Director, Enterprise Professional Coding

Role Overview

This leadership position is responsible for the strategic direction, operational oversight, and continuous improvement of professional coding, documentation auditing, compliance, and provider education programs across a large academic medical center. You will lead an established team of coding and education leaders while helping shape the future of enterprise coding operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead professional coding operations across multiple specialties and academic practice settings.
• Oversee Coding Managers, an Education Manager, and their respective teams.
• Partner with faculty physicians, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), residents, fellows, and clinical leaders to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.
• Drive key performance indicators including coding accuracy, productivity, denial reduction, charge lag, and revenue cycle performance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on coding regulations, compliance, operational performance, and industry best practices.
• Oversee compliance programs, coding audits, education initiatives, and corrective action planning.
• Collaborate with Revenue Cycle, Compliance, Clinical Documentation Improvement, IT, and physician practice leadership to achieve enterprise goals.
• Utilize data, technology, and process improvement strategies to optimize performance and enhance service delivery.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelors Degree Required.
• Experience: 10+ years of previous coding experience, to include 5+ years of formal management experience required.
• Licensure: See Job Requisition for Certification and or Licensure requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a large, multi-specialty academic medical center or academic faculty practice plan strongly preferred.
• Experience with major EHR and coding platforms (e.g., Epic, 3M, Optum CAC) strongly preferred.
• Proven experience managing large teams, budgets, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships strongly preferred.

Physical Demands

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

Pay Range

The pay range for this role is $100,835.00 - $201,669.00 annually.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and education support
• Generous Paid Time Off