Centene Corporation

Transforming the health of the communities we serve, one person at a time.

Director, Process Improvement

OperationsOperationsFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1984H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Arizona + 3 moreAll locations: Arizona, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas

Posted

31 days ago

Salary

$118.4K - $219K / year

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional process improvement initiatives from problem definition through implementation and sustainment. • Prioritize and lead process improvement activities across the enterprise in support of all departments and functional areas. • Facilitate workshops and working sessions including process mapping, root cause analysis, future-state design, and prioritization exercises. • Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to improve operational performance, reduce variation, and eliminate waste. • Partner with senior leaders to identify high-impact improvement opportunities aligned to strategic objectives. • Translate complex operational challenges into structured improvement roadmaps with clear milestones and success metrics. • Leverage data and analytics to quantify problems, validate root causes, and track benefits realization. • Develop business cases and executive-level presentations to communicate insights, recommendations, and outcomes. • Coach and mentor business partners and junior team members on continuous improvement tools and ways of working. • Provide training and guidance to project teams and functional areas to assist with the implementation and maintenance of process improvement activities. • Collaborate with Technology, Product, Compliance, and Operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and sustainable. • Support the development of standard work, governance models, and performance management routines to embed improvements. • Evaluate completed process improvement projects to identify and implement best practices and lessons learned. • Provide leadership and oversight of the business unit's implementation processes; managing company adherence to standard implementation processes. • Manage business and program implementations to meet budget, timeline, and contractual requirements. • Maintain standard business implementation organizational structures, team structures, work breakdown structures, work planning, issue logs, decision logs, change control and executive reports. • Provide input on operating models, including standard corporate functional and information system models, performance metrics, expected outcomes and plan impacts. • Coordinate cross-functional tasks between various internal and external areas to ensure successful project outcomes. • Communicate project status to all internal and external stakeholders.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, related field, or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of process optimization, process improvement, or project management experience
  • Experience with Six Sigma/LEAN methodologies
  • Knowledge of process mapping, process design, and workflow management software and applications
  • Six Sigma/LEAN Certification preferred.

Benefits

  • competitive pay
  • health insurance
  • 401K and stock purchase plans
  • tuition reimbursement
  • paid time off plus holidays
  • flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules

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