[Hiring] Director, Clinical Systems Operations @Centene Corporation

Role Description

Oversee the development, implementation, and operation of medical management information systems and/or new technology solutions to meet Corporate, Health Plan, and Specialty business unit needs.

• This is a remote Director, Clinical Systems Operations (Pharmacy) opportunity supporting Eastern or Central business hours.
• The team will consist of 11 individuals, including 4 direct reports.
• Lead Clinical Systems for the Pharmacy team, coordinating 50+ clinical program and initiative workflows across various business rules.
• Oversee 10,000+ programmed communications to members, providers, and pharmacies, with an annual volume of more than 8 million.
• Manage systems that support direct clinical interactions with members and other clinical program activities.
• Provide business rules for clinical data informatics to identify populations and medication-related problems by linking eligibility, medical, and pharmacy claims data across large data sets.
• Manage program triage to pharmacists and technicians based on program type, language, and state board of pharmacy licensure rules.
• Oversee system documentation and enhancements, business cases and business requirements, regulatory programming and reporting requirements, software defects, new feature implementation, vendor activities, system integrations, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Partner closely with IT to support system and program needs.
• Desired experience includes prior direct ownership and management of clinical applications, clinical systems operations leadership, pharmacy or managed care operations, regulatory compliance and reporting, vendor management, healthcare technology platform management, workflow and process optimization, and cross-functional leadership.
• Oversee the development and functionality of clinical systems and programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness, including system design and requirements gathering.
• Provide direction and guidance to various business functions to ensure systems meet business expectations and alignment with standard solutions and processes.
• Evaluate systems and programs performance, recommend improvement opportunities and implement changes.
• Oversee the implementations of new clinical systems and upgrades and modifications of existing clinical systems.
• Oversee the investigation and resolutions of issues of all clinical systems.
• Able to travel up to 30% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Nursing, Computer Science, Business Administration, MIS or clinical related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of applications, project management, or implementation experience.
• Previous management experience including responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work and managing performance of staff.
• Prior ownership of clinical applications and clinical systems operations leadership, highly preferred.

Requirements

• Pay Range: $134,600.00 - $249,000.00 per year.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans.
• Tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays.
• 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.
• Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.
• Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.