About IKS Health: www.ikshealth.com
IKS Health is on a mission to enable the efficient delivery of high quality care through a combination of leading edge technology and human expertise. The IKS Care Enablement Platform enables us to deliver the chores of healthcare, across administrative, clinical, and operational burdens, to enable clinicians to focus on their core purpose: delivering great care and bringing joy and purpose back to medicine.
We’re redefining the future of Care Enablement and creating transformative value in healthcare by empowering clinicians to build healthier communities and enabling stronger, financially sustainable enterprises. IKS Health is a trusted partner for 600+ clients including the largest hospitals, health systems, and specialty groups across the United States.
As the Vice President of Performance, you will advise and partner with our clients to drive operational success across their risk arrangements. You will lead initiatives to advance total cost of care, utilization, risk adjustment, quality, patient experience, and practice engagement. As an operating partner on their leadership team, you will be accountable to their value-based care financial success and acceleration towards greater risk.
Key Responsibities
- Serve as the accountable executive for the financial and operational performance of client portfolios under global risk, shared savings, and pay-for-performance models.
- Strategically deploy and implement IKS solutions including business intelligence, risk stratification, actuarial analytics, agentic engagement, care gap closure, HCC coding, and care management.
- Drive revenue performance through optimizing risk adjustment programs, quality measures (e.g. HEDIS, CAHPS, MIPS), and patient engagement.
- Analyze spend trends against contract and market performance, identify underperformance drivers, and lead high-impact initiatives to mitigate avoidable medical, behavioral, and pharmacy utilization.
- Operationalize care model redesign and workflow transformation through engaging deeply in client change management.
- Support the structuring and negotiation of complex risk contracts with payers and risk-bearing entities, and diligently ensure downstream governance.
- Optimize network strategy through advising on high-value provider alignment, provider incentives, tiering strategies, and preferred specialists and facilities.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience within various value-based care entities (e.g., risk-bearing provider group, MSO, ACO, health system, provider).
- Expertise in risk models across both Medicare (Medicare Advantage, ACO) and Medicaid. Experience with commercial risk and/or rural healthcare delivery systems is a plus.
- Firsthand understanding of inpatient and outpatient care delivery settings to be able to influence change transformation.
- P&L accountability with a track record of successfully translating strategy into measurable financial performance.
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in executive leadership teams and at lower levels of the organization
- Proven analytical and operator skills to readily translate complex claims, clinical, and financial data into actionable strategies.
- Self-starter with bias to action and disciplined self-accountability within complex organizational structures.
- Ability to travel onsite to client locations, build engagement, and drive local execution (estimated 40% travel).
Education
Bachelors Degree Required, Masters Preferred.
Compensation and Benefits: The maximum annual salary range is $200,000-$250,000 a year, determined by years of relevant experience, skills, and the specific geographical location where the work is performed. Pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to current market conditions, location, education, work experience, certifications, etc. IKS Health offers a competitive benefits package including healthcare, 401 (k), and paid time off (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements for full-time employees). IKS Health is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
