Medicare Business Performance Strategist

PacificSource • Bend, OR

1d • $72,444 - $126,777 • Onsite

About The Position

The Medicare Business Performance Strategist serves as a strategic execution and business operations partner to the Vice President of Medicare. This role is responsible for supporting the successful execution of Medicare priorities through business planning, performance management, operational coordination, and cross-functional leadership. The Strategist helps translate strategic objectives into actionable plans, ensures visibility into business performance, and facilitates alignment across the Medicare organization and enterprise partners. This role supports leadership decision-making through performance monitoring, executive reporting, initiative governance, and operational oversight. Medicare Business Operations Strategist focuses on strategy execution, operational effectiveness, business performance, leadership alignment, and accountability for organizational priorities.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare, Medicare strategy, business operations, strategic planning, project management, or closely related field.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, coordinating complex work across teams, and follow-through without direct authority required.
• Experience supporting senior leaders, executive-level initiatives, business planning, performance reporting, or cross-functional projects required.
• Knowledge of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and government healthcare programs; health plan operations and managed care principles; strategic planning, business operations, and organizational effectiveness practices; healthcare regulations and regulatory impacts; program and project management methodologies, analytic acumen; financial and operational performance measurement; and executive-level reporting, business planning, and decision-support processes.
• Skills: Communication (written/verbal), Listening (active), Problem-solving, Collaboration, Teamwork, Organizational skills/Planning and Organization, Accountability, Flexibility
• Competencies: Adaptability, Building Customer Loyalty, Building Strategic Work Relationships, Building Trust, Continuous Improvement, Contributing to Team Success, Planning and Organizing, Work Standards
• Ability to read and comprehend both written and spoken English.
• Communicate clearly and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Vice President of Medicare to support execution of strategic and operational priorities.
• Coordinate annual business planning, goal setting, strategic initiatives, and operational work plans.
• Support implementation of Medicare business strategies by facilitating alignment across departments and stakeholders.
• Monitor progress against strategic objectives and escalate risks, barriers, and dependencies as appropriate.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, organizational alignment, and business performance.
• Support Medicare business performance oversight through development and maintenance of dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting.
• Monitor key operational, financial, membership, and performance indicators and provide insights to leadership.
• Support Medicare P&L management activities through data analysis, performance tracking, and reporting.
• Assist with annual budget development, budget monitoring, forecasting, and multi-year business planning activities in partnership with Finance and Medicare leadership.
• Coordinate periodic business reviews and performance discussions with leadership teams.
• Facilitate the operating rhythm of the Medicare leadership team, including meeting planning, agenda development, documentation of decisions, action item tracking, and follow-up.
• Support Medicare Run-the-Business meetings, leadership team meetings, business reviews, and other strategic forums.
• Ensure visibility and accountability for organizational commitments, priorities, and initiatives.
• Develop executive-level communications, briefing materials, presentations, reports, and leadership updates.
• Prepare materials supporting executive decision-making and strategic discussions.
• Coordinate high-priority initiatives sponsored by the Vice President of Medicare.
• Track initiative milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and outcomes.
• Work with leaders across the organization to ensure effective execution of Medicare priorities.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving to remove barriers and accelerate progress.
• Support implementation of organizational changes, operational improvements, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with Medicare leaders and enterprise partners.
• Coordinate activities across departments to ensure alignment with Medicare business objectives.
• Support communication and change management efforts related to strategic initiatives and operational priorities.
• Represent the Vice President of Medicare in internal meetings, committees, and workgroups as assigned.
• Serve as a trusted resource and strategic partner to Medicare leadership.
• Meet department and company performance and attendance expectations.
• Follow the PacificSource privacy policy and HIPAA laws and regulations concerning confidentiality and security of protected health information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status, such as race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information or age.
• Commitment to creating and fostering a work environment in which individual differences and diversity are appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths.

What This Job Offers

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