Key Responsibilities
- Operational Management: Lead the day-to-day operations of the System, ensuring efficient and accurate processes across all healthcare settings.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Ensure the team is equipped with the necessary skills and resources to meet operational goals.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment and smooth integration of billing processes. Conduct regular meetings to provide updates and gather feedback.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimization and implement changes to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Utilize data-driven approaches to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with billing operations. Develop and implement strategies to address potential issues and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Project Management: Oversee the implementation of new initiatives and system upgrades within the billing program. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
- Reporting and Analytics: Develop and maintain comprehensive reporting systems to track operational performance. Provide regular updates to senior management and stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in IT, Healthcare Administration, Business Management, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in healthcare operations, with a focus on billing systems and financial management. Proven track record in leading large-scale programs and managing cross-functional teams.
- Skills: Strong leadership and communication skills. Proficiency in project management and process improvement methodologies. Ability to analyze complex data and make informed decisions.
- Knowledge: In-depth understanding of healthcare billing processes, regulatory requirements, and financial systems. Familiarity with SAP BRIM (Hybris) solution stack and SAP S/4HANA is a plus.
- Attributes: Must be a self-starter with a strong sense of urgency to respond to production issues promptly and effectively.
Must have skills / Primary skills
- 10-15 years in an operations, service delivery, or incident management role.
- Proven experience managing and closing high volumes of tickets across tools like JIRA, ServiceNow, SCCD, etc.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to work independently and drive accountability across teams to respond, troubleshoot and analyse incidents and issues to complete resolution.
- Familiarity with service management frameworks is a plus.
- Comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple priorities.
Overall
- Demonstrated experience in working in a highly complex environment (multi-site delivery, multi-project, critical infrastructure, 24x7 operations)
- Fully responsible and accountable for ensuring the smooth and stable operations of critical healthcare systems
- Responsible for end-to-end service delivery and managing the application, infrastructure, security and service desk teams
- To own and drive activities with internal teams and clients, ensuring comprehensive delivery of work in the Operations.
- Lead the day-to-day activities of the Operations team and coordinate with managers to develop, establish and maintain project management standards and procedures.
- Coordinate the identification of resource needs to support Operations efforts and manage the daily activities of the teams in alignment with project plans.
- Responsible for managing and coordinating the resolution of all critical issues to minimize disruptions to the 24x7 operations of the system
Ticket Management & Closure
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of service tickets/incidents, ensuring timely resolution and closure.
- Monitor queues across platforms (e.g., JIRA, ServiceNow, etc.) and prioritize critical issues.
- Proactively follow up with stakeholders to unblock and expedite resolution.
- Analyze root causes of recurring issues and collaborate on preventive measures.
Operational Leadership
- Drive daily stand-ups or operational syncs to track progress and surface blockers.
- Act as the point of contact for escalations related to operational performance or ticket delays.
- Ensure SLAs and KPIs are consistently met or exceeded.
Process Improvement
- Identify gaps or inefficiencies in ticket handling or workflow processes.
- Propose and implement enhancements for better productivity and visibility.
- Champion the adoption of best practices across the team.
Stakeholder Management
- Liaise with cross-functional teams including Functional, Build, Technical, Release Management, to ensure alignment and accountability.
- Provide clear, concise status updates to leadership on ticket trends, risks, and resolutions.
- Understand, execute and track all service delivery commitments to the client as part of the contract
- Address escalations from the Client
- Manage client to drive activities to closure.
Reporting & Documentation
- Maintain accurate records of operational activities and ticket metrics.
- Generate regular reports and dashboards to monitor operational health.
- Document new workflows or standard operating procedures (SOPs) as needed.