Lead Analyst, Vendor Management

Molina Healthcare; Des Moines, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Molina Healthcare is seeking a lead‑level analyst to support vendor management activities in Iowa. The role involves overseeing complex vendor contracts, driving data‑driven insights, and ensuring compliance with SLAs and regulatory requirements.

You will analyze contract terms across states, develop project plans, and prepare reports for leadership while collaborating with cross‑functional teams. The position emphasizes independent work within a matrix organization and strong communication

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a health care payer setting with vendor management and analytics.
• Experience with contract terms, procurement, project management, and/or account management.
• Strong problem-solving, time-management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze national and state delegated vendor contracts to identify and record performance metrics.
• Oversee complex, high-risk vendors to ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, and performance requirements.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans with milestones, tasks, and target/actual dates.
• Prepare and submit status reports (SLA, milestones, financials) to management.
• Provide training and support to the vendor management team.

Skills

Vendor management

Data analytics

Contract terms & conditions

Procurement

Project management

Account management

Communication

Excel

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel)

Job description

Job Summary

Provides lead level analyst support for vendor management activities. Responsibilities include monitoring key strategic/larger scale/more complex agreements from inception through completion, engaging and overseeing the work of external vendors, data analysis and solutioning for business and vendor performance issues, reviewing service level agreements (SLAs) to identify and interpret trends and patterns and adherence to performance targets, analyzing and reporting on key financial, contractual terms and business impact, and providing data-driven recommendations to support business and vendor needs.

Essential Job Duties

• Performs detailed analysis of national and state delegated vendor contracts, ensuring that all contractual requirements and performance metrics for which the department has responsibility to oversee are accurately identified and recorded for effective monitoring and oversight.
• Assists department leadership in standardization of state delegation oversight and performance management standard operating procedures (SOPs) and activities.
• Oversees Molina’s most complex, and high-risk, high-maintenance delegated vendors who are responsible for covered services and benefits across multiple states, ensuring compliance with all contractual, regulatory and performance requirements in the delegated vendor contract with the Molina plan, in addition to Molina's contract with the state, federal or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contract.
• Evaluates the terms and conditions of a variety of strategic vendor contracts (e.g., information technology infrastructure, information technology applications, medical benefit management, payment integrity, print and fulfillment, etc.).
• Reviews/analyzes data by applying job knowledge and experience to ensure appropriate information has been provided.
• Develops and maintains detailed project plans to include milestones, tasks, and target/actual dates of completion.
• Revises project plans as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Prepares and submits project status reports to management (e.g., service level agreement (SLA) reporting, milestone reporting, financial reporting, etc.).
• Interfaces with internal leadership and external parties to gather specifications and perform validation of terms of agreement necessary for contract administration.
• Creates reports and performs analysis of impact to other departments (e.g., contact center, appeals and grievances, etc.).
• Prepares and submits reports related to vendor contract achievement of financial/contractual goals.
• Provides training and support to new and existing vendor management team members.

Required Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in a health care environment (payer experience), including experience with vendor management, data analytics, contract terms and conditions, procurement, project management, and/or account management, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Familiarity in a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures applicable to job-related operational/vendor management subject areas.
• Ability to leverage problem-solving skills and utilize critical-thinking to resolve business issues.
• Time-management and organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to operate independently in a matrixed organization, and elevate issues and concerns as appropriate.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, customer service acumen, and presentation skills.
• Microsoft Office suite proficiency (including Excel), and ability to learn/navigate new software programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V

Pay Range: $54,373.27 - $117,808.76 / ANNUAL

*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.