Revenue Cycle Management Lead

Akido•Pomona, CA

14h

About The Position

Akido builds AI-powered doctors, aiming to address America’s physician shortage and make exceptional healthcare universal by combining cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster, more accurate, and more compassionate care, serving over 500,000 patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York in 26 specialties. Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care models and scaling ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform. The Director, RCM Operations & Performance is a strategic role responsible for orchestrating Akido's global revenue engine, reporting to the Head of RCM, HIM, & CX. This position involves synchronizing internal offshore and specialized onshore RCM teams to ensure clinical activity translates into realized revenue. Key responsibilities include designing scalable RCM frameworks, partnering with engineering for workflow automation, and leading billing implementation for new market expansions. The role also serves as the primary source of operational intelligence, providing critical reporting to Corporate Finance for transparent financial health updates to the CFO and Board of Directors.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience
Strong ability to translate complex operational data into clear, professional "critical reporting" for executive leadership.
"Builder" mindset with the ability to design workflows for new clinical service lines and markets.
Highly collaborative communicator capable of partnering with Medical Directors, Engineers, and Finance executives.

Nice To Haves

Expert-level command of enterprise billing systems (NextGen or equivalent) and national clearinghouses (Waystar or equivalent).
Power user of Sigma (or equivalent BI tools like Tableau/Looker) with the ability to build custom dashboards and manipulate raw data independently.
Proven track record of managing the full RCM lifecycle in a high-growth, multi-site corporate environment.
Experience leading and directing internal offshore teams across different time zones.

Responsibilities

Global Team Leadership: Direct and synchronize the daily workflows of both the internal offshore and specialized onshore RCM teams to ensure high-complexity cases are handled by the right experts.
Operational Governance: Oversee the end-to-end claim lifecycle, performing weekly audits of adjustment logic and denial resolutions to ensure the global team meets internal quality standards.
Performance Accountability: Own the primary KPIs for the revenue cycle (Days in AR, Net Collection Rate, etc.) and lead the operational shifts required to fix root causes when targets are missed.
Market Expansion: Lead the RCM integration for all new clinic launches (e.g., Rhode Island, ECM), managing everything from provider enrollment to front-desk workflow design.
Clinical Partnership: Act as a liaison to Medical Directors, using data dashboards to help providers understand how documentation and chart-closing speed impact financial incentives.
Product & Automation Strategy: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for the engineering team, defining requirements for billing automation and performing UAT for proprietary billing products.
Critical Reporting: Perform deep-dive research into billing system variances and deliver narrative analysis to Corporate Finance to explain performance to the CFO and Board.
Financial Close Integration: Partner with Accounting to ensure a timely 5-day month-end close by reconciling billing system activity with the General Ledger.
Cash Flow & NRV Modeling: Maintain the accuracy of Net Realizable Value (NRV) models and 90-day cash flow forecasts to support corporate capital planning.
AR Health Management: Conduct advanced aging analysis to determine true collectibility and provide data-backed write-off recommendations to the Accounting team.
Other duties as assigned.