Contract Negotiator IV

Centene Management Company • Des Moines, IA

12h • Remote

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Position Purpose: Identify, negotiate and manage high performing provider and vendor partnerships. Negotiate vendor or provider contracts and manage implementations and ongoing relationships. Perform market research and analysis as directed. Define, initiate, and direct financial analyses and operational reporting for the assigned vendor and provider agreements. Lead, manage, and track ongoing financial and operational success of designated partnership. Develop and initiate corrective action plans or agreement modifications where necessary, coordinating with local health plans and other applicable internal teams. Initiate and lead meetings with health plans and corporate teams, including executive management, to review vendor and provider agreement performance data and scorecards, and partnership strategy. This position will support the provider networks for our Iowa health plans. Iowa is the preferred location for this new hire, but we are open to hiring someone working remotely anywhere in the United States as long as they are willing to work a schedule that aligns with Central Time business hours. It will also require occasional travel for internal meetings in West Des Moines, IA (2+ times/year) as well and provider facing meetings throughout the state of Iowa 3-4 times/year.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of vendor and/or provider contract negotiations, contract analysis and/or modeling experience in health care or similar industry.
• Experience negotiating contracts with successful outcomes and measurable financial results.
• Experience with presenting and communicating negotiation strategies and results at senior levels.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with health care provider negotiations for Government programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, negotiate and manage high performing provider and vendor partnerships.
• Negotiate vendor or provider contracts and manage implementations and ongoing relationships.
• Perform market research and analysis as directed.
• Define, initiate, and direct financial analyses and operational reporting for the assigned vendor and provider agreements.
• Lead, manage, and track ongoing financial and operational success of designated partnership.
• Develop and initiate corrective action plans or agreement modifications where necessary, coordinating with local health plans and other applicable internal teams.
• Initiate and lead meetings with health plans and corporate teams, including executive management, to review vendor and provider agreement performance data and scorecards, and partnership strategy.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• health insurance
• 401K and stock purchase plans
• tuition reimbursement
• paid time off plus holidays
• a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level