Senior Associate, Health Policy and Communications

The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.  

The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!

Senior Analyst, Policy & Communications

Reporting to the Managing Director, Health Policy & Strategy, the Senior Analyst, Policy & Communications is a key member of The Academy Advisors team responsible for executing and advancing TAA’s policy communications strategy. This individual will play a central role in translating complex federal health policy and research into executive-ready messaging, shaping TAA’s external voice, and supporting strategic engagement initiatives across the membership.

The Senior Analyst will work cross-functionally across policy, research, membership, and events teams, and will coordinate closely with external communications partners to ensure consistent, high-quality messaging aligned with TAA’s strategic priorities.

This role requires strong editorial judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to operate independently with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, executive-facing environment.

Primary Job Duties:

• Lead the drafting, editing, and refinement of executive-facing materials – including talking points, presentations, newsletters, messaging frameworks, and other external communications – ensuring consistency, strategic alignment, and executive-level quality standards.
• Translate policy analysis and research outputs into clear, concise, and strategically aligned messaging appropriate for health system executive audiences.
• Drive digital and thought leadership content efforts, including management of social media strategy, sourcing and synthesizing policy- and research-based content, drafting posts, and monitoring engagement metrics.
• Exercise sound judgement in externally visible communications, ensuring alignment with TAA’s positioning and member sensitivities.
• Support and operationalize TAA’s communications programming, including development of messaging guides, executive toolkits, and resources that enable members to strengthen their own external positioning.
• Serve as the primary internal point of contact for external communications firms, driving alignment, timelines, quality control, and integration with TAA strategy.
• Develop and maintain messaging frameworks, standardized templates, and editorial processes to promote consistency and scalability across TAA outputs.
• Collaborate closely with policy analysts and research staff to ensure seamless integration between policy analysis, engagement strategy, and communications deliverables.
• Monitor health policy developments and emerging issues to inform communications priorities and content direction.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in communications, public affairs, policy communications, or related work at a healthcare organization, trade association, advocacy organization, consulting firm, think tank, or government entity.
• Demonstrated experience producing executive-level written materials in a policy-driven environment.
• Demonstrated experience exercising editorial judgement in high-visibility or externally facing contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects independently with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, executive-facing environment.
• Strong ability to translate complex policy concepts into concise, persuasive, and audience-appropriate communications.
• Experience developing digital thought leadership content, including social media strategy and performance tracking.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and tone-management skills; ability to ensure narrative cohesion across a range of materials.
• Experience coordinating with external vendors or consultants preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public health, communications, public policy, journalism, or a related field; Master’s degree a plus.
• Familiarity with federal health policy issues required; knowledge of issues impacting hospitals and nonprofit health systems strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in developing high-quality presentation materials and executive-facing documents.

Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:

• Strong editorial instincts and attention to detail
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term messaging priorities with day-to-day execution
• Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines and priorities independently
• Sound judgment and discretion in executive-facing communications
• Confidence and discretion in advising on messaging decisions involving senior stakeholders
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach
• Strong organizational skills from planning through execution
• Member-oriented and service-driven
• Intellectual curiosity and sustained interest in healthcare policy and nonprofit health system issues

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:

The Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities in our organization.