Contract Negotiator V

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🕒 September 3

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $107.7k - $199.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

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Centene Corporation

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🛡️ Insurance

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Insurance • Consulting • Healthcare

Centene Corporation is a leading provider of government-sponsored healthcare services, specializing in delivering affordable and high-quality healthcare solutions. For over 40 years, Centene has focused on transforming the health of communities by expanding access to Medicaid, Medicare, and Health Insurance Marketplace services, as well as serving military communities through the TRICARE program. As the largest Medicaid managed care organization and a key participant in the Marketplace, Centene emphasizes localized healthcare delivery combined with strong partnerships with nonprofit organizations to meet the unique needs of its members. Centene is also committed to corporate sustainability and social responsibility, prioritizing environmental stewardship and ethical governance to enhance the well-being of the communities it serves.

📋 Description

• Identify, negotiate and manage high performing provider and vendor partnerships • Lead complex provider negotiations • Strengthen strategic partnerships • Support affordability and network adequacy goals • Serve as a senior contracting expert • Negotiate vendor or provider contracts and manage implementations and ongoing relationships • Perform market research and analysis • Define, initiate and direct financial analyses and operational reporting for assigned vendor and provider agreements • Lead, manage and track ongoing financial and operational success of designated partnerships • Develop and initiate corrective action plans or agreement modifications when necessary • Coordinate with local health plans and applicable internal teams • Lead meetings with health plans and corporate teams, including executive management, to review agreement performance data, scorecards and partnership strategy

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance or related field or equivalent experience • 8+ years of vendor and/or provider contract negotiations, contract analysis and/or modeling experience in health care or similar industry • Experience negotiating contracts with successful outcomes and measurable financial results • Experience presenting and communicating negotiation strategies and results at senior levels • Experience with health care provider negotiations for pharmacy benefit management or managed care preferred • Candidate preferred to live in Texas

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • Health insurance • 401K plan • Stock purchase plans • Tuition reimbursement • Paid time off plus holidays • Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules • Additional forms of incentives may be included in total compensation