Payer Partnerships Lead, Medicare Advantage Growth

baba; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Baba is seeking a Head of Payer Partnerships to own relationships with national and regional health plans, with a focus on Medicare Advantage and dual-eligible populations. You will design, close, and scale value-based and other risk-aligned agreements, and lead a partnerships function as Baba grows in the U.S.

You will report to the CEO and collaborate with Clinical Operations, Finance, Legal, Product, and Growth to build a durable payer book from pilots to scaled contracts while traveling for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial experience leading payer sales or partnerships.
• Experience closing and expanding health plan contracts, ideally Medicare Advantage or dual-eligible.
• Ability to structure value-based or risk-aligned agreements.

Responsibilities

• Payer strategy and pipeline: define plans, populations, structures, and own end-to-end pipeline from first meeting to signed contract.
• Deals: structure and negotiate value-based or risk-aligned agreements with plans.
• Executive relationships: build durable relationships with plan leaders and internal champions.
• Pilot to scale: take pilots from design through launch, measurement, and expansion.
• Voice of the payer: bring real-time commercial insight to Product, Clinical, and Growth teams.
• Team: hire and lead partnerships and account management as the company scales.

Skills

Payer partnerships

Executive relationship management

Deal closing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Baba is seeking a Head of Payer Partnerships to own relationships with national and regional health plans, with a focus on Medicare Advantage and dual-eligible populations. You will design, close, and scale value-based and other risk-aligned agreements, and lead a partnerships function as Baba grows in the U.S.

You will report to the CEO and collaborate with Clinical Operations, Finance, Legal, Product, and Growth to build a durable payer book from pilots to scaled contracts while traveling for