Company: Oak Street Health
Title: Population Health Director, Field
Location: St.Louis
Role Description:At Oak Street, Population Health drives both our clinical and economic model and is focused on delivering high-quality, cost-effective care.
As a Population Health Director, you will play a critical role in supporting our Oak Street Health patients, providers and business by designing and implementing key Population Health priorities. They will work on programs and interventions, targeted to the right patients, to improve quality and cost of care. They will be an effective cross team leader, working side by side with providers, care teams, operations team members, and Treehouse team members.
Content areas for the Director will include, but not be limited to, transitions-in-care, pharmacy and medication adherence, HEDIS / Stars, accurate risk adjustment, preferred partner relationships, and patient engagement strategy. This will require building relationships with our clinicians, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychiatrists, registered nurses, licensed clinical social workers, and others.
This is a fast-paced, high visibility role to ensure that we are driving innovation and improvement rapidly and consistently within an Oak Street division. This role will be aligned with a geographic division to rapidly drive results.
This role will report directly to the Regional Vice President; with a dotted line to the central Population Health team.
Core Responsibilities:- Own the execution and the ongoing refinement of Population Health programs in the local division
- Work closely with functional leaders in the central office to assist with strategy and program design
- Work side by side with regional leaders and Care Teams to ensure effective implementation of key Oak Street clinical and business priorities
- Accountability to key population health metrics, including quality measures, utilization measures, and financial measures
- Other duties, as assigned
What are we looking for?We're looking for a motivated, experienced leader with:
- 5+ years of applicable experience in healthcare / population health / working with healthcare providers; or other similar fields
- Bachelor's degree required
- Graduate degree preferred but not required (MBA, MPH)
- Ability to build the trust and confidence of a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong leadership and influencing skills
- Incredible level of organization and detail orientation
- Analytical and data savvy. Ability to develop business cases, ROI analysis, and financial analysis
- Someone who connects the dots between teams - a proactive communicator who puts individual projects into broader organizational objectives
- Expert in Excel, Google Apps, project management
- Pleasantly persistent approach
- Quick learner comfortable with a high level of ambiguity
- US work authorization
- Someone who embodies being "Oaky"
What does being "Oaky" look like?- Radiating positive energy
- Assuming good intentions
- Creating an unmatched patient experience
- Driving clinical excellence
- Taking ownership and delivering results
- Being scrappy
Why Oak Street?Oak Street Health offers our coworkers the opportunity to be at the forefront of a revolution in healthcare, as well as:
- Collaborative and energetic culture
- Fast-paced and innovative environment
- Competitive benefits including paid vacation and sick time, generous 401K match with immediate vesting, and health benefits
Anticipated Weekly Hours40
Time TypeFull time
Pay RangeThe typical pay range for this role is:
$100,000.00 - $231,540.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
Great benefits for great peopleWe take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/27/2026
