Job Description
Join a global organization that delivers care with technology to improve health outcomes. Our team connects people with care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources. You will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, and career development opportunities. We are hiring the best and brightest to make healthcare work better for everyone. The Director of Network Programs will manage service delivery of cutting-edge analytical solutions, products, and datasets at the intersection of business, technology, and data science. This role requires a passion for innovation and a desire to make a significant impact on the healthcare industry. The Director will collaborate cross-functionally with numerous business and data analytics teams and manage multiple business projects at one time. The position comes with flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model, allowing individuals to split their monthly work hours between the Dublin and Letterkenny office and working from a home-based office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage health plan clients and their members and provider health systems in assigned Markets
- Develop and deploy business plans at the market level with a focus on managing initiatives and costs
- Build relationships across Markets (provider and medical management community partners)
- Work with central function leads to target strategies for optimal Market effectiveness
- Manage client relationships and serve as a market resource across Market Consultation
- Lead business development opportunities through health system enablement strategies
- Ensure targets are met or exceeded for assigned Markets across all clients
- Monitor Market level trends, risk, and opportunities
- Identify Market barriers and mitigation plans
- Drive initiatives to optimize performance across Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA populations
- Influence the development and improvement of operations/service processes
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration or finance or equivalent education and experience
- Progressively increasing business management experience in a high impact role
- Demonstrated success in healthcare delivery operations, healthcare financing, and industry trends
- Leadership capability in developing new teams and growing existing business
Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law.