Healthcare and Life Sciences Policy Specialist

Arnold & Porter is seeking two (2) Healthcare and Life Sciences Policy Specialists for the Legislative & Public Policy Practice Group in the Washington, DC office to start in Spring/Summer of 2025 or earlier. The Healthcare & Life Sciences Policy Specialists will focus exclusively on healthcare policy, appropriations, and life science policy issues.

The Legislative & Public Policy Practice Group is Chambers-rated as one of the top legislative practices at a national law firm. The Legislative & Public Policy Practice Group is comprised of approximately 40 professionals and works in a high-energy, fast-paced 3/28environment that rewards initiative and teamwork in the pursuit of quality client service. The primary focus of the group is on Congressional and regulatory advocacy on topics including appropriations, defense, education, environmental and energy, financial services, foreign relations, healthcare and life sciences, tax, telecommunications, trade, and transportation. Clients include globally recognized brands, Fortune 500 companies, innovative start-ups, leading associations, healthcare systems, educational institutions, units of local government, foreign governments, and coalitions.

The healthcare lobbying team’s clients include manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and technology, hospitals and health systems, medical specialty societies and other healthcare providers, non-profits, health IT providers, coalitions, and other healthcare stakeholders. The Healthcare and Life Sciences Policy Specialist position will work on a variety of policy issues, including Medicare/Medicaid coverage and reimbursement, appropriations, drug pricing and other issues impacting the life sciences sector, medical technology, public health, pandemic preparedness, federal funding, health IT, telehealth, and children’s health.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree and excellent academic credentials.
• Minimum of one year of experience working in federal legislative and public policy roles, or recent graduates with a past government relations internship.
• Relevant professional or internship experience might include staff work in Congress, a statehouse, or for a corporation or association in general government affairs.
  Ideal candidates will be able to demonstrate interest in the Healthcare and Life Sciences policy sectors.

All applicants should have a four-year degree, excellent academic credentials and references. All Policy Specialists will be required to be registered lobbyists under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

The Policy Specialist position is an entry-level position. Policy Specialists are eligible to be promoted after three years to Senior Policy Specialist, the second level of a four-stage career progression for non-attorney professionals.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, transcript, and a 3-5 page writing sample on an advocacy-based topic of your choosing. Submitting a writing sample of more than 5 pages or failing to submit a transcript will eliminate a candidate from consideration.

All interested candidates must submit their documents by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 28.

The anticipated starting base salary for this position is $60,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.


The firm may provide a discretionary bonus annually.

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