Cost of Care Strategy Lead

Elevance Health; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking a Cost of Care Director to provide end-to-end operational orchestration across cross-functional initiatives that span business segments, markets, and enterprise functions.

This role identifies cost-saving opportunities, partners with analytics and actuarial teams to quantify savings, and reports to senior leadership. The position requires a BS/BA and 9+ years in healthcare, with a hybrid in-office requirement and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Requires a BS/BA degree; and minimum of 9 years relevant experience in Health Care.
• Experience in cost of care, affordability, or healthcare optimization is preferred.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and align cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and develops best practices and cost of care improvement processes.
• Provides end-to-end operational orchestration across high-priority Cost of Care initiatives, helping maintain momentum from opportunity identification through implementation and value realization.
• Oversees the identification of potential cost of care savings opportunities through complex analytics via partnering with the cost of care analytics team, to developing action plans, benefits and risk assessments and overseeing and partnering with the actuarial team to develop and ensure accurate savings quantification.
• Champions cost of care initiatives and partners with cross-functional business, clinical, operational, analytics, and other stakeholders to facilitate alignment, clarify dependencies, and accelerate decision-making.
• Manages and presents cost of care projects to senior leadership.
• Participates in Enterprise CoC workgroups and project teams.

Job description

Elevance Health is seeking a Cost of Care Director to provide end-to-end operational orchestration across cross-functional initiatives that span business segments, markets, and enterprise functions.

This role identifies cost-saving opportunities, partners with analytics and actuarial teams to quantify savings, and reports to senior leadership. The position requires a BS/BA and 9+ years in healthcare, with a hybrid in-office requirement and competitive compensation.