Director, Solutions Architect (Health Plans)

employerdirecthealthcare; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Disability and life insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Employer Direct Healthcare is seeking a seasoned professional to shape solutions for health plan partnerships, collaborating with sales leaders to translate partner needs into practical product and integration strategies. You will blend technical design, operations planning, and executive communication to help new initiatives scale and strengthen existing partner relationships.

You will advise on prospective partnerships, design integration approaches, and coordinate across teams to ensure

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in healthcare, health plans, or health technology, with work in solution design, integration, implementation, or partner management.
• Direct experience with health plans and related organizations such as third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers, or risk-bearing entities.
• Experience advising sales and product leaders and contributing to business growth.
• A record of working across teams to build and scale complex solutions.
• Strong understanding of health plan operations, risk products, and healthcare integrations.
• Ability to translate complex needs for both technical specialists and executive audiences, while managing ambiguity and escalations.

Responsibilities

• Advise on prospective partnerships and lead internal solution planning alongside health plan sales colleagues.
• Design product and integration approaches that fit health plan operations, risk products, and partner priorities.
• Coordinate across teams to identify infrastructure needs and make solutions scalable as the business grows.
• Set up and manage intake for new growth initiatives, keeping priorities and execution visible.
• Coordinate responses to partner and prospect escalations, and align contracts with operating goals, metrics, and service commitments.
• Track industry developments and recommend approaches that support partner retention and sustainable growth.

Skills

Healthcare industry experience

Solution design

Cross-team collaboration

Executive communication

Job description

Role overview

As an individual contributor, you will shape solutions for health plan partnerships, working with sales leaders to understand partner needs and develop practical product and integration strategies. The role combines technical design, operational planning, and executive communication, with responsibility for helping new initiatives scale and strengthening existing partner relationships.

Responsibilities

• Advise on prospective partnerships and lead internal solution planning alongside health plan sales colleagues.
• Design product and integration approaches that fit health plan operations, risk products, and partner priorities.
• Coordinate across teams to identify infrastructure needs and make solutions scalable as the business grows.
• Set up and manage intake for new growth initiatives, keeping priorities and execution visible.
• Coordinate responses to partner and prospect escalations, and align contracts with operating goals, metrics, and service commitments.
• Track industry developments and recommend approaches that support partner retention and sustainable growth.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience in healthcare, health plans, or health technology, with work in solution design, integration, implementation, or partner management.
• Direct experience with health plans and related organizations such as third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers, or risk-bearing entities.
• Experience advising sales and product leaders and contributing to business growth.
• A record of working across teams to build and scale complex solutions.
• Strong understanding of health plan operations, risk products, and healthcare integrations.
• Ability to translate complex needs for both technical specialists and executive audiences, while managing ambiguity and escalations.

Benefits and work setup

The role is remote and requires travel.

Benefits listed include:

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• disability and life insurance
• a retirement plan with employer match
• paid time off
• paid parental leave

The source lists base pay of $165,000–$180,000 plus bonus, depending on experience, location, and qualifications.