[Hiring] Director, Cost Management @Trillium Health Resources

Role Description

The Director, Cost Management – Affordability is responsible for leading the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of enterprise affordability initiatives designed to improve healthcare value, manage cost trends, and support long-term financial sustainability. This position serves as a strategic partner across various departments to identify actionable trends, develop trend-bending solutions, evaluate financial impacts, and ensure successful implementation of affordability strategies.

On a typical day, you might:

• Identify opportunities to improve affordability through analysis of utilization, expenditure, reimbursement, and service delivery trends.
• Partner with operational and clinical leaders to identify root causes of cost growth and utilization variation.
• Develop financial assessments supporting affordability opportunities and strategic initiatives.
• Quantify projected savings, implementation costs, required resources, and expected return on investment.
• Communicate initiative progress, financial impacts, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience in a relevant healthcare environment.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must reside within the United States.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship for employment now or in the future.
• Preferred: Supervision of two (2) or more employees.
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Seven (7) years of experience in a relevant healthcare environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.

Requirements

• Experience in financial project management, healthcare data or trend analysis, healthcare economics, cost management, affordability management, financial project controls, payment integrity, and overseeing large-scale medical and behavioral healthcare expenditure targets and affordability initiatives.

Benefits

• Typical working hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm; flexible work schedules available for some positions with management approval.
• Work-from-home options available for most positions.
• Health Insurance with no premium for employee coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 24 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) plus 12 paid holidays in your first year.
• NC Local Government Retirement Pension (defined-benefit plan).
• 401k with 5% employer match and immediate vesting.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer.
• Quarterly stipend for remote work supplies.