Strategic Payer Partnerships Director

Neuro Skills, Inc.; Bakersfield (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuro Skills, Inc. in Bakersfield, CA seeks a Director of Payer Partnerships to lead and expand payer relationships across California commercial health plans.

The role drives account development, education meetings, and cross-functional collaboration to improve access and referrals for high-cost neuro cases. This full-time position requires at least five years in payer or provider relations, strong sales discipline, and the ability to translate clinical value into payer language.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in marketing or communications.
• Minimum of five years in payer relations, provider relations, network management, managed care, business development, admissions, or healthcare account management.
• Commercial health plan experience or direct payer-facing provider experience required.
• Experience with both provider and payer organizations preferred.
• Strong knowledge of authorizations, referrals, network status, provider directories, claims friction, and payer issue resolution.
• Sales/account development discipline, including follow-up cadence, contact mapping, opportunity tracking, and persuasive messaging.
• Ability to translate clinical value into payer language about cost savings and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Front-line payer relationship management: Builds and maintains relationships with Network Managers, Provider Relations reps, UM managers, case management leaders, provider data teams, delegated IPAs/MSOs, and regional plan contacts.
• Consultative sales and account development: Applies sales discipline to payer engagement, prospecting into relevant departments, messaging, CRM documentation, and referral tracking.
• Payer education and value positioning: Positions CNS as a solution for high-cost stroke, TBI, and complex neuro cases.
• Access and issue resolution: Identifies barriers and coordinates resolution with CNS owners.
• Cross-functional connection building: Creates direct working connections between payer contacts and CNS teams.
• Market intelligence and reporting: Captures payer feedback and reports actionable patterns to leadership.
• Increases qualified commercial referrals for stroke, TBI, and complex neuro cases from payer accounts.

Skills

Payer relations

Sales & account development

Consultative selling

Stakeholder mapping

CRM documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Healthcare market knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in marketing or communications

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Neuro Skills, Inc. in Bakersfield, CA seeks a Director of Payer Partnerships to lead and expand payer relationships across California commercial health plans.

The role drives account development, education meetings, and cross-functional collaboration to improve access and referrals for high-cost neuro cases. This full-time position requires at least five years in payer or provider relations, strong sales discipline, and the ability to translate clinical value into payer language.