RURAL HEALTH & WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

About the role

The Rural Health and Workforce Engagement Executive will lead the engagement design, launch, and enrollment processes that meet the applicable goals. This position will be the bridge between strategy, operations, partnerships, and the rural transformation & workforce team to socialize program offerings that meet engagement and enrollment metrics and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Understand the landscape of rural health, technical and workforce challenges and be able to bridge this landscape with the technical assistance offerings that address their challenges and provide a supported improvement workplan.
• Define and execute on the strategic enrollment engagement strategy that connects the value of the rural health transformation program to identify rural healthcare stakeholders and providers in partnership with the CXO.
• Lead engagement to source, educate and secure participants that meet program goals, working collaboratively with our program partner and internal multi-disciplinary team.
• Partner with internal leaders’ stakeholders to define the program offerings and value proposition as well as partner with the rural transformation operational executive that ensures the delivery of high-quality workplans, follow through and outcomes for the enrolled participants.
• Manage and report out the engagement outcomes to ensure meeting current enrollment goals and build the pipeline for successive years.
• Ensure alignment across analytics, IT infrastructure, data flows, and tools to support reporting, insights, and provider incentives.
• Provider & Network Management:
• Cultivate strong relationships with participating hospitals clinics and provider partners.
• Serve as primary liaison for provider leadership, ensuring alignment of incentives, operational support, and performance improvement.
• Drive provider onboarding, engagement, performance management, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate on clinical models, care pathways, shared services, and population health strategies.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of leadership experience in the healthcare industry - Residents of California will be given priority.
• Demonstrated business management experience.
• Prominent track record of launching and scale initiatives that meet or exceed goals.
• Proven operational and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to connect healthcare technology solutions and workforce programs with end users that creates meaning and adoption.
• Intermediate to Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint are required.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Executive presence and ability to represent the organization externally.
• Mission-oriented, collaborative mindset.

Preferred / Plus

• Experience working with hospitals and clinics and driving operational improvement.
• Familiarity with state and/or federal programs.
• Background in technology-enabled operations, analytics platforms, health IT.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MPH) or equivalent.

Challenges & Considerations

• Starting from a relatively nascent or greenfield environment: significant ambiguity, need to build frameworks, attract talent, work and deliver in a mature, resource constraint matrix environment.
• Partnership dependencies: initial model will rely on an external enabler, so leadership success depends on that symbiosis.
• Evolving technical landscape including the advancement of AI solutions.
• Balancing growth ambition with operational discipline and 'member-first' mindset - overcommitment is a very real risk.
• Managing stakeholder expectations (OCHIN leadership, health center partners, payers, partners).

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Constant interpersonal skills, teamwork, and customer service.
• Frequent creativity, mentoring, presentations/teaching.
• Occasional decision making and independent judgment or action.
• Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding English.
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• This position requires a virtual home-office environment, working remotely and will require that employees be on camera for all virtual meetings.
• The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and mobile devices.
• Up to 25% Travel may be required to support OCHIN’s business requirements for which may require travel by air, vehicle, or train.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

To keep our colleagues, members, and communities safe, OCHIN requires all employees—including remote employees, contractors, interns, and new hires—to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as supported by state and federal public health officials, as a condition of employment. All new hires are required to provide proof of full vaccination or receive approval for a medical or religious exemption before their hire date.

Work Location and Travel Requirements

• OCHIN is a 100% remote organization with no physical corporate office location.
• Employees work remotely from home and many of our positions also support our member organizations on-site for new software installations.
• Nationwide travel is determined based on OCHIN business needs. Please inquire during the interview process about travel requirements for this position.

Work From Home Requirements

• Ability to work independently and efficiently from a home office environment.
• High Speed Internet Service.
• It is a requirement that employees work in a distraction free workplace.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits. See our website for details: https://ochin.org/employment-openings

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary Description

$158,887 - $225,620