Business Operations Administrator 2025-02485

Business Operations Administrator

The Wyoming Department of Health is seeking a strategic and driven Business Operations Administrator to join our senior leadership team. In this high-impact role, you'll guide key initiatives that shape how healthcare is delivered across the state from privacy and security to performance management and rural health innovation. You'll lead the Office of Privacy, Security, and Contracts (OPSC), oversee the Department's HealthStat performance management system, and help implement Wyoming's Rural Health Transformation Program established by new federal legislation. Working directly with the Director and Deputy Director, you'll :

• Lead major projects and strategic initiatives that improve statewide healthcare operations
• Advise leadership on health policy, compliance, and internal legal matters
• Serve as a liaison to the Legislature on issues that shape Wyoming's health system
• Strengthen the Department's internal processes to enhance efficiency and accountability

This is an opportunity to make a tangible difference in how healthcare services reach Wyoming communities while collaborating with dedicated leaders who are committed to improving lives statewide.

Human Resource Contact : wdhrecruit@wyo.gov

Essential functions include :

Preference will be given to candidates with legal education (i.e., JD), due to the compliance, contracting, and rule review responsibilities.

Knowledge of best practices in the management of large organizations; knowledge of health policy at the federal, state, and local levels, including specific abilities to understand the connection between law, rules, and regulations, and policy; ability to synthesize complex information and data into actionable information for decision-makers; ability to craft products (briefs, reports, presentations, analyses) that communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Physical working conditions include sitting comfortably to perform the work, with some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, and driving an automobile.