Senior Director, State Policy

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The Senior Director, State Policy, is a critical leadership role within the U.S. Policy & Research team and is responsible for shaping and executing BMS’s state policy strategy across Medicaid, drug pricing, coverage and reimbursement, affordability initiatives, CMMI demonstrations, and 340B related state activity. This leader will drive an enterprise wide, proactive approach to state policy development, ensure strong alignment across internal teams both within USPGA and cross-functionally, and represent BMS with key external stakeholders to advance policies that support patient access, affordability, and innovation.

The Senior Director will report to the Vice President, U.S. Policy & Research. The role requires clear, concise, and proactive communication with senior executives and strong coordination with Market Access, Legal, Communications, and therapeutic area teams. The Senior Director will also work closely with the heads of State and Local Government Affairs and Alliance Development to align on priorities and shape advocacy campaigns on prioritized state topics.

Further, this leader will help ensure BMS’s state policy priorities are reflected across major trade associations and state level partners.

• Lead development and execution of BMS’s state policy agenda, including Medicaid reimbursement, state affordability proposals, state price setting proposals, and 340B related state legislative and regulatory activity.
• Anticipate state policy risks and opportunities and translate them into strategic, actionable recommendations for the enterprise.
• Oversee monitoring and analysis of state legislative sessions, Medicaid waiver activity, regulatory actions, and state implementation of federal reforms.

• Ensure coordinated internal alignment across policy, legal, MaX, business leads, and communications.
• Provide state policy insights that inform brand planning, access strategy, contracting, and broader enterprise risk mitigation.
• Lead development of clear and concise internal briefing materials, impact analyses, and executive summaries for senior leadership.
• Create innovative state policy ideas for State and Local Government Affairs and Alliance teams to utilize for coalition building and advocacy campaigns.

• Represent BMS before state Medicaid agencies, governors’ offices, state legislators, and key regulatory bodies in partnership with State and Local Government Affairs and State Alliance Development.
• Strengthen BMS’s presence and credibility with national organizations (e.g., NAMD, NCSL, NGA, state trade associations).
• Shape state focused policy positions within trade associations such as PhRMA and BIO to ensure BMS priorities are reflected and advanced.

• Develop and oversee creation of policy briefs, messaging documents, and external facing materials for use with state officials and partner organizations.
• Provide timely updates to BMS executives on emerging state policy developments, anticipated impacts, and recommended actions.
• Drive strategic planning for the State Policy function, ensuring alignment with BMS enterprise goals and multi‑year policy priorities.
• Articulate company’s state public…