Strategic Healthcare Partnerships Manager

Goodwill Talent Solutions; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill Talent Solutions seeks an experienced Business Development Manager to drive growth for Texas-based health information exchange initiatives. You will cultivate strategic relationships with providers, hospitals, and social service partners while promoting interoperability and population health solutions.

You will lead outreach, manage a robust pipeline, and coordinate with clinical, analytics, and leadership teams to deliver data-driven care improvements across the state.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in healthcare business development, healthcare technology, provider relations, account management, health information exchange, healthcare consulting, or a related field.
• Healthcare industry experience with providers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, public health organizations, or community-based organizations.
• Experience with EHR systems; Epic experience strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (required).
• Experience with CRM platforms (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Identify and cultivate new business opportunities throughout Texas.
• Build relationships with healthcare executives, provider organizations, hospitals, health systems, health plans, public health agencies, and community-based organizations.
• Develop relationships with social service organizations, local government agencies, and community partners participating in CIE initiatives.
• Represent the organization at conferences, industry events, stakeholder meetings, and networking opportunities.
• Develop and execute outreach strategies that support growth objectives.
• Maintain an active pipeline of prospective participants and strategic partnerships.
• Support the expansion of HIE and CIE networks across the state.
• Conduct consultative discussions to understand organizational goals, operational challenges, and data-sharing needs.
• Educate prospective participants on HIE, CIE, analytics, care coordination, quality improvement, risk adjustment, and population health solutions.
• Consult with organizations seeking to improve coordination between healthcare and community-based services.
• Help organizations identify opportunities to address health-related social needs through community resource connectivity and referral networks.
• Develop proposals, presentations, and business cases tailored to participant needs.
• Collaborate with internal teams to align solutions with organizational objectives.
• Guide organizations through evaluation, contracting, onboarding, and implementation.
• Maintain strong relationships with prospective and existing participants.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for strategic growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with operational, technical, analytics, and leadership teams to support participant success.
• Identify opportunities to expand utilization of services and programs.
• Support participant retention and long-term engagement.
• Address participant concerns and coordinate internal resources to achieve successful outcomes.
• Promote solutions that improve interoperability, care coordination, quality performance, risk adjustment, public health reporting, and community resource connectivity.
• Support initiatives that strengthen collaboration between healthcare providers, health plans, public health entities, and community organizations.
• Collaborate with internal teams to advance whole-person care initiatives that address both clinical and social needs.
• Monitor healthcare, social care, interoperability, and regulatory trends to identify emerging opportunities.
• Participate in special projects, market research initiatives, and stakeholder workgroups.
• Recommend strategies that improve participant engagement and expand the impact of services

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Presentation skills

Tools

Epic EHR

CRM platforms

Microsoft 365

Job description

Goodwill Talent Solutions seeks an experienced Business Development Manager to drive growth for Texas-based health information exchange initiatives. You will cultivate strategic relationships with providers, hospitals, and social service partners while promoting interoperability and population health solutions.

You will lead outreach, manage a robust pipeline, and coordinate with clinical, analytics, and leadership teams to deliver data-driven care improvements across the state.