Director of Payer Analytics & AI-Driven Contract Modeling

University Health

San Antonio (TX)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

University Health seeks a Director of Managed Care Analytics to lead payer analytics, contract modeling, and performance optimization. You will develop advanced financial, statistical, and predictive models to support contracting strategy, value-based care, and revenue optimization.

The role partners across finance, IT, patient services, and clinical operations to drive insight and strategic decisions. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in healthcare analytics with 3–5+ years in leadership, plus

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required in finance, healthcare administration, data analytics, statistics, or related field.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in healthcare analytics, decision support, or revenue cycle analytics.
  • 3–5+ years in a leadership or management role.
  • Experience leading payer contract modeling and supporting negotiation strategy.
  • Experience with value-based care and alternative payment models.

Responsibilities

  • Provide enterprise leadership for payer analytics, contract modeling, and performance optimization.
  • Develop advanced financial, statistical, and predictive models to support managed care contracting strategy.
  • Lead AI-enabled analytics initiatives with automation and machine learning.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure data integrity, actionable insights, and strategic alignment.

Skills

Excel proficiency
Data modeling
Tableau proficiency
AI/ML awareness
Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Healthcare Administration, Data Analytics, Statistics, or related field
Master's degree (MBA, MHA, Health Informatics, Data Science) preferred

Tools

Epic Resolute
Contract modeling tools
Healthcare data extraction tools

Job description

University Health seeks a Director of Managed Care Analytics to lead payer analytics, contract modeling, and performance optimization. You will develop advanced financial, statistical, and predictive models to support contracting strategy, value-based care, and revenue optimization.

The role partners across finance, IT, patient services, and clinical operations to drive insight and strategic decisions. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in healthcare analytics with 3–5+ years in leadership, plus

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