Deputy of Health Care Delivery System

Title: Deputy of Health Care Delivery System

State Role

Title:

Gen Admin Manager IV

Hiring Range: $215,000 - $220,179

Pay Band: 8

Agency: Dept of Med Assistance Svcs

Location: Dept of Medical Asst Services

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) is excited to offer a competitive opportunity to serve as the Deputy of Health Care Delivery System in the Office of Programs and Operations.
Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
The Deputy of Health Care Delivery System serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and provides strategic oversight and executive leadership for Virginia Medicaid’s health care delivery system. This portfolio encompasses managed care populations (acute care, Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS)), fee-for-service (FFS), and pharmacy, as well as multiple large-scale contracts and delivery system initiatives. The Deputy is responsible for ensuring that these components operate as an integrated, high-performing system focused on improving health outcomes, advancing quality, and enhancing the member experience.
The Deputy provides executive oversight of the Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and serves as the primary executive point of contact for MCO leadership. This includes establishing clear expectations for MCO performance and accountability, strengthening contractual and operational oversight, and using quality, utilization, financial, and population health data to identify opportunities for improvement and address emerging risks. The Deputy will ensure that MCO performance is aligned with DMAS strategic priorities and that members receive timely, equitable, high-quality care.
The portfolio will include executive oversight of MLTSS, ensuring that Medicaid members who rely on long-term services and supports receive coordinated, person-centered, high-quality services. This includes oversight of MLTSS delivery models, quality and performance outcomes, provider capacity, member experience, care coordination, and contractual
performance. The Deputy will work across Medicaid and with external partners to strengthen integration between physical health, behavioral health, LTSS, and other services when appropriate.
The portfolio will also include pharmacy with responsibility for ensuring that the implementation of the new Medicaid pharmacy benefit, and the benefit is clinically appropriate, financially sustainable, accessible to members, and aligned with quality and population health objectives. The Deputy will oversee pharmacy strategy, utilization and cost trends, pharmacy benefit management activities, formulary and benefit considerations, drug utilization management, and opportunities to improve outcomes and value through data-driven pharmacy management.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Deputy will work closely with the Governor’s Office, the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, agencies that report to the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, and other key state and federal partners to advance Virginia’s Medicaid priorities.
The Deputy will serve as a senior representative of DMAS with external stakeholders and will play a central role in translating policy priorities into effective health care delivery strategies and measurable outcomes, providing executive leadership and management oversight for three major divisions, ensuring alignment of priorities, resources, performance expectations, and accountability across the health care delivery portfolio and requiring strong cross-functional leadership and coordination with policy, finance, quality, operations, legal, procurement, data, IT,…