Associate Director Implementations - Product SME – Denial Management & Data Analytics - Remote

IKS Health

5d•$100 - $187•Remote

About The Position

IKS Health takes on the chores of healthcare, reducing administrative, clinical, and operational burdens so that staff can focus on their core purpose: delivering exceptional care. Combining pragmatic technology and dedicated experts, IKS enables stronger, financially sustainable enterprises. Our Care Enablement Platform delivers data-driven value and expertise across the care journey, and IKS is a partner for clinician enterprises looking to effectively scale, improve quality, and achieve cost savings through forward-thinking solutions. Founded in 2006, IKS Health’s global workforce supports large health systems across the United States. The Product SME is a senior techno-functional leader responsible for bringing deep healthcare operational expertise and product knowledge into the implementation lifecycle. This role ensures that product deployment decisions are grounded in sound workflow design, domain best practices, and a clear understanding of stakeholder business objectives, enabling successful adoption and measurable performance improvement across the revenue cycle. In partnership with the US-based Implementation Lead, the Product SME will provide functional leadership across discovery, solution design, validation, and adoption activities, helping translate stakeholder needs into scalable product usage models and implementation decisions. This individual will operate as a trusted internal consultant and stakeholder-facing advisor, working cross-functionally with implementation, product, operations, and technical teams to deliver high-quality outcomes in a structured pod-based model.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required
10+ years of experience in healthcare operations, healthcare technology, product implementation, or consulting with a focus on workflow design, solutioning, and functional delivery, such as patient access, referral management, scheduling, patient engagement, authorization, coding, claims, denials, or analytics workflows across platforms such as Epic, Oracle Health/Cerner, athenahealth, Meditech, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, Waystar, Availity, Change Healthcare, or Experian Health.
10+ years of techno-functional experience translating business needs into product-aligned workflows, requirements, and implementation decisions in complex healthcare settings, including experience with EHR, RCM, practice management, scheduling, CRM, patient communication, workflow automation, or analytics platforms such as Epic Cadence/MyChart, Oracle Health Scheduling, athenaOne, Salesforce Health Cloud, Phreesia, Kyruus, QGenda, Twilio, Microsoft Dynamics, Waystar, or Tableau/Power BI.
Demonstrated experience supporting implementations or optimization initiatives across revenue cycle, access, operational, or administrative workflows.
Strong experience with healthcare platforms or digital solutions, including solution configuration, workflow alignment, testing, and functional validation.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and client-facing, partnering with Implementation, Product, Operations, and US-based leadership to drive aligned, adoption-focused outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field and/or advanced program leadership certification (PMP, PgMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar) preferred

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Process Assessment & Workflow Mapping - Lead assessment of current-state stakeholder workflows, operating models, and pain points to identify functional gaps and define how business processes should translate into the product environment.
Solution Design & Functional Advisory - Provide senior-level advisory support on solution design, product usage strategy, and workflow optimization to ensure the implementation approach is scalable, practical, and aligned to desired outcomes.
Requirements Translation & Design Validation - Convert stakeholder business objectives into well-defined functional requirements and validate implementation outputs to ensure consistency with approved design and product best practices.
Product Expertise & Functional Enablement - Act as a senior product authority on capabilities, integrations, roadmap, and constraints, while enabling internal teams through training, consultation, and escalation support.
Customer Guidance & Adoption Support - Advise stakeholders on future-state processes, operational change impacts, and adoption priorities to support effective transition and sustained value realization.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Alignment - Work hand in hand with the US-based Implementation Lead and partner across Product, Implementation, and stakeholder teams to drive aligned decisions, resolve ambiguity, and strengthen execution quality.
Quality Assurance & Functional Readiness - Oversee functional validation activities, including test scenario review, UAT support, and product readiness confirmation ahead of go-live.