Director, Client Solutions

At Zelis, we Get Stuff Done. So, let's get to it!

A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts - driving real, measurable results for clients.

A Little About You

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Position Overview

The Director, Client Solutions will lead a team focused on managing a strategic book of business with a focus on driving growth within our payments business unit by achieving annual revenue targets, ensuring client retention, fostering growth with additional payments products and services, and ensure Zelis is always exceeding client expectations while driving a superior OneZelis customer experience. The Director will develop and nurture critical internal and external relationships to sustain and build upon Zelis' value proposition and work collaboratively across the enterprise to achieve their clients goals and objectives. The Director will drive efforts to promote OneZelis, OneTeam inclusive of cross-training and product education within the team.

• In partnership with VP Payments CSC, ensures robust strategies and client plans are developed and captured in SalesForce for all clients within their book of business
• Management of revenue for assigned clients inclusive of :
• Establish regular cadence for review of budgets, forecasts and product utilization for assigned book of business
• Ensures that team goals of revenue & retention are achieved or surpassed
• Establish risk identification and mitigation strategies for volume decreases, service gaps, changes in client relationships and key advocates. Escalates to key leadership partners, develops initial risk mitigation strategy and ensures execution of agreed upon risk mitigation strategies.
• Enables team to drive revenue growth through existing product optimization; ensures that team understands and can effectively communicate Zelis' key differentiators, product strategy, product features and functionality with applicability to client
• Coordinates impact analysis intake and delivery for existing solutions yielding opportunity to engage with clients to demonstrate additional value for new and / or expanded product utilization
• Manages client fee requests / or considerations for existing products; collaborates within the business to provide OneZelis opportunities and solutions while understanding the impact of dependencies across the business
• Ensured that team is abreast of the regulatory environment and its impact to Zelis clients. Proactively engages strategies to achieve value from the Zelis platform in relation to the regulatory environment
• Ensures team metrics are achieved for measurement of high quality service delivery and client satisfaction; measurements will include NPS scores, timely escalation and resolution of issues as well as other internal measures such as :
• Client Relationship Building - maximizing breadth and depth of relationships; Works closely with clients to intimately understand their business strategies, needs and challenges.
• Serves as intake point for Client Audits & Compliance items to ensure seamless and timely responses
• Client Reporting - delivery according to agreed upon intervals with the ability to provide performance synopsis as well as business insights demonstrating the Zelis value proposition
• Serves as intake point for escalated Accounts Receivable and work towards timely resolution within the Zelis enterprise
• Ensures and delivers Payments performance and opportunity in all QBRs in partnership with our Client Management team members
• Securing client reference status and permission in support of key Zelis projects, case studies or other Zelis initiatives, as needed
• Client case study selection
• Manages existing SLAs within contracts
• Supports Sales for cross-sell and up-sell initiatives; identify opportunities and funnel to sales partners to incorporate into pipeline
• Supports implementation; serve as liaison between the client and the business to ensure operational efficiencies during initiation and ramp
• Monitor documentation and ongoing tracking of key client plans, contacts and attributes all in Salesforce
• Promotes and supports educational opportunities within the team; drives accountability within the team for comprehensive understanding of all Zelis offerings

What you'll bring to Zelis :

10+ years in client management role

5+ years in leadership role

Demonstrated success in revenue management and increased utilization within an assigned book of business for individually assigned accounts as well as solid track record of achievement for team goals

Extremely knowledgeable in the Payor and / or TPA space

Ability to lead and manage a team in a fast-paced environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent presentation, public speaking, and meeting management capabilities. Ability to tailor messages to audiences

Proven collaboration with key business partners : Sales, Operations, Marketing

Ability to anticipate future trends and incorporate them into business review planning

Synthesizes complex issues and communicates clearly to both clients and internal stakeholders

Ability to communicate and interact formally and informally with Directors, VPs, and Senior Executives; demonstrates Enterprise thinking with ability to influence; proven ability to influence across a matrix as well as with leadership

Financial Acumen with experience leveraging data and reporting to accurately identify client and industry trends; able to synthesize data into compelling narratives

Demonstrates sense of urgency and ability to multi-task and prioritize

Strong listening and comprehension skills, ability to understand and address client concerns, feedback, and appropriately manage discussions with clients

Travel : estimated 40% domestic [internal and external meetings]; Location : Remote.

Please note at this time we are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Location and Workplace Flexibility

We have offices in Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Morristown NJ, Plano TX, St. Louis MO, St. Petersburg FL, and Hyderabad, India. We foster a hybrid and remote friendly culture, and all our employee's work locations are based on the needs of the position and determined by the Leadership team. In-office work and activities, if applicable, vary based on the work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications for the role. We believe in the value of diverse perspectives and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all.

Accessibility Support

We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require a reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and / or interview process, please email TalentAcquisition@zelis.com .

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, duties, and skills from time to time.