Sr Strategic Provider Relationship Analyst

NC Health Affiliates; United States; Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Parental leave and surrogacy/adoption

Tuition reimbursement and career dev.

401k match and annual company contrib.

Annual incentive bonus

Job summary

NC Health Affiliates seeks a Sr. Strategic Provider Relationship Analyst to lead and manage complex provider activities across regions, ensuring contractual compliance and enterprise strategy execution.

The role advances high-impact initiatives, serving as a subject-matter expert in provider engagements and driving data-driven performance improvements across hospitals, ASCs, and ancillary providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Advanced Degree where required
• 5+ Years of Experience in healthcare strategy
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary strategic liaison for high-value and complex provider organizations.
• Support the design and execution of a multi-year strategic plan for Network Management.
• Represent BCNC in critical stakeholder meetings and ensure contractual compliance.
• Support negotiations for statewide and high-impact providers.
• Direct complex, high-dollar issue resolution for hospitals, ASCs, and ancillary providers.
• Drive initiatives that reduce administrative cost and improve provider satisfaction.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on provider trends and innovations.
• Support enterprise provider education strategy.
• Support action plans to meet medical expense goals.
• Oversee analytics on provider agreements and performance.

Skills

Health Care

Healthcare Financial Management

Managed Care

Process Improvements

Provider Relations

Provider Services

Service Provider Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or Advanced degree

Job description

Job Description

The Sr. Strategic Provider Relationship Analyst is responsible for leading and managing complex strategic activities with professional, institutional, and ancillary providers across designated geographic regions. This role supports enterprise-level stakeholder strategy, oversees execution of multifaceted provider relationship initiatives, and ensures adherence to contractual agreements for all provider types and all BCNC products. It expands the base role by owning higher-impact initiatives and serving as a subject-matter expert in high visibility provider engagements.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Leadership & Advanced Relationship Management
  • Serve as the primary strategic liaison for high-value and complex provider organizations.
  • Support the design and execution of a multi-year strategic plan for Network Management.
  • Represent BCNC in critical stakeholder meetings and ensure contractual compliance.
• Advanced Contracting Support
  • Support negotiations for statewide and high-impact providers.
• Complex Issue Resolution & Operational Optimization
  • Direct complex, high-dollar issue resolution for hospitals, ASCs, and ancillary providers.
  • Drive initiatives that reduce administrative cost and improve provider satisfaction.
• Enterprise Provider Strategy & Innovation
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on provider trends and innovations.
  • Support enterprise provider education strategy.
• Data-Driven Performance & Medical Expense Management
  • Support action plans to meet medical expense goals.
  • Oversee analytics on provider agreements and performance.

What You Bring

• Bachelors or Advanced Degree where required
• 5+ Years of Experience in healthcare strategy
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years experience

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that’s deeply invested in the community
• Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs
• Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
• 401k match including an annual company contribution

Where You’ll Work

Our Hybrid-Flex approach is built on presence with a purpose – giving you flexibility to work remotely with intentional in-person connection – that supports a workplace that’s flexible, connected, and future focused. In a Hybrid-Flex role, you’ll work in the office at least two days a week for collaboration and connection. In a Remote-Flex role, you’ll work virtually, with a few in-office visits each year for meaningful moments that matter.

Whether your role is Hybrid-Flex or Remote-Flex depends on the nature of the work and distance from our Durham headquarters. We welcome candidates from outside the local area and in any states listed on this job posting. Onsite expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Salary Range

At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.

$66,998.00 - $107,197.00

Skills

Health Care, Healthcare Financial Management, Managed Care, Process Improvements, Provider Relations, Provider Services, Service Provider Management