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Overview

As the largest and leading value-based kidney care company, Somatus is empowering patients across the country living with chronic kidney disease to experience more days out of the hospital and healthier at home.

It takes a village of passionate and tenacious innovators to revolutionize an industry and support individuals living with a chronic disease to fulfill our purpose of creating More Lives, Better Lived. Does this sound like you?

Showing Up Somatus Strong

We foster an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration and innovation at every level. Our values bring our mission to life and serve as the DNA for every decision we make:

+ **Authenticity:** We believe in real dialogue. In any interaction, with patients, partners, vendors, or our teammates, we are true to who we are, say what we mean, and mean what we say.

+ **Collaboration:** We appreciate what every person at Somatus brings to the table and believe that together we can do and achieve more.

+ **Empowerment:** We make sure every voice gets heard and all ideas are considered, especially when it comes to our patients’ lives or our partners’ best interests.

+ **Innovation:** We relentlessly look for ways to improve upon the status quo to continuously deliver new solutions.

+ **Tenacity:** We see challenges as opportunities for growth and improvement — especially when new solutions will make a difference for our patients and partners.

Showing Up for You

We offer more than 25 Health, Growth, and Wealth Work Perks to help teammates learn, grow, and be the best version of themselves, including:

+ Subsidized, personal healthcare coverage (medical, dental vision)

+ Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)

+ Professional Development, CEU, and Tuition Reimbursement

+ Curated Wellness Benefits supporting teammates physical and mental well-being

+ Community engagement opportunities

+ And more!

The Vice President of Population Health oversees enterprise-wide operational execution and transformation; aligns operations with corporate strategic priorities and client trends. The VP is responsible for creating organizational strategy for care management programs to reduce the total cost of care for the CKD/ESRD population. The VP plays a critical role in client relationships; drives integration with various clients and fosters relationships with counterparts that lead to program and P&L growth.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Oversees enterprise operational strategy, ensures operations, processes and systems are flexible and adaptable to meet client needs, organizational goals, and industry demands.

+ Champions enterprise-wide process modernization; continuous improvement strategies, drives scalability. Guides other departments with resource focus/allocation to enable operations success.

+ Shapes long-term organizational strategy; drives innovation in care model design, client differentiation of care models.

+ Leads program innovation roadmap; collaborates across departments to evaluate strategy and success of care model and influences decisions in model changes based on financial and clinical outcomes.

+ Oversee the development and practice implementation of population health initiatives and continue to optimize as needed to achieve the desired outcomes.

+ Accountable for total client portfolio financial performance; leads risk optimization and payer/provider contract strategies.

+ Provides input on contract financial modeling and proposals. Helps set contractual terms and targets, provides expertise on care model changes to meet client demands.

+ Develops executive-level relationships with clients, supports team in building client strategy; drives external engagement and reputation.

+ Influences client and organizational strategy through data-driven insights; owns roadmap for new care model changes.

+ Coaches and mentors Directors, Senior Directors and AVP’s in setting strategy to meet KPI targets and path to achievement and establishes best practices related to initiatives to determine short-term and long-term success measures.

+ Leads cross-functional teams in performance improvement and profitability strategy.

+ Conduct research and interviews to identify best practices and develop a deep understanding of how others are addressing related problems.

+ Stay at the forefront of value-based care to gain innovative ideas and approaches.

+ Perform all other duties and special projects as needed to support the overarching goals of the population health team.

Competencies:

+ Teamwork Orientation

+ Technical Capacity

+ Thoroughness

+ Time Management

+ Customer/Client Focus

+ Flexibility

_Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice._

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

+ Bachelor’s degree in health/business/engineering field and/or

+ A master’s degree or other advanced degree in nursing, social work, business, health services research, health policy, information technology, or other relevant fields

+ 10-15 years of related experience, preferably in population health operations, ambulatory care, community public health, case, or care management, or coordinating care across multiple settings and with multiple providers

+ Direct P&L Responsibility $50M **_Preferred_**

+ Relevant competencies include clinical program development and improvement, analytical problem solving, project management, effective written and verbal communication, and ability to positively influence others.

+ Knowledge and experience with care management competencies

+ Experience working with vulnerable populations (geriatrics, minorities, behavioral health)

+ Ability to navigate ambiguity with the aid of structured problem-solving techniques.

+ Must be results-oriented with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate activities to consistently meet deadlines and client expectations.

+ Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining focus on key goals.

+ Familiarity with health care laws, regulations, and standards.

+ Understanding of coding and reimbursement systems, risk management and performance improvement is helpful.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Somatus, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.