
Director – Scope Management
Evolent
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead Evolent’s Scope Management Transformation, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and execution across implementations, scope changes, and business operations.
- Drive enterprise‑level change by translating strategy into executable roadmaps that improve decision speed, consistency, and quality.
- Provide end‑to‑end leadership for complex, cross‑functional initiatives, including new market and product implementations and large‑scale scope changes.
- Own delivery from planning through execution, actively managing risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs while driving timely decisions in ambiguous and high‑stakes environments.
- Ensure scope decisions are clearly documented, operationalized, and embedded into downstream systems, workflows, and operating models.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership on scope strategy, priorities, and long‑term capability building.
- Partner closely with leaders across Clinical, Product, Finance, Performance, Technology, Implementation, and Strategic Accounts to align scope decisions with clinical, financial, and operational objectives.
- Lead and support formal scope governance and change forums, enabling structured, rules‑based decisioning and clear cross‑functional accountability.
- Establish and reinforce standardized approval criteria and decision frameworks to reduce rework, escalation, and variability in outcomes.
- Oversee scope activities tied to new client, market, or line‑of‑business implementations, ensuring alignment from decision through execution.
- Drive cross‑functional clarity by ensuring scope changes are translated into actionable operational requirements and consistently applied across teams and platforms.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Scope Management leaders and team members, fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Monitor operational health, backlog, and delivery performance, ensuring work is prioritized against enterprise impact.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and quality through process standardization, documentation, and enablement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare, nursing, public health, healthcare informatics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in program or project management, operations, or business leadership within a healthcare environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading large, cross‑functional initiatives that drive transformation, change, and measurable outcomes.
- Strong foundational project management skills, including planning, risk management, dependency management, and execution.
- Proven ability to influence and drive decisions across clinical, technical, financial, and operational teams.
- Deep understanding of healthcare operations, including utilization management, prior authorization, managed care, or health plan operations.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level storytelling and presentation capabilities.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity with the ability to create structure, clarity, and momentum.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MSN, or similar).
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
- Experience with scope definition, medical coding (CPT, HCPCS, ICD‑10), or clinical policy operations.
- Familiarity with national payer workflows, regulatory considerations, and value‑based care models.
- Experience in a technology‑enabled healthcare services organization.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience.
Benefits
- health insurance benefits
- comprehensive benefits to qualifying employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementproject managementrisk managementdependency managementscope definitionmedical codingCPTHCPCSICD-10continuous improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencedecision makingstorytellingpresentation skillsaccountabilityownershipadaptabilitymentoring
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)MBAMPHMSN