Director of Network Relations

Role Summary

The Director of Network Relations leads Evry Health’s provider network function across all fully insured commercial health plan markets — owning network strategy, adequacy compliance, and complex contract negotiation, including value-based arrangement design that aligns provider incentives with quality and cost outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Network Strategy Development & Execution: Develops and continuously refines Evry Health’s provider network strategy — geographic prioritization, contracting targets, payment methodology, and network composition objectives.
• Team Leadership & Territory Oversight: Leads, coaches, develops, and performance-manages the Network Relations team, setting territory objectives and providing strategic guidance on complex contracting situations.
• Complex Contract Negotiation & Value-Based Design: Personally leads high-value, strategically significant provider contract negotiations and designs innovative value-based contracting models that align provider incentives with quality outcomes.
• Network Adequacy Oversight & Regulatory Compliance: Maintains executive-level oversight of network adequacy monitoring and SERFF filing activity, serving as Evry Health’s primary point of accountability to regulators on adequacy matters.
• Fee Schedule Governance & Leadership Reporting: Partners with Actuarial on fee schedule benchmarks and rate targets, and delivers regular executive-ready network performance reports to the CMO and leadership team.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or related field
• 10+ years in managed care contracting, provider network development, or provider relations
• 3+ years in a director-level role managing a network contracting team
• Expertise negotiating multi-methodology (incl. value-based/risk) contracts & SERFF/adequacy compliance

Preferred

• MBA, Healthcare Administration, or closely related graduate degree
• Experience building a network function from inception at a growth-stage health plan
• Experience in both health plan-side and provider-side contracting roles
• Knowledge of Texas commercial health insurance market & adequacy requirements