Hybrid Team Leader, Network Contracting

Wellmark, Inc.; Iowa; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellmark, Inc. in Des Moines, IA, seeks a Team Leader to drive development, innovation, and maintenance of network contracting strategies and a comprehensive contract management database.

You will oversee business processes to optimize performance and foster strong relationships with health care organizations and internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will lead a team, coach staff, and manage resources in a dynamic, data-driven environment, with a hybrid schedule requiring in-office and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or direct and applicable work experience.
• 5+ years of progressively increasing experience in provider contract work that demonstrates expertise with provider network contracting strategies, setup, and regulations.
• Advanced analysis, negotiation, influence, and relationship management skills.
• Proven formal or informal leadership experience; ability to lead, coach, engage, and develop team members in a dynamic work environment.
• Track record of success setting team goals and achieving desired results.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of financial and human resources, primarily focusing on employee coaching, development, performance improvement, coordination, and budgeting for the team’s specific functions/services.
• Provide oversight to contracting initiatives and leads the team to work with internal stakeholders to create, distribute, and/or maintain the agreements for these initiatives.
• Build relationships and facilitate partnerships with providers to develop knowledge and strategies to leverage in contracting agreements.
• Lead team and oversee activities that support network contracting, policies, procedures, work instructions and program manuals that support contracting functions.
• Represent the department and company regarding issues pertaining to network contracting to external audiences including health systems, hospitals, physicians, and other stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and resource for internal departments when provider issues pertaining to contracts and network status need escalation.
• Oversee the management and maintenance of provider contract verbiage, including collaboration with Legal.
• Work with internal stakeholders to analyze network data and develop recommendations for network expansion or changes to contracting agreements.
• Policy and procedure development to document work instructions and business processes for contracting.
• Coordinate communication about provider contracting initiatives with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide oversight of single case agreements and lead the team to partner with internal stakeholders to manage unique contracts.
• Lead interdepartmental projects using process management tools.

Skills

Advanced analysis

Negotiation

Relationship management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Wellmark, Inc. in Des Moines, IA, seeks a Team Leader to drive development, innovation, and maintenance of network contracting strategies and a comprehensive contract management database.

You will oversee business processes to optimize performance and foster strong relationships with health care organizations and internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will lead a team, coach staff, and manage resources in a dynamic, data-driven environment, with a hybrid schedule requiring in-office and