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Role Description

The Senior Vice President of Payer Contracting is an executive leader responsible for setting and executing the enterprise-wide vision, strategy, and governance for payer contracting across all markets and lines of business. This role owns the long-term payer strategy that drives sustainable revenue growth, optimizes reimbursement performance, and advances pharmacy as a strategic asset for health systems and clients.

The SVP provides executive oversight of all payer relationships, including:

• Commercial health plans
• PBMs
• Specialty networks
• TPAs
• Government payers

This leader translates complex payer and regulatory dynamics into actionable strategies that shape organizational priorities, client offerings, and market positioning.

Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, the Senior Vice President partners closely with:

• Executive leadership
• Clients
• Payers
• Internal consulting teams

The SVP leads senior contracting leaders, mentors emerging executives, and ensures alignment between payer strategy, financial performance, and organizational growth objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Economics, or related field (Required)
• Master’s Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or related discipline (Preferred)
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of progressive experience in payer contracting, managed care strategy, healthcare finance, or reimbursement leadership (Required)
• Prior executive-level leadership overseeing payer strategy, contracting teams, or enterprise reimbursement initiatives (Preferred)
• Advanced payer contracting or managed care certifications (Preferred)

Requirements

• Deep, enterprise-level expertise in payer reimbursement methodologies across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid markets
• Proven executive negotiation experience with complex, high-value payer and network agreements
• Advanced financial, actuarial, and economic modeling acumen
• Strong understanding of healthcare policy, regulatory trends, and payer market evolution
• Executive presence with exceptional communication, influence, and relationship-management skills
• Ability to lead senior leaders and drive alignment in a highly matrixed environment
• Strategic, forward-looking mindset with strong ownership and accountability

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits for this full-time salaried role

Equal Opportunity Statement

Visante is an equal opportunity employer. Visante’s people are its greatest asset and provide the resources that have made the company what it is today. Visante is, therefore, committed to maintaining an environment free of discrimination, harassment, and violence. This means there can be no deference because of age, religion or creed, gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.