Senior Category Manager

Our client, a nationally recognized and award-winning company in the health insurance vertical, has a contract opening for a Senior Category Manager. They have over 4 million customers and 5,000+ employees dedicated to?providing innovative solutions that simplify the healthcare system, improve efficiency and outcomes while reducing costs.

Location: ** While the position is Remote, work from home, you must reside in North Carolina or one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required). In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field
• 5+ years of experience in related field
• Healthcare Payor Experience a must.

What You Will Be Doing

• Requires familiarity with healthcare services pricing models and healthcare operations.
• Conducts sourcing events for the category, including gathering business requirements, building the project work plan, administering the distribution and collection of bid documents, leading internal discussions and external vendor communications.
• Responsible for leading the commercial terms negotiations with Vendors and preparing assorted contract documents including SOWs and Change Orders.
• Evaluates contract terms and conditions across multiple contract types including MSA, SaaS, SOWs for acceptance.
• Responsible for Vendor onboarding through coordination with multiple subject-matter experts including security, IT, finance and legal.
• Works well among a team of cross-functional leads.
• Proactively establishes and foster successful, positive working relationships with internal stakeholders and vendor personnel.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date reports of in-process work.
• Develop new procedures, training, initiatives, specifications and recommendations for process or policy changes and improvements, as appropriate.
• Detail oriented and milestone driven.

****To be eligible to contract at this client you must be able to pass a drug test and criminal background check

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.