
Executive Director – Medical Economics
Health Care Service Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • Montana • United States
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Salary
💰 $161,500 - $299,700 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead the development of our medical economics engine by setting program strategy, defining requirements for capability builds, and overseeing testing and delivery
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (executive leadership, Network, Healthcare Mgmt., etc.) to help define overall program strategy
- Own the business requirements and functional strategy for all components of the MEE platform, partnering with delivery (data, IT) teams to oversee feature prioritization, deployment, change mgmt., and user adoption
- Ensure MEE reporting and analytics effectively supports business needs
- Serve as a core leader for the Value Improvement task force – helping to identify and analyze key cost drivers in healthcare services and ensuring actionable insights are derived to reduce costs and improve value
- Gather, synthesize, and present timely and actionable insights on emerging trends, cost drivers, and outlier behaviors – enabling cross-functional leaders to make informed decisions on medical cost containment
- Act as the primary point of contact for cross-functional program leads (Healthcare Mgmt., Network, Payment Integrity, PMO, etc.) on medical cost trends and insights
- Assist in shortening timelines from opportunity identification to delivery of value improvement, and identify other opportunities to improve the VI process
- Direct, coach, and develop team members—from the Director to individual contributor levels
- Build the team to support development of additional capabilities (program strategy, AI-enabled insights, etc.)
- Foster a collaborative team environment, set goals, monitor performance, and support professional development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Actuarial Science, Healthcare Economics, or related field
- 12 years of experience in healthcare analytics, medical economics, or financial modeling analysis or 10 years of experience in healthcare analytics, medical economics, or financial modeling analysis with an advanced degree
- 7 years’ experience in a leadership capacity; ability to lead a team of internal subject matter experts and external strategic advisors
- Actuarial certification (FSA, etc.) preferred
- MBA, Master of Finance, Master of Medical Economics, or similar advanced degree preferred
- SQL skills or equivalent querying tools experience preferred
Benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- 401(k) savings plan
- Pension plan
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
healthcare analyticsmedical economicsfinancial modeling analysisSQLdata analysisreportinganalyticsprogram strategycapability buildschange management
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcoachingteam developmentgoal settingperformance monitoringcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem solvinginsight presentation
Certifications
Actuarial certificationFSAMBAMaster of FinanceMaster of Medical Economics