Senior Director of Client Relations
About The Position
This is a highly visible, strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced healthcare professional who thrives at the intersection of client relations, consulting, finance, data analysis, and complex contract negotiation. As the Senior Director of Client Relations, you will work in a fully remote environment, partnering directly with healthcare organizations and senior decision-makers to strengthen client relationships, evaluate financial and operational performance, identify opportunities for growth, and lead sophisticated payer and healthcare contracting initiatives. This position goes beyond traditional account management. You will serve as a strategic advisor to clients, using financial analysis, market research, healthcare data, and industry expertise to guide decisions and develop solutions to complex business challenges. The ideal candidate brings a consulting mindset, strong executive presence, sophisticated negotiation skills, and experience working within the payer, provider, or government healthcare landscape. This individual should be equally comfortable analyzing complex data in Excel, presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders, conducting independent research, and leading high-level contract negotiations in a remote environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Economics, Accounting, or a related field
- Minimum 5–6 years of relevant professional experience in healthcare consulting, client relations, contracting, finance, payer/provider strategy, government healthcare, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience working within the payer, provider, or government healthcare environment
- Experience with healthcare carve-out structures, coding, methodologies, or related contracting/reimbursement concepts
- Demonstrated experience negotiating and renegotiating healthcare contracts
- Strong financial analysis and business acumen
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Experience analyzing complex financial, operational, or healthcare datasets
- Experience conducting research and translating findings into strategic recommendations
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Public Health, or a related field
- MBA strongly preferred
- Approximately 10+ years of relevant healthcare industry experience
- Previous healthcare consulting experience
- Extensive experience leading complex payer or provider contract negotiations
- Experience advising senior executives or C-suite stakeholders
- Experience managing high-value or strategically important healthcare client relationships
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior strategic relationship leader and trusted advisor for assigned healthcare clients
- Develop, strengthen, and maintain long-term relationships with executives, healthcare organizations, payers, providers, government entities, and other stakeholders
- Lead strategic client discussions involving healthcare operations, financial performance, contracting, reimbursement, and growth opportunities
- Evaluate existing healthcare contracts and identify opportunities for financial, operational, or strategic improvement
- Lead and support complex contract negotiations and renegotiations with payers and other healthcare organizations
- Develop sophisticated negotiation strategies based on financial analysis, market conditions, organizational priorities, and available healthcare data
- Analyze reimbursement structures, financial performance, contract terms, and healthcare utilization data to support client recommendations
- Apply knowledge of healthcare carve-out structures, coding, reimbursement methodologies, and related contracting concepts when evaluating client opportunities
- Conduct detailed financial, market, operational, and industry research to support strategic recommendations
- Build and maintain Excel-based analyses, financial models, reports, forecasts, and decision-support tools
- Analyze large or complex datasets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement
- Translate complex financial and healthcare data into clear, actionable recommendations for clients and senior leadership
- Develop executive-level presentations and communicate findings to key stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to improve client financial performance, contracting strategy, operational efficiency, and overall business outcomes
- Evaluate market trends, payer behavior, reimbursement changes, and healthcare industry developments that may affect client strategy
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop customized solutions to complex healthcare business challenges
- Manage multiple high-level client initiatives, negotiations, analyses, and deliverables simultaneously
- Maintain strong visibility into client priorities, business objectives, challenges, and emerging needs
- Proactively identify opportunities to expand client relationships and introduce additional consulting or strategic services
- Support business development initiatives, referrals, and growth opportunities as appropriate
- Maintain a high standard of professionalism, confidentiality, accuracy, and responsiveness across all client interactions
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
