Why Wayspring?

We are passionate about breaking barriers alongside those facing substance use disorder. Whether you’re in the field or in the corporate office – our mission is felt, and your impact is recognized. There is no inner circle, and we all have a seat at the table. Leaders are accessible and silos are avoided. We respect your craft and love to be challenged. We invest not only in our mission, but in each other. Internal promotions and cross departmental training are the norm – you grow, we grow. At Wayspring, we don’t just see you as an employee, we see you for who you are. a whole-person – with hobbies, pets, families, and lives outside of work. Our flexible schedule and flexible work environment options help you to create and maintain the work-life balance you need most.

Wayspring offers personalized services to help patients navigate a fractured ecosystem to receive quality treatment, improving outcomes for Wayspring client groups. By leveraging services grounded in analytics, Wayspring identifies patients at risk, prevents escalation in their condition, and supports appropriate substance use disorder treatment and adherence. Wayspring’s high-touch, community-based approach spans from risk to recovery to deliver measurable clinical and financial outcomes for our health plan clients.

Overview of the Executive Director, Network Partnerships role

The Executive Director of Network Partnerships will be a vital member of the Wayspring Network Value Management team, reporting directly to the Vice President of Market Operations.

As the Executive Director of Network Partnerships, you will help improve Wayspring client and business performance by providing insight and solutions to drive health plan client outcomes. Your job duties include developing and implementing provider engagement, contracting, and partnership strategies to help drive positive outcomes for health plan client groups.

Responsibilities of the Executive Director, Network Partnerships

• Partners with internal Wayspring Network Value Management team to shape contracting strategies that build incentives for improved outcomes
• Develops targeting criteria to guide provider strategies based on analytical insights, clinical inputs, performance, provider feedback and operations considerations
• Constructs alternative payment models that adhere to care standards. Partners with clinical leadership to understand industry best practices to shape these models
• Partners with analytical and actuarial teams to measure and monitor provider performance within alternative payment models
• Assists in developing methodologies to measure clinical, utilization and financial outcomes of program initiatives
• Serves as a liaison between Wayspring clients and internal Wayspring business units
• Partners with matrixed delivery team for solutions, adjusting target areas of focus for performance management while fostering client growth and contract retention
• Acts as a consultative partner for Wayspring health plan clients, guiding and driving outcomes alongside the health plan client groups based on Wayspring findings
• Serves as a key leader in week-to-week client interface on topics of provider network strategies. Contributes to drafting and delivering presentations and facilitating discussion on process implementation
• Acts as a key liaison with provider network counterparts on the health plan leadership team
• Informs strategies on provider engagement, operational partnerships for care transition, and APM contracting
• Provides strategy recommendations, process clarification, and change leadership for Wayspring clients
• Adjusts network strategies based on provider feedback and learnings on effectiveness
• Adheres to Wayspring information security and privacy requirements

Requirements & Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in related client facing consultative roles, ideally within a health plan provider organization; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background
• Ideal candidate would have previously held responsibility for aspects of: Network Management, Network Contracting, Network Performance, Provider Experience, Provider Engagement. Medicaid and/or Behavioral Health is highly preferred
• Strong understanding, and ideally direct experience, in value-based provider contracting
• Previous experience in data analytics
• Excellent written, presentation, and communication skills
• Ability to interpret and manage clinical and operational performance data
• Strong understanding of providers and payors and the ever-evolving SUD landscape, as well as an intellectual curiosity about SUD and the addiction treatment area of healthcare
• Self-starter with high emotional intelligence and the ability to create strong partnerships with clients
• Ability to travel up to 25%, including occasional in-person presence for client meetings as well as corporate office visits in Nashville, TN
• Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Company and Benefit Summary

Wayspring has reimagined substance use disorder treatment. We provide individualized care, delivered with a peer-centered approach. We focus on making sure patients have their basic needs met, like access to care, economic stability, and connection to relationships and community. Then we help each person find their own way to wellness.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Options
• Company funded HSA
• Monthly Gym Allowance
• Paid parental leave – all parents included!
• Company paid short term disability, long term disability and life insurance
• Generous 401k match
• Premium Employee Assistance Program, inclusive of counseling sessions
• Company Contributions to Future Minded Savings (think 529, HSA, Student Loan Reimbursement, and Emergency savings fund)
• Generous PTO package (accrual policy based on years of service) and an additional 10 paid company holidays

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on one of our job openings, please still apply. We’d love to consider your application and see if you could be a great fit!

At Wayspring, we are committed to furthering our value of Equity & Inclusion throughout our recruiting practices. We seek diversity of background and opinion, as we think these attributes improve the performance of our company and are the right thing to do for our communities. We recognize and remove barriers to success within our company and communities. We seek to build a recruiting process that is inclusive and fosters diversity.