychological safety and accountability, and build teams that can…