Nurse Manager, Population Health

About the role

Thyme Care is a tech-native organization dedicated to improving the cancer care experience for individuals and their caregivers. We partner with national and regional health plans, providers, and employers to deliver better outcomes and lower costs for thousands of people across the country. Our mission is to make cancer care more human and to help reimagine what's possible.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage Nurse Team Leads, providing coaching, mentorship, and structured performance management strategies to help them become strong and effective leaders.
• Enable Nurse Team Leads to improve team performance, productivity, and efficiency through people management practices, including clear goal-setting, regular feedback, accountability systems, and engagement strategies.
• Set and monitor performance metrics across multiple teams, using data to identify trends, address barriers, and implement targeted improvement plans.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex member and caregiver cases, modeling sound clinical judgment while supporting team confidence.
• Build strong communication loops across leadership and frontline nurses, ensuring insights from staff and members shape organizational decisions.
• Champion the adoption and consistency of NCQA-compliant workflows and documentation, ensuring quality standards and compliance practices are understood, integrated, and sustained across teams.
• Anticipate staffing and leadership needs, support succession planning, and foster career growth pathways for Nurse Team Leads and their teams.
• Represent nursing leadership in cross-functional forums, advocating for strategies that advance both quality of care and workforce productivity.

Requirements

• A Degree in Nursing (ADN or BSN preferred)
• An unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Willingness to obtain additional state licenses, as needed
• At least 8 years of nursing experience, including 2 years as a nurse leader in a remote oncology navigation and/or remote oncology case management environment
• Certified as an Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist (AOCNS), or Certified Case Manager (CCM)
• Prior startup experience is preferred

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience with a strong track record of coaching, mentorship, and holding teams accountable to drive results
• Demonstrated success in building leaders, particularly through coaching and mentoring emerging leaders in core skills of people management
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing structured performance management strategies that improve productivity, efficiency, and engagement across multiple roles and teams in a remote environment
• Data-driven approach in prior roles, using performance metrics and outcomes to measure success, diagnose issues, and lead sustainable improvements
• Experience aligning leadership development and team performance strategies with organizational goals to deliver measurable impact
• Ability to identify and prioritize team needs, take immediate action on urgent and essential issues, and solve problems
• Comfort with change and ambiguity, leading teams through restructuring, scaling, or process redesign while maintaining engagement, morale, and performance
• Experience using new technologies such as video chatting, Google Suite, Slack, electronic health records, or willingness to learn new technology
• Bias to action, always solving problems and going the extra mile for others

Skills

• People-first mindset
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Effective performance management and goal-setting
• Data-driven decision-making
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Communication and collaboration
• Technology proficiency

Benefits

Thyme Care offers a competitive benefits package including health insurance, retirement savings options, paid time off, and opportunities for professional development and growth.

Pay

$110,000 - $120,000 annually

Schedule

This is an exempt, full-time position.