Assistant Vice President – Cost Containment, Employer Stop-Loss

Skyward Specialty Insurance

Assistant Vice President responsible for cost-containment strategy and execution in Skyward's employer stop-loss space. Leading vendor management and clinical risk mitigation efforts to deliver measurable savings.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the day-to-day execution of Skyward's cost-containment program across the stop-loss portfolio
Develop and refine cost-containment protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and playbooks
Monitor and evaluate cost-containment vendor performance
Assist the VP with vendor selection, due diligence, and contract evaluation
Track, quantify, and report cost-containment savings
Stay current on emerging cost drivers, treatment modalities, regulatory changes, and market trends
Provide senior-level clinical expertise on complex, high-cost, and sensitive claims
Build and maintain executive-level relationships with TPAs, producers, policyholders, and cost-containment vendors
Serve as a senior mentor and resource to Clinical Consultants
Identify opportunities to leverage data and analytics to improve cost-containment outcomes
Design and maintain SOPs, workflows, and documentation standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 years of progressive experience in cost containment, clinical risk management, or managed care within a broker, stop-loss, reinsurance, or carrier environment
Demonstrated expertise in stop-loss or reinsurance cost-containment program design, vendor management, and savings delivery
Management or leadership experience
Deep knowledge of cost-containment vendors, strategies, and market landscape
Strong understanding of employer stop-loss contracts, claim adjudication, and the TPA/broker/policyholder ecosystem
Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with brokers, TPAs, and vendors at a senior level
Bachelor's degree or commensurate professional experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and welfare benefits
Tuition and professional certification assistance
401k savings
Elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Child bonding leave
Other employee assistance

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Hard Skills & Tools

cost-containmentclinical risk managementvendor managementsavings deliverydata analyticscontract evaluationclaim adjudicationSOP developmentworkflow design

Soft Skills

leadershiprelationship buildingmentoringcommunication