Vice President of Advocacy, Health Care

Arnold Ventures: Maximizing Opportunity, Minimizing Injustice

Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy dedicated to maximizing opportunity and minimizing injustice in the United States. Our commitment involves addressing pressing issues through sustainable change, grounded in research, deep thinking, and a robust foundation of evidence. We actively engage in public conversation, shape policy, and inspire action through education and advocacy.

Position Overview: Vice President of Advocacy, Health Care

The AV advocacy team collaborates with programmatic teams to advance research and evidence in the policy-making process. The Vice President of Advocacy, Health Care, is responsible for developing and executing a federal and state advocacy strategy focused on health care policy priorities. This role, based in AV’s Washington, D.C. office, reports to the Executive Vice President of Advocacy.

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaboration:
  • Work with AV’s advocacy and health care teams to refine grantmaking, investment, and partnership strategies for health care policy priorities.
• Relationship Building:
  • Manage relationships with key bipartisan stakeholders and policymakers.
• Team Leadership:
  • Lead a team in deploying advocacy and communications strategies at federal and state levels.
• Advocacy Grants:
  • Develop, manage, and evaluate the impact of advocacy grants aligned with health care policy priorities.
• Internal Communication:
  • Establish a strong cadence for sharing advocacy objectives, grants, investments, partnerships, and work streams internally.
• Coordination:
  • Coordinate workstreams and collaboration across advocacy grantees and partners.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders, experts, new and existing grantees, and policymakers.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience:
  • 15 years of relevant senior-level advocacy experience, including health care policy, government relations, and external affairs.
• Skills:
  • Proven ability to craft and execute high-impact multi-state and federal advocacy campaigns.
• Leadership:
  • Strong leadership, people management, and relationship-building skills.
• Communication:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Our Culture and Core Values

AV’s Work Culture:

• Adaptability:
  • We are adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Curiosity:
  • We are intellectually curious, open-minded, objective, humble, collegial, and receptive to feedback.
• Action-Oriented:
  • We are action-oriented with strong self-direction and self-motivation skills.
• Collaboration:
  • We can interact confidently and collaboratively with team members and external stakeholders.

AV’s Core Values:

• Respect:
  • Respect for Ourselves & Others.
• Action:
  • Audacious Action.
• Engagement:
  • Collaborative Engagement.
• Thoughtfulness:
  • Depth of Thought.
• Communication:
  • Clear Communication.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AV is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, expression, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, military/veteran status, or any basis prohibited by applicable law. We value diverse perspectives and encourage individuals from historically marginalized communities to apply.

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