Senior Network Contract Manager of Network Contracting,

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is a global organization delivering care with technology to help millions live healthier lives. The Senior Network Contract Manager of Network Contracting will lead contract negotiations and manage payor relationships to drive client satisfaction.

In Ireland, Optum offers a hybrid work model with Dublin office and home-based work. The role requires experience in contract management within healthcare, strong financial analysis, and strategic thinking to develop payor strategies and ensure

Qualifications

• Proven extensive experience in contract management.
• Experience in pharmacy or healthcare environments.
• Financial analysis skills.
• Advanced MS Word and Excel.
• Strategic thinking and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist with contractual negotiations.
• Develop and execute payor strategy development.
• Maintain knowledge of payor's business as well as their contracts with Optum.
• Provide positive alternatives to complex situations encountered by payors and manage expectations.
• Escalate payor concerns internally and to help solve complex issues.
• Communicate effectively with payors via face-to-face meetings, conference calls and written correspondence.
• Manage contractual obligations including but not limited to contract compliance.
• Be a self-starter, produce quality work, make decisions, and deliver on commitments.

Skills

Contract management

Pharmacy/healthcare experience

Financial analysis

MS Word

MS Excel

Strategic thinking

Project management

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Senior Network Contract Manager of Network Contracting is responsible for contracting and relationship management activities in support of an assigned group of payors. This role will work to develop and maintain positive relationships with payors that yield results and drive client satisfaction and will play an active role by managing contractual obligations and compliance, contract negotiations, operational needs and relationship needs.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and assist with contractual negotiations
• Develop and execute on payor strategy development
• Maintain an ongoing knowledge of payor's business as well as their contracts with Optum
• Provide positive alternatives to complex situations encountered by payors and manage expectations
• Escalate payor concerns internally and to help solve complex issues
• Communicate effectively with payors via face-to-face meetings, conference calls and written correspondence
• Manage contractual obligations including but not limited to contract compliance
• Be a self-starter, produce quality work, make decisions, and deliver on commitments

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• Proven extensive experience in contract management
• Proven experience in pharmacy or healthcare environments
• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis
• Demonstrated intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and project management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree
• Proven extensive experience in provider or payor relations and/or network management
• Proven extensive experience in negotiation

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.