Vice President, Cardiology

Evolent; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare solutions company is seeking a Vice President (VP), Cardiovascular Medicine to lead their cardiovascular programs and improve clinical outcomes. This strategic role focuses on managing quality improvement and operations across their value-based care platform. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in driving innovation in cardiovascular care and be well-versed in health plan operations. The position is remote with some travel required.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance benefits

Flexible work-life balance

Autonomy in work

Qualifications

• Experience driving innovation in cardiovascular care to ensure quality and manage costs.
• Ability to engage and inspire teams around mission and impact.
• Experience in health plan operations or managed care desirable.
• Comfort and skill in leading significant organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Lead cardiology-related utilization management and clinical operations.
• Shape cardiovascular medicine programs.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between clinical teams and clients.
• Partner closely with Growth and Strategic Accounts teams.

Skills

Innovation in cardiovascular care

Engaging and inspiring teams

Leading national cardiovascular medicine programs

Health plan operations

Managing teams

Clinical operations experience

Clinical decision making

Leading organizational change

Creating presentations for stakeholders

Advocating for payment reform

Education

MD, DB board certification in cardiology

Active/unrestricted Medical License

Board Certified (ABMS or Specialty Board)

7+ years managing clinical/physician teams

5+ years clinical practice experience

Job description

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

What You’ll Be Doing

About the Role

The Vice President (VP), Cardiovascular Medicine is a key clinical executive responsible for leading cardiology- and vascular-related utilization management, quality improvement, and clinical operations across Evolent’s value-based care platform. This role ensures consistent, high-quality adjudication of cardiology decisions and serves as a strategic liaison between clinical teams and clients.

The VP will serve as a key strategic thought-partner in shaping Evolent’s cardiovascular medicine programs. The VP must be able to incorporate clinical, operational, and business inputs in designing and refining our programs to achieve healthcare value creation. In addition, the VP will be able to rapidly scale our cardiovascular programs across all current and future clients to drive Evolent’s business success.

The VP will also partner closely with Evolent’s Growth and Strategic Accounts teams for executive partnership with cardiovascular physician executives from all Evolent’s clients. Such relationships are expected to deepen Evolent’s business partnerships and provide key insights to evolve how we continue to deliver better clinical outcomes, provider experience, and client value.

Des i red Skill Set

• Experience driving innovation in cardiovascular care to ensure quality and manage costs

• Demonstrated ability to engage,inspireand galvanize teams around mission and impact with ability to operationalize and scale business-critical, clinical programs

• Ability to lead nationalcardiovascular medicineprograms with deep regulatoryexpertisein Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial

• Experience in health plan operations and/or managed care highly desirable

• 7+ years managing teams to drive performance across physician, nursing, and shared services teams

• 3+ yearsworking with clinical operations in a provider or health plan environment

• Supervision ofclinical reviewerstoensure consistentclinical decision making

• Comfort and skill in leading and managing significant and fast-paced organizational change and clinical integration

• Clinicalsubject matterexpertiseand credibility to serve as keythoughtpartnerto support Growth,Customer, and Performance Suite,andProductteams

• Proficiencycreating and leading presentations to key stakeholders inside and outside of the organization, including health plan executives, investors, physiciangroupsand trade associations

• Authentic voice used to center patient and provider experience internally and externally

• Growth mindset willing to test new interventions alongside other teamsas well as current and future clients

• Ability to work within national coalitions to effectively advocate for payment reform,qualityand health equity at CMS/CMMI, within professional organizations and guilds, and across health plan partners.

Experience we look for:

• MD, DOboard certification incardiology

• Active/unrestricted Medical License in one or more states

• Board Certified (ABMS or Specialty Board)

• 7+ years managing clinical/physician teams

• 5+ clinical practice experience

• Skilled communicator with executive presence and stakeholder engagement experience

• Positionis remote with 20% travel expected.

To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.

Technical Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.

Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [e-mail] for further assistance.

The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $-. This position is also eligible for a bonus component that would be dependent on pre-defined performance factors. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.

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