Senior Policy Strategist (Medical Debt) Fellow (Finance)

Summary

This position is located at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Markets. As a Senior Policy Strategist (Medical Debt) Fellow, you will be responsible for monitoring, anticipating, and explaining within the Bureau the rapid evolution of the medical billing and revenue industry's business models and technology as it relates to companies that issue medical credit, consumer debt collections agencies, and debt buyers.

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Responsibilities

This is a time-limited Fellowship position located in the Research, Monitoring & Regulations (RMR) Division, Office of Markets, Consumer Credit, Payments, and Deposits (CCPD) Section. RMR is responsible for bringing an empirical, data-driven approach to the regulation of consumer financial markets. The Office of Markets brings a grounded perspective of how markets, firms, and products function; the challenges financial services providers face; and keys to market performance. Markets staff work directly with research economists and regulatory attorneys and play central and leading roles in rulemaking efforts; and advise offices responsible for implementing sandbox policies, consumer education, supervision, enforcement, and fair lending.

As a Senior Policy Strategist (Medical Debt) Fellow, you will:

• Under the direction of the Assistant Director, CCPD, develop a consumer medical debt agenda for Office of Markets and prioritize short- and long-term policy and operational goals related to developments in the market, especially as they relate to recently passed regulations in the debt collection market. Reach out to relevant stakeholders to gather input on third-party collections priority projects, determine opportunities, constraints, and obstacles, develop options, and build consensus toward a clear path forward.
• Proactively build relationships with the Bureau's Supervision, Enforcement, Innovation, Consumer Response, Consumer Education & Engagement, Fair Lending, and other divisions as appropriate. Engage these stakeholders to jointly define priorities and identify ways that Office of Markets can more effectively, efficiently, or systematically support these divisions' needs related to developments in the medical debt industry.
• Lead, coordinate, and/or facilitate work and projects with analysts or cross-functional teams of analysts engaged in monitoring of current and emerging issues relating to medical debt.
• Travel Required

25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

• Promotion potential

71

• Supervisory status

No