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Senior Manager- Strategic Policy and Scenario Planning - Life Sciences & Healthcare

Deloitte

McLean, VAJob$163–322K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$163–322K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Deloitte’s Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps clients navigate risk and regulatory change. The Senior Manager leads engagements for life sciences and health care organizations, covering regulatory affairs, policy, scenario planning, compliance, and digital solutions. The role also guides client delivery, develops risk-focused recommendations, manages project resources and business development, and engages clients and industry groups on policy and market developments.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Independent WorkTeam CollaborationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationAttention to DetailRelationship BuildingProject LeadershipTask PrioritizationInterpersonal SkillsMentoringRegulatory Compliance ProgramsRisk AssessmentsCompliance ReviewsCompliance MonitoringControl DesignRegulatory AnalysisRisk MitigationBusiness TransformationChange ManagementProject DeliverySales Target ManagementMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft VisioBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementRisk ManagementControls OversightTechnologyOperationsClient Relationship ManagementProject Team LeadershipProposal DevelopmentSales PresentationsHealth Payment PolicyCompliance SystemsRegulatory ReportingCase Management SystemsData Management SystemsProcess Design

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, Economics, or Related Field10+ Years Regulatory ExperienceTeam Management ExperienceAdvanced DegreeJuris DoctorMaster's in Public Health or Policy

Full job description

Senior Manager - Strategic Policy and Scenario Planning

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Work you'll do

As a Senior Manager - Strategy, Growth and Transformation on the Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team, you will be responsible for:

  • Lead client engagements focused on global regulatory affairs, quality assurance, health care policy, scenario planning, compliance risk assessments, compliance reviews, monitoring programs, and digital solutions for life sciences and health care organizations.

  • Serve as a primary client contact or project lead; guide discussions on project scope, delivery, and implementation from initial concept through launch.

  • Develop client deliverables and recommendations that identify business, operational, regulatory, and technology risks and support risk mitigation strategies.

  • Lead discussions with clients, industry consortiums, trade groups, and committees on market trends, policy developments, and competitive activity.

  • Manage project resources, budgets, timelines, recruitment, and talent development; lead business development activities such as industry perspectives, lead generation materials, and sales proposals.

  • Understand the impact of key technology trends and workforce changes impacting our clients through engagement with innovative and emergent technologies.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team

  • Effective written and verbal communication skills

  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product

  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships

  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams

  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor

  • Ability to meet deadlines

  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our Enterprise Operations & Risk offering enables clients to achieve profitable growth and competitive advantage by optimizing "heart of the business" operations. We leverage deep domain expertise to extend enterprise resilience, agility and remediation. Our professionals address client needs which span the organization and impact strategy, operations, performance and reputation.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, Economics, or related field.

  • 10+ years of experience in regulatory functions, including experience managing teams.

  • Experience leading regulatory compliance programs, including risk assessments, compliance reviews, monitoring programs, control design, regulatory analysis, and risk mitigation.

  • Experience leading business transformation or change management initiatives, managing project delivery and fiscal year sales and revenue targets, and using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio to create client deliverables.

  • Direct working experience related to business strategy, product management, regulatory compliance, risk management, controls oversight, technology, or operations.

  • You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required, without the need for overnight accommodations.

  • Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

  • Advanced degree such as a Juris Doctor (JD) or Masters of Public Health or Policy is preferred.

  • Experience serving as a client contact and leading project teams across functions.

  • Experience leading business proposal development and sales presentations.

  • Experience with health payment policy development and oversight.

  • Experience using, implementing, or supporting systems for operations, compliance monitoring, regulatory reporting, risk or case management, or data management.

  • Experience with process design or mapping, workflow development, user acceptance testing, data mapping, data migration, data visualization or analytics, system configuration and testing, or translating risk requirements into user stories for product and system launches.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $163,400 to $322,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,658 open Management Consultant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$163–322K/yr
  • Virginia median$99–189K/yr117 salary ranges
  • US median$99–232K/yr2,496 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $243K, is 61% above the Virginia median midpoint ($151K) — in the top quarter of Management Consultant salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 125 open Management Consultant jobs in Virginia and 2,658 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Management Consultant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,561 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,698 of the 2,658 open Management Consultant jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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