Heather Braun

Heather Braun, MBA has a diverse work experience spanning across various industries and roles. Heather is currently working at GRAIL, Inc. as the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, a position they have held since February 2022. Prior to this, they worked as the Director of External Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement at GRAIL, Inc. from August 2020 to February 2022.

Before joining GRAIL, Inc., Heather worked at Amgen from February 2017 to August 2020, where they served as the Director of Value & Access in Global Value-Based Partnerships. In this role, they led a team responsible for partner identification, contract development, relationship management, project design, implementation support, and dissemination of final partnership outputs across the US. Their team collaborated with various healthcare organizations and digital health companies.

From August 2005 to February 2017, Heather was employed at Sanofi as a Customer Business Executive in the US Market Access division. Heather led the Strategy, Innovation, and Operations for the Organized Customer Group team, focusing on population health, risk-based reimbursement models, and support for payer-brand marketing. Heather also led a project to grow the Diabetes and Cardiovascular portfolio in the California market through collaboration across all business units.

Heather's earlier work experience includes roles at Forest Pharmaceuticals as a Senior Sales Representative and District Sales Trainer, at nextSource as a Senior Account Executive, at Computer Generated Solutions as a Senior Account Manager, and at Digital Commerce Corporation as an Account Manager.

Overall, Heather Braun, MBA has proven expertise in strategic partnerships, stakeholder engagement, value and access, population health, and risk-based reimbursement models. Their experience spans across leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations, demonstrating their ability to drive successful collaborations and achieve business objectives.

Heather Braun, MBA, obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from Florida Atlantic University from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, they received a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Technology from The Ohio State University, where they studied from 1993 to 1997.

In addition to their formal education, Heather has also obtained several certifications. In 2015, they completed the Thomas Jefferson School of Population Health Academy, which is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University. In 2013, they obtained the PCMH-CEC certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Heather also earned the CPHQ certification from the National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) in 2012. Finally, they obtained the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification in February 2012. The institution granting this certification is not specified in the provided information.