Role Description
Innovaccer is seeking a Senior Director, Medical Management with deep experience in utilization management, prior authorization, and care coordination workflows to help shape the next generation of AI-enabled healthcare products.
Working within the Clinical Innovation team, this leader will partner with product, analytics, and AI teams to design and operationalize solutions that automate administrative processes, improve clinical decision support, and streamline payer–provider workflows.
The role will bring real-world nursing and utilization management expertise into product development to ensure that Innovaccer’s solutions reflect the needs of nurses, care managers, and utilization review teams across health systems and health plans.
A Day in the Life
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Product & Workflow Innovation:
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Serve as the primary clinical operations expert for solutions addressing utilization management, prior authorization, and related workflows.
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Translate real-world nursing and utilization review workflows into scalable digital product capabilities.
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Partner with product managers to define requirements, user stories, and workflow designs.
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AI & Automation Enablement:
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Collaborate with data science and AI teams to identify opportunities for automation in utilization review, documentation review, and clinical decision support.
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Help design AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual administrative work for nurses and care management teams.
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Clinical Validation & Usability:
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Ensure product capabilities align with actual nursing workflows and regulatory expectations.
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Participate in product testing, workflow simulations, and usability validation.
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Customer Insight & Implementation:
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Provide subject matter expertise during product pilots and early implementations.
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Help Innovaccer understand how solutions will be used by nurses, utilization review teams, and care managers in provider and payer organizations.
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Innovation Leadership:
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Work closely with the Chief Innovation Officer to identify opportunities for new clinical workflow products.
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Help shape the clinical strategy for automation across administrative and clinical operations.
Qualifications
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Registered Nurse (RN), BSN required; MSN or advanced clinical informatics training preferred
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5–10+ years of experience in utilization management, care management, or prior authorization operations
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Experience in health systems, health plans, or delegated risk organizations
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Familiarity with clinical documentation review, medical necessity criteria, and utilization review processes
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Exposure to health IT, analytics platforms, or AI-enabled healthcare solutions strongly preferred
Benefits
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Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and relax with 20 days of fixed time off per year, in addition to company holidays—because we believe work-life balance fuels performance.
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Best-in-Class Parental Leave: Spend quality time with your growing family. We offer one of the industry’s most generous parental leave policies to support you during life’s most important moments.
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Recognition & Rewards: We celebrate wins—big and small. Get rewarded with monetary incentives and company-wide recognition for your impact and dedication. Your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
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Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: Stay covered with medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance. Optional perks include discounted legal aid and pet insurance.