[Hiring] Manager Physician Compensation @Tufts Medicine

Role Description

This position serves as the primary resource for physician compensation strategy, plan design, administration, analytics, benchmarking, governance, and regulatory support across Tufts Medicine's employed physician enterprise. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance, Tufts Medicine Medical Group (TMMG), and working in close collaboration with the Tufts Medicine Total Rewards team, this position partners with physician leadership, human resources, finance, operations, legal, compliance, and external valuation consultants to ensure physician compensation programs support organizational objectives while maintaining market competitiveness, physician alignment, regulatory compliance, and financial sustainability.

This role is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, evaluation, and ongoing refinement of physician compensation plans for all employed physicians across Tufts Medicine, including both academic and community physician groups. The position provides strategic consultation and data-driven recommendations regarding:

• Compensation methodologies
• Physician productivity
• Benchmark data
• Market competitiveness
• Recruitment compensation packages
• Incentive design
• Emerging physician compensation trends

This position develops and presents physician compensation recommendations to the TMMG Compensation Committee and other governance bodies. Success in this role requires:

• Extensive physician compensation expertise
• Advanced financial modeling capabilities
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to translate complex operational, financial, and benchmark data into actionable business recommendations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, Human Resources, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Seven (7) years of progressive experience in physician compensation, provider compensation consulting, healthcare finance, provider analytics, or a closely related healthcare compensation role.
• Experience designing, implementing, administering, and evaluating physician compensation plans.
• Experience utilizing physician compensation benchmark surveys including MGMA, AMGA, SullivanCotter, AAMC, and/or comparable market data sources.
• Experience presenting compensation analyses and recommendations to physician leadership, executive leadership, and senior organizational stakeholders.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Economics, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Certified Provider Compensation Professional (CPCV) or other relevant compensation certification.
• Experience working within an academic medical center, faculty practice plan, integrated health system, or large multi-specialty physician organization.
• Experience supporting Fair Market Value (FMV) and Commercial Reasonableness reviews through external valuation consultants.
• Experience with Workday and healthcare financial, operational, and reporting systems.
• Previous experience leading compensation-related projects, initiatives, or teams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports health, financial security, and career growth.
• Fair, competitive pay designed to attract, retain, and motivate highly talented individuals.

Physical Requirements

• Work environment is a professional office environment with typical office requirements such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
• This is largely a sedentary role, which involves sitting most of the time, but may involve movements such as walking, standing, reaching, ascending/descending stairs, and operating office equipment.
• Frequently required to speak, hear, communicate, and exchange information.
• Able to see and read computer displays, read fine print, and/or normal type size print and distinguish letters, numbers, and symbols.
• Ability to work in confined or open environments.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment.

Skills & Abilities

• Deep knowledge of physician compensation methodologies, including wRVU-based, productivity-based, salary-based, hybrid, quality-based, and value-based compensation models.
• Expert understanding of physician compensation benchmark data and demonstrated ability to translate survey information into practical business recommendations.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, timelines, and stakeholder groups simultaneously.
• Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, and consultation skills.
• Ability to explain complex compensation concepts to physicians, executives, and administrative leaders.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, relationship management, and influencing skills.
• Ability to synthesize large volumes of financial, operational, productivity, and benchmark data into actionable recommendations.
• Working knowledge of Fair Market Value (FMV) and Commercial Reasonableness principles as applied to physician compensation arrangements.
• Ability to manage highly confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Self-starter capable of working independently while maintaining strong stakeholder engagement across a complex health system environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to professionalism, accountability, collaboration, and customer service.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, data manipulation, and complex reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise with physician productivity and compensation methodologies, including wRVU-based compensation models, quality incentive programs, value-based compensation components, and other physician incentive structures.

Pay Range

$122,301.82 - $155,933.24 based on full-time equivalent.