Magellan Health Services

Senior Director, Federal Program Management

Magellan Health Services$105K — $178K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years of supervisory or management experience in Federal contracting.
  • At least 10 years of experience leading teams of 25 or more.
  • Exceptional leadership, organizational, and management skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for negotiation and communication.

Responsibilities

  • Direct contracts of varying complexity, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with employees, customers, and stakeholders.
  • Identify and implement contract improvements and best practices.
  • Manage contractual discussions, risk mitigation, and corrective action plans.
  • Oversee financial performance and track variances in contract execution.
  • Ensure effective planning and management of key meetings and projects.
  • Engage in business growth strategies and new opportunities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical and life insurance.
  • Opportunities for short-term incentives based on performance.
  • Support for professional development and ongoing training.
  • Employee engagement initiatives to foster workplace satisfaction.
  • Variety of volunteer and wellness programs for employee well-being.
Full Job Description
This position is contingent on a contract award.

Responsible for the overall successful operation of assigned contract(s). Directs or leads others in directing successful contract program management, deliverable completion, team supervision, and report completion. Effectively builds client relationships, internal company and external partnerships and effectively engages employees. Ensures program staff are appropriately trained and understand all contract and company policies and procedures. Partners with resources to achieve business objectives, maintain contract satisfaction, and ensure that products and services support customer needs while achieving acceptable margins.
  • Directs the full scope of one or more contracts in varying complexity ensuring staffing, excellence in operational contract performance to successfully meet contract deliverables on time and within budget.
  • Develops strong relationships with employees, key operational customers, internal company, and external stakeholders.
  • Identifies opportunities for contract improvement/enhancement ensuring best practices are identified, shared, and applied.
  • Responsible for all contractual discussions and modifications ensuring ongoing contract success in meeting deliverable requirements, mitigating risk and identifying corrective action.
  • Manages contract financial performance and variances keeping the company informed of risk.
  • Manage to key metrics and performance indicators while mitigating risk and seeking opportunities for quality improvement.
  • Ensures planning, execution and follow-up for key meetings and projects including management of staff responsible for project management.
  • Oversees and actively partners with corporate functions for talent acquisition, recruitment, hiring, promotion, and performance management.
  • Ensures organizational commitment to employee engagement and ensures adequate new staff training and orientation and ongoing professional development of existing staff.
  • Ensures team's adherence to company policies, procedures, and mandatory compliance training.
  • Actively participates in Strategy and Growth activities, which may include developing solutions, proposals, staffing estimates, and/or new business opportunities, to promote business growth of existing and future work.
  • All other duties and special projects as assigned.

The job duties listed above are representative and not intended to be all-inclusive of what may be expected of an employee assigned to this job. A leader may assign additional or other duties which would align with the intent of this job, without revision to the job description.

Other Job Requirements

Responsibilities
Possess excellent leadership, organizational and management skills.

Utilize exceptional interpersonal skills in negotiating; excellent oral/written communication and demonstrated strategic problem-solving skills.

Demonstrated ability to manage professional staff in large complex organizations.

Well-developed skills in program management, communications, reporting, metric tracking, and public relations.

Demonstrated ability to motivate others to collaborate. Ability to work effectively at all levels within an organization.

Bachelor's degree required and master's degree preferred.

5 years minimum experience in Federal contracting in a supervisory or management function.

10 years minimum experience to include leadership and supervision of teams of 25 or more positions.

General Job Information

Title
Senior Director, Federal Program Management

Grade
30

Work Experience - Required
Federal, Management/Leadership, Supervisory

Work Experience - Preferred

Education - Required
Bachelor's

Education - Preferred
Master's

License and Certifications - Required

License and Certifications - Preferred
PMP - Project Management Professional - EnterpriseEnterprise

Salary Range

Salary Minimum:
$105,230
Salary Maximum:
$178,890

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position may be eligible for short-term incentives as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Magellan offers a broad range of health, life, voluntary and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

About Magellan Health Services

Magellan Health, Inc. provides healthcare management services in the United States. The company operates in Healthcare and Pharmacy Management segments. The Healthcare segment offers carve-out management services for behavioral health; employee assistance plans (EAP); and other areas of specialty healthcare, including diagnostic imaging, musculoskeletal management, cardiac, and physical medicine. This segment also contracts with federal, state, and local governments to provide services to beneficiaries of Medicaid, Medicare, and various other governmental programs, as well as manages integrated healthcare and community services networks. The Pharmacy Management segment provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, including clinical and financial aspects of pharmaceutical care for persons served by managed care organizations, health insurers, and employers. This segment offers its services through medical and pharmacy benefit programs, and Medicare Part D programs. The company provides services to health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies, and third-party administrators. Magellan Health, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Learn more about Magellan Health Services
Size
9,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$382.3 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
-0.1%
Revenue
$4.5 billion
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