VP, Applications - Enterprise Data Analytics - Remote

Molina Healthcare•Long Beach, CA

2d•Remote

About The Position

This role serves as the enterprise leader for Insights and Business Intelligence, with enterprise-wide influence across various core functions including MedEcon, Payment Integrity, Claims, Configuration, UM, Provider, and others. The position partners with executive and operational leaders to identify, prioritize, and deliver analytics initiatives aimed at improving affordability, quality, provider performance, operational efficiency, and member outcomes. The VP will act as a strategic advisor, proactively identifying opportunities where data, analytics, and AI can address critical business challenges, accelerate decision-making, and deliver measurable financial and operational impact. The role involves building and executing a portfolio of high-value analytics and intelligence solutions, translating business priorities into scalable reporting, dashboards, predictive insights, and decision-support capabilities. A key focus is leading the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and intelligent automation, recommending and applying advanced AI, machine learning, and generative AI approaches. The position is responsible for establishing a culture of data-driven accountability, ensuring leaders have trusted, actionable, and timely insights, while promoting consistent business definitions, governance, and measurement frameworks. Developing high-performing cross-functional teams and partnerships is crucial to align stakeholders and realize sustained value from data and AI investments.

Requirements

At least 12 years of information technology (IT) applications/coding development experience in large organizations in the managed care industry, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
At least 7 years of management/leadership experience.
Deep experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services (App Services, Functions, AKS, Azure SQL, Data Factory, Synapse, Azure DevOps, Azure AI).
Expert proficiency with Visual Studio and AI-assisted development using GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI, and generative AI technologies.
Experience setting enterprise quality assurance automation strategy and implementing testing frameworks at organizational scale.
Expert experience with low-code platforms (Pega, Salesforce, Sitecore) and enterprise architecture patterns.
Deep technical experience with IT enterprise infrastructure and Azure cloud architecture.
Specific domain expertise with government programs (Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace).
Microsoft technologies, Mobility and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) experience.
Experience working with Trizetto QNXT application and enterprise health care systems.
Deep understanding of IT concepts including test automation, software development lifecycle (SDLC), and IT general controls.
Hands-on experience with .NET framework and Azure serverless technologies.
Experience with global delivery models and working with third-party consultancies.
Fluent in modern DevOps frameworks based on Azure DevOps or Atlassian framework.
Forward Deployed Engineer leadership philosophy - proven track record building enterprise organizations focused on end-to-end business ownership.
Demonstrated executive presence and ability to build strategic relationships across C-suite and board levels.
Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills with focus on enterprise business transformation.
Health care payor industry experience, including deep Medicare/Medicaid operations and compliance knowledge.
Deep knowledge/experience with agile principles, CI/CD practices, DevOps culture, and Infrastructure as Code at scale.
Strong time-management and organizational skills with ability to lead enterprise strategic initiatives.
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a highly matrixed organization and influence at executive and board levels.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to present to executive and board audiences.
Experience with Microsoft Project/Jira, Microsoft O365 Cloud, Power BI, Azure DevOps, and applicable software programs proficiency.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to present to executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

Deep experience leading IT teams.
Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
Azure certifications (AZ-204, AZ-400).

Responsibilities

Serve as the enterprise leader for Insights and Business Intelligence, partnering with executive and operational leaders across Molina to identify, prioritize, and deliver analytics initiatives that improve affordability, quality, provider performance, operational efficiency, and member outcomes.
Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, proactively uncovering opportunities where data, analytics, and AI can solve critical business challenges, accelerate decision-making, and enable measurable financial and operational impact.
Build and execute a portfolio of high-value analytics and intelligence solutions, translating business priorities into scalable reporting, dashboards, predictive insights, and decision-support capabilities that drive enterprise results.
Lead the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and intelligent automation, recommending and applying advanced AI, machine learning, and generative AI approaches where they can materially improve business outcomes, productivity, and competitive differentiation.
Establish a culture of data-driven accountability, ensuring leaders have trusted, actionable, and timely insights while promoting consistent business definitions, governance, and measurement frameworks across the enterprise.
Develop high-performing cross-functional teams and partnerships, aligning business, operational, technology, and analytics stakeholders to rapidly deliver insight-to-action solutions and realize sustained value from Molina's data and AI investments.