Senior Process Improvement Manager

Centene Corporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Holidays

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking a Process Improvement Leader to identify and drive enterprise-wide Lean/Six Sigma initiatives across healthcare operations. You will partner with senior leaders to design and improve processes that support performance at scale.

You will lead cross-functional teams, monitor ROI, and provide guidance and training to ensure sustained improvements. A flexible work approach with remote, hybrid, field or office schedules is noted in the benefits framework.

Qualifications

• Experience with LEAN/Six Sigma methodologies in enterprise settings.
• Ability to engage cross-functional teams to drive improvements.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder partnership skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and execute process improvement opportunities using LEAN/Six Sigma.
• Prioritize and lead enterprise-wide improvements across departments.
• Monitor projects and ensure deadlines, ROI, and alignment with targets.
• Consult with senior leadership and provide analysis on performance topics.
• Provide training and guidance to project teams on process improvement.
• Negotiate with stakeholders to secure resources and report progress.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Job description

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT

Position Purpose: Identify, facilitate and lead enterprise wide process improvement activities utilizing LEAN/Six Sigma methodologies to design and improve processes that support business infrastructure and performance.

• Identify, develop, and execute process improvement opportunities utilizing continuous improvement principles and LEAN/Six Sigma methodologies

• Prioritize and lead process improvement activities across the enterprise in support of all departments and functional areas

• Monitor process improvement projects and facilitate cross functional process improvement project teams ensuring deadlines and objective are met and return on investment is realized

• Consult with senior leadership and provide analysis and advice on a variety of performance and process related topics

• Provide training and guidance to project teams and functional areas to assist with the implementation and maintenance of process improvement activities

• Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify resources, mitigate risks, resolve issues and provide key performance indicators and project status

• Identify, communicate, and correct gaps in process performance and provide guidance to address these gaps

• Evaluate completed process improvement projects to identify and implement best practices and lessons learned

_ Highly preferred that candidate possess experience in the following: _

• Experience leading hands-on workflow redesign, process improvement, or operating model transformation in complex healthcare or business environments.

• Ability to assess current-state operations, identify root causes, and translate findings into practical future-state solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to standardize and scale pilots, local processes, or improvement concepts into measurable operating models.

• Strong facilitation and stakeholder partnership skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority in matrixed environments.

• Experience defining success measures, supporting adoption, monitoring performance, and validating sustained operational, quality, or financial improvement.

• Highly preferred that candidate has background in either Utilization Management _ OR _ Case Management.

Pay Range: $87,700.00 - $157,800.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual’s skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act