Vice President of Business Optimization

Datavant is a data platform company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-friendly team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs.

The Vice President of Business Optimization is a senior position within Datavant’s Provider Services organization that focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of a company's operations, processes, and strategies to drive business growth and profitability.  The Vice President of Business Optimization will be required to manage BPO partner relationships to ensure we have the highest quality talent at the lowest cost, perform cross-departmental collaboration with our product team to build enhancements for the purpose of productivity and quality improvements, and focus on strategic planning to align our operations with the overall company goals.

Duties and responsibilities

• BPO Leadership
  • Oversee and manage the end-to-end processes involved in the business process outsourcing operations for our Provider team which includes both the transitioning of work and maintaining high-quality, high-reliability, low-cost ongoing operations.
  • Define the interface with our outsourcing partners: ensure that the outsourcing partners and internal teams work efficiently and effectively to meet business objectives and deliver high-quality services.
  • Identify outsourcing opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service delivery.
  • Ensure continuous improvement in outsourced processes and implement best practices.
• Optimization of Operations
  • Work with product and operations leaders to identify process inefficiencies and program manage improvements to achieve operational targets, enhance service delivery and drive financial results.
  • Partner with training and development teams to implement plans that will close the gap on staff training needs and reduce quality issues to achieve KPI’s.
  • Own the development and implementation of new service standards, procedures, and policies.
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting
• Define KPI metrics that are critical to overall performance
• Track, analyze, and report on key performance metrics to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaborate with the Business Intelligence team on operational performance, issues, and risks, and present them to senior management.
• Take corrective actions as needed to resolve performance gaps or issues with vendors.
• Customer Feedback Management:
  • Work with commercial to co-design NPS surveys to ensure they yield valuable operational insight.
  • Then monitor and analyze customer feedback (NPS) to identify patterns that require corrective action.
  • Engage with frontline employees to share insights and suggestions based on analytics and customer feedback.
• Training and Education:
  • Ensure seamless service delivery and consistent customer experiences are embedded in our training and education programs.
  • Assist our Training team in the creation of training programs to improve service quality, compliance, and focusing on customer interaction skills.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant operations experience, healthcare industry experience preferred
• Demonstrated business acumen
• Strong analytical skills
• Presentation experience for senior/executive management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges for this position are developed with the support of benchmarks and industry best practices. 

We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact. The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job. The estimated salary range for this role is $197,000-$246,000 plus applicable bonus.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your responses will be anonymous and used to help us identify areas of improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual responses. In fact, we aren’t even able to see if you’ve responded or not.) Responding is your choice and it will not be used in any way in our hiring process.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.