Senior Director Value Base Care Strategy

Martin’s Point Health Care•Portland, ME

22h

About The Position

Join Martin's Point Health Care - an innovative, not-for-profit health care organization offering care and coverage to the people of Maine and beyond. As a joined force of "people caring for people," Martin's Point employees are on a mission to transform our health care system while creating a healthier community. Martin's Point employees enjoy an organizational culture of trust and respect, where our values - taking care of ourselves and others, continuous learning, helping each other, and having fun - are brought to life every day. Join us and find out for yourself why Martin's Point has been certified as a "Great Place to Work" since 2015. Position Summary The Senior Director, Value-Based Care Strategy develops and ensures execution of complex, enterprise-wide strategic and operational plans that advance value-based care across the organization. This role translates corporate strategy into multi-year operational roadmaps that drive clinical quality, patient experience, and total cost of care performance. The Senior Director is accountable for governance, financial performance, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional execution across multiple departments, ensuring value-based initiatives achieve measurable outcomes aligned with organizational objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, public health, finance or related field
10 years of progressive experience in healthcare strategy, value-based care, population heath, payer-provider contracting, or related complex healthcare environments, including leadership of cross-functional teams and multi department initiatives
Healthcare payment models including Medicare Advantage, ACOs, shared risk, and capitated arrangements
Population health strategy and performance measurement
Healthcare economics, reimbursement methodologies, and regulatory environments
Governance, risk management, and organizational policy development
Advanced strategic planning and operational execution
Financial modeling and budget management
Executive-level presentation and communication skills
Contract negotiation and stakeholder influence
Performance management system development
Ability to lead complex, multi-department initiatives with significant financial and operational impact
Ability to make high-impact decisions with long-term organizational consequences
Ability to influence senior leaders and external stakeholders
Ability to anticipate risk and drive proactive solutions
Ability to act independently within broad organizational objectives

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, or related field strongly preferred)

Responsibilities

Develops and executes comprehensive, multi-year value-based care strategies that align with enterprise goals and drive improved clinical outcomes, patient experience, equity, and financial performance.
Translates enterprise strategy into operational plans with defined milestones, KPIs, governance structures, and accountability mechanisms across multiple departments and divisions.
Leads the design, implementation, and optimization of value-based payment models (e.g., ACOs, shared savings, bundled payments, capitation, risk-based arrangements) to achieve quality, utilization, and financial targets.
Establishes and oversees performance management frameworks, dashboards, and reporting systems to monitor quality, utilization, risk adjustment, cost, and compliance outcomes.
Oversees multiple functional areas and cross-department workstreams, coordinating clinical, operational, financial, analytics, compliance, and contracting resources to ensure successful program delivery.
Develops and manages departmental budgets and cost centers, ensuring responsible stewardship of financial, human, and operational resources.
Identifies enterprise-level risks, implements mitigation strategies, and escalates significant issues appropriately to protect strategic, operational, and financial objectives.
Develops, interprets, executes, and recommends modifications to organizational policies and procedures that support value-based care transformation and regulatory compliance.
Serves as the primary organizational representative for senior-level internal and external stakeholders, including health systems, payers, providers, employers, and community partners.
Leads negotiations and contractual strategy for payer-provider arrangements and risk-based agreements, ensuring alignment with organizational financial and quality goals.
Accomplishes results through Directors, Managers, and other leaders by establishing effective organizational structures, supervisory relationships, performance expectations, and accountability standards.
Provides full leadership accountability including hiring, performance management, succession planning, talent identification, and leadership development.
Drives organizational adoption of value-based care principles through education, change management strategies, and cross-functional collaboration.
Promotes a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and alignment with the organization’s mission, vision, and core values.