Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life’s best work.(sm)

The Business Development Contract Manager builds a Primary Care Provider (PCP) network yielding a geographically competitive, stable network that achieves objectives for both executive and market growth goals. The Business Development Contract Manager evaluates and negotiates contracts in compliance with company contract templates, reimbursement structure standards, and other key process controls. Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining solid business relationships with healthcare providers, and the implementation of regional contracted growth goals working in a matrixed environment. This position will work closely with senior market leadership across multiple departments in additional to visibility and report out requirements to the regional executive leadership team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own an end to end contracting process including, but not limited to, using available technology to create contracts, negotiate financial and contract terms, and implement final contract
• Develop and implement detailed, and concise negotiation strategy and plans to yield desired outcome of the organization
• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key external and internal partners
• Identify and resolve technical, operational and organizational problems outside own team
• Product, service or process decisions are most likely to impact entire functions and/or customer accounts (internal or external)
• Effectively interact and collaborate with designated individuals for each line of business and matrix partners across the market and region
• Create and present periodic production and status updates to senior and executive leadership
• Duties as otherwise assigned
  

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience or knowledge of managed care / health insurance
• Experience in contributing to and / utilizing financial modeling or data analytics
• Ability to travel up to 85% as needed for business
• Ability to work early mornings, and occasional evenings and weekends, as required by the needs of the business
• Ability to work onsite in an office environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Network Management or Provider Contracting / Provider Relations
• Experience with healthcare provider contracting and/or negotiations experience
  

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

WellMed was founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Through the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about them. We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.