Remote Director of Operations & Growth

Centene Corporation; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote or hybrid work options

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking a senior operations leader to drive the development, coordination, and execution of strategic operational plans across shared services to support enterprise and market growth. You will translate strategy into operating models and collaborate with product, finance, and regulatory teams to ensure scalable, compliant operations.

The role emphasizes due diligence, integration planning, and performance monitoring across Medicare/Duals programs, with remote work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field or equivalent work experience required.
• Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
• 6+ years experience in assigned products (Medicare or Duals) managed care operations with emphasis on optimizing operational effectiveness, government contracting and/or regulatory compliance required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary operational liaison between product leadership, shared services, and corporate partners to ensure alignment, timely decision‑making, and issue resolution across enterprise and market operations.
• Partner with shared services, market leaders, and product teams to define operational strategies, annual objectives, KPIs, and standardized operating procedures that support scalable execution.
• Support enterprise due diligence, integration planning, and operational readiness activities for product expansions.
• Monitor enterprise and market operational performance, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities to optimize operations supporting assigned product.
• Evaluate operational performance using KPIs and ensure cost effective programs are developed and maintained throughout the business unit.
• Identify operational efficiencies and develop “best practice” workflows, process improvements, policies and procedures.
• Provide operational input into the development of new products and markets.
• Utilize corporate and industry standard management tools and techniques to effectively oversee projects; collaborate with stakeholders to identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
• Coordinate cross‑functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and business unit objectives.
• Provide functional and technical expertise across business units and technical areas.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field or equivalent work experience

Job description

Centene Corporation is seeking a senior operations leader to drive the development, coordination, and execution of strategic operational plans across shared services to support enterprise and market growth. You will translate strategy into operating models and collaborate with product, finance, and regulatory teams to ensure scalable, compliant operations.

The role emphasizes due diligence, integration planning, and performance monitoring across Medicare/Duals programs, with remote work