Remote Senior Director of Third-Party Risk & Compliance

Centene Corp.; Missouri; Remote; USD 135,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off plus holidays

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks an enterprise-wide Third Party Risk Management leader to direct governance, risk framework, and oversight across Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace environments. You will shape multi-year roadmaps, drive regulatory readiness, and report progress to executives and the board.

The role leads teams across audit, monitoring, and compliance, partnering with Legal, Procurement, and Operations to ensure accountability and effective enterprise execution.

Qualifications

• Requires 10+ years in audit, compliance, enterprise risk, or third party risk management.
• Experience advising executive leadership and presenting risk material to governance committees/boards.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Establishes enterprise strategy, governance model, and risk framework for third party risk management.
• Sponsors multi-year operating roadmap, investments, performance measures, and scalable processes.
• Owns design/effectiveness of the third party risk management framework and due diligence standards.
• Leads enterprise delegated entity audit and monitoring programs and risk-based audit plans.
• Oversees audit planning, execution, reporting, and validation to meet regulatory expectations.
• Directs oversight of third party lifecycle, due diligence, risk assessment, compliance monitoring, and regulatory readiness.
• Chairs governance forums and directs cross-functional decisions to strengthen risk transparency and mitigation.
• Reports to executives and the board on risk exposure, trends, and remediation status.

Skills

Risk management

Auditing

Compliance oversight

Governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Management/Health Administration

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks an enterprise-wide Third Party Risk Management leader to direct governance, risk framework, and oversight across Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace environments. You will shape multi-year roadmaps, drive regulatory readiness, and report progress to executives and the board.

The role leads teams across audit, monitoring, and compliance, partnering with Legal, Procurement, and Operations to ensure accountability and effective enterprise execution.