Vice President, Enterprise Business Platforms, Membership Enrollment & Billing

Centene Management Company LLC; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene is seeking an experienced IT leader to oversee a department, drive hiring and staff development, and align budgets with strategic priorities. You will partner with senior leaders and suppliers to define roadmaps and ensure reliable enrollment, billing, and payment platforms.

The role emphasizes securing operational excellence and continuous improvement across the technology landscape. You will translate business needs into actionable technology investments, manage capacity and vendors,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years of diverse IT experience required.
• Previous experience managing staff, including hiring, training, managing workload and performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee department staff including hiring, performance management and career development.
• Develop budgets and priorities aligned with business goals and allocate resources accordingly.
• Coordinate with senior leaders and strategic suppliers to align IT plans with organizational strategy.
• Maintain operational reliability and compliance across enrollment, eligibility, billing and payment systems.
• Translate priorities into technology investments and measurable outcomes; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Team leadership

Budgeting

Staff management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

IT governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience

Job description

Position Purpose:

Oversee department staff including hiring, performance management and career development to ensure alignment with defined goals. Develop budgets and priorities, ensuring plans and resource allocations are consistent with those budgets and priorities. Coordinate for the plans and activities of the organization with senior leaders inside and outside IT, as well as strategic suppliers. Anticipate and analyze the needs of customers and recommend and develop priorities for feasibility studies, systems design, and implementation to develop new and modify the company’s information processing systems and policies and procedures. Maintain operational reliability, quality and compliance across enrollment, eligibility, billing and payment platforms. Create a credible target state, migration roadmap and decommissioning discipline for a fragmented platform landscape. Improve delivery predictability, engineering flow, quality, operational stability and continuous improvement. Translate product, operations and business priorities into technology investments and measurable outcomes. Apply emerging technology to engineering productivity, testing, incident resolution, knowledge management, operations or member experience. Manage investment choices, capacity, strategic suppliers and contingent workforce resources as one operating system. Apply process and business expertise to impact business results. Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience required. 10+ years of diverse IT experience required. Previous experience managing staff, including hiring, training, managing workload and performance. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Pay Range:

$171,900.00 - $326,900.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday. 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.

Centene is committed to helping people live healthier lives. We provide access to high-quality healthcare, innovative programs and a wide range of health solutions that help families and individuals get well, stay well and be well.