Senior Director, Contracting & Network Growth

Centene Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off and holidays

Remote/hybrid/office work options

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a Senior Director of Network Development & Contracting to oversee contracting activities, network development, and optimization across multiple product lines. You will lead strategic contracting initiatives, collaborate with executives, and drive provider partnerships to support growth, affordability, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and expert negotiation skills, with a focus on developing innovative contracting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of related contracting or healthcare operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct the evaluation, review, negotiations and ongoing management of product-specific contracts and amendments between health plan and vendors.
• Work with business development and providers to develop a strategy for developing new networks including plans to meet network access and unit cost objectives.
• Determine necessary resources to develop the network and assemble the appropriate team across all business functions.
• Complete development of budget in alignment with Centene network management and financial objectives.
• Support the new business launch in diverse markets while considering individual market circumstances, provider community, budgeting constraints and available resources.
• Lead the network development specialists during the implementation and development stages.
• Monitor performance, develop, and implement business solutions to address process and quality gaps.
• Communicate with senior management and other Centene leaders regarding network strategy and planning.
• Complete negotiations with complex and major provider contracts as needed to support network objectives

Skills

Provider contracting

Network development

Budgeting

Negotiations

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration or related field

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks a Senior Director of Network Development & Contracting to oversee contracting activities, network development, and optimization across multiple product lines. You will lead strategic contracting initiatives, collaborate with executives, and drive provider partnerships to support growth, affordability, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and expert negotiation skills, with a focus on developing innovative contracting