Lead Director, Population Health; Field
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Healthcare
Healthcare Management, Healthcare Consultant, Healthcare Administration
Location: New York
Field - On Site Population Health Director role Required to work on site in Brooklyn Oak Street Health centers minimum 4 days per week Position Summary
Oak Street Health®, a part of CVS Health, helps older adults stay healthier and live fuller lives through our 230 centers across 27 states. Our value-based care model helps us consistently deliver better patient experiences and outcomes.
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. The PHD will work on programs and interventions, targeted to the right patients, to improve quality and cost of care. The PHD will be an effective cross team leader, working side by side with providers, care teams, operations team members, and Treehouse team members.
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The Population Health Director will be instrumental in 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 colleagues, and corporate colleagues.
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 a 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 clinical and business priorities
- Accountability to key population health metrics, including quality measures, utilization measures, and financial measures.
- We're looking for a motivated, experienced leader with Bachelor's degree required, Graduate degree preferred but not required (MBA, MPH)
- 7-10 years of prior relevant experience. 5+ years specific experience in healthcare / population health / working with healthcare providers; or other similar fields
- Ability to build the trust and confidence of a wide range of stake holders
- 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
- Assuming good intentions
- Creating an unmatched patient experience
- Driving clinical excellence
- Taking ownership and delivering results
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
Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer.
We embrace diversity.
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