• Own the full payer contracting lifecycle: Lead payer engagement from strategy and outreach through contract submission, negotiation, redlining, execution, renewals, and ongoing relationship management. • Expand national payer relationships: Leverage deep existing relationships to grow partnerships with commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid payers across multiple markets. • Lead payer strategy and reimbursement optimization: Design and execute payer strategies that align reimbursement models, operational workflows, and financial performance. • Support new market expansion: Drive payer contracting for new states and markets, working with local, regional, and national health plans. • Build scalable contracting infrastructure: Develop repeatable systems and processes across payer contracting, credentialing coordination, roster management, compliance, and performance tracking. • Cross-functional leadership: Partner with executive leadership, general managers, credentialing, revenue cycle, and operations teams to translate payer requirements into operational execution. • Serve as the internal payer authority: Advise leadership on payer policy, regulatory changes, reimbursement trends, and managed care best practices. • People leadership: Build, develop, and lead a high-performing payer contracting and managed care team as the organization scales.