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Client Performance & Experience Senior Director

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Job Summary
The Sr. Director, Client Performance and Experience has relationships with Regional/Market or Independent client leadership, Conifer Client Delivery leadership and operations leadership. Serves as the primary contact for Conifer Client Delivery assisting with presenting client performance opportunities and action plans to improve deficiencies. The Sr. Director, Client Performance and Experience serves as the strategic leader providing business insight on all aspects of operations and integrates performance amongst the operational units for assigned client locations. Responsibilities include serving as the liaison between operations and the client, providing strategic leadership to the regional client service leaders, ensuring SLAs and performance expectations are met in collaboration with operations and ensuring projects and initiatives are moving along as intended. This is a key leadership role, with high visibility and impact on the client, internal stakeholders and the overall operational performance of the organization.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to Leaders and connects varying services lines to ensure Client's strategic objectives are met along with performance Metrics (SLAs and OSLs).
• Consults with appropriate key stakeholders to identify issues related to performance and works with Conifer leadership to develop and then manage appropriate outcomes.
• Strategizes with Leadership and Conifer Client Delivery to proactively assist in improved performance and problem avoidance, including the deployment of necessary Conifer resources.
• Works collaboratively with Conifer Client Delivery to provide value to customers (both internal and external) through business/industry insight and innovation.
• Ensures seamless delivery of Conifer's solutions and services to attain revenue goals; monitors and ensures projects meet process metrics and client satisfaction.
• Oversee client deliverables in partnership with both internal and external business relationships. Consults with appropriate key stakeholders when issues arise, develops and communicates action plans and provides ongoing updates to all appropriate parties.
• Ongoing Client Leadership and Remediation (Issue Resolution). Identifies performance degradation and coordinate with Conifer Client Delivery and Executive Leadership, and the Conifer operational colleagues to ensure a mitigation plan has been implemented for the client.
• Develops and implements action plans to address and improve deficiencies in process and performance as identified.
• Reports on performance to client leadership and regularly quantifies the benefit/accomplishments Conifer has delivered.
• Collaborates with on-site resources in service delivery and problem solving to maximize solution offering and client satisfaction.
• Assists with providing comprehensive, succinct updates to Conifer Leadership to drive awareness of any Client support requirements and/or risks that could impact service delivery.
• Position coordinates with Conifer Client Management Leader.
• Oversight and Management of any new Change Control Notices for specified clients. If necessary, Client assigned designee presentations and assist with contract amendments as necessary.

Supervisory ResponsibilitiesThis position carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with guidelines, policies and procedures and applicable laws. Supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Direct Reports (titles) N/A
• Indirect Reports (titles) Varies by Client

Knowledge, Skills, AbilitiesTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires an understanding of systems and processes that impact revenue cycle performance and capabilities.
• Central point of contact between CRI service lines and the client regarding performance.
• Possesses the ability to build trusting relationships with Client Executives at all levels.
• Possesses analytical ability sufficient to work in a data-heavy environment and to identify trends in the data.
• Possess business acumen with an emphasis on effective communication (i.e., listening, written and verbal), negotiation, influencing decision makers, business planning, strategy, problem solving, decision making and time management skills.
• Understanding of the market, trends, competition, and key pain points for hospital executives.
• Intermediate MS Office required (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to act effectively in consultant role
• Advanced knowledge of Revenue Cycle especially Mid-Revenue Cycle procedures, practices, and ability to provide value added subject matter expertise.
• Ability to act as communication liaison and develop multiple consecutive projects between varying constituents.
• Ability to manage a team of consultants.

Education / ExperienceInclude minimum education, technical training, and/or experience preferred to perform the job.

• Demonstrated experience of the entire acute care hospital revenue cycle processes is required.
• Successful experience leading in matrixed environment.
• Understanding of the market, trends, competition, and key pain points for hospital executives.
• Proven success in project management roles to include developing and implementing business initiatives, change management, and bringing together disparate team members to successfully deliver client solutions.
• 4-year college degree in business administration, finance or health administration or equivalent experience.
• 8 – 10 years of experience and excellent working knowledge of patient financial service operations with specific focus on Inpatient and Outpatient Managed Care and Commercial payers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Some travel required (25%).

WORK ENVIRONMENTThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular office environment as well as hospitals, medical centers, etc.

As a part of the Tenet and Catholic Health Initiatives family, Conifer Health brings 30 years of healthcare industry expertise to clients in more than 135 local regions nationwide. We help our clients strengthen their financial and clinical performance, serve their communities, and succeed at the business of healthcare. Conifer Health helps organizations transition from volume to value-based care, enhance the consumer and patient healthcare experience and improve quality, cost and access to healthcare. Are you ready to be part of our solutions? Welcome to the company that gives you the resources and incentives to redefine healthcare services, with a competitive benefits package and leadership to take your career to the next step!

CompensationCompensation and Benefit Information

• Pay: $133,598.00 - $200,408.00 annually. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience.
• Position may be eligible for an Annual Incentive Plan bonus of 10%-25% depending on role level.
• Management level positions may be eligible for sign-on and relocation bonuses.

BenefitsConifer offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and business travel insurance.
• Management time off (vacation & sick leave) – min of 12 days per year, accrued at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
• 401k with up to 6% employer match.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts.
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program.
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
• For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

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