Integration Lead, Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Lead the comprehensive integration process of acquired entities.

• Establish and manage the integration management office for each transaction, which includes creating the integration charter, setting governance cadence, structuring workstreams, defining decision rights, and establishing escalation paths.

• Formulate integration plans for Day 1, Day 100, and over a 12-month period, incorporating milestones, responsible parties, dependencies, and critical paths; oversee transition services agreements until conclusion.

• Oversee the integration budget and synergy tracker; validate synergy assumptions, monitor realization against targets, and report variances to leadership.

• Conduct weekly workstream reviews and biweekly executive steering committee meetings; prepare reports for the board and executive teams.

• Engage in pre-close diligence to evaluate the integration strategy, identify risks, and determine resource requirements.

• Drive workstreams related to provider network and contracting, health plan and delegation, finance and claims, clinical/quality/risk adjustment, technology/data, and people/change management.

• Lead the execution of new partnerships and market launches, including the onboarding of IPAs and provider groups onto the Astrana platform.

• Create scalable market-entry and affiliation playbooks.

• Develop and sustain Astrana's integration and implementation playbook, complete with workplans, checklists, templates, KPIs, and reviews of lessons learned.

• Identify and rectify recurring issues in integration processes, tools, or ownership responsibilities.

• Present to and receive guidance from C-level executives.

• Generate financial models, data reconciliations, process maps, communication drafts, and status reports.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Strategy & Partnerships and collaborate with cross-functional teams and leadership from acquired or partner organizations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, public health, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in healthcare operations, strategy, management consulting, corporate development, or a transformation/PMO role or similar functions.

• Direct experience managing at least one end-to-end M&A integration, large-scale implementation, or enterprise transformation involving multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional leaders.

• Proven capability to collaborate with executive leadership, structure decisions, deliver challenging status updates, and achieve consensus across diverse functions and individuals not under your management.

• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including proficiency in building and auditing models in Excel, interpreting a P&L, and analyzing a synergy case.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; capable of producing executive-ready materials with minimal editing.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including visits to acquired and partner organizations both within and outside California.

• Preferred: Experience in managed care, delegated risk, IPA/MSO, or value-based care settings; familiarity with capitation, DOFRs, health plan delegation, HEDIS/Stars, and Medicare Advantage risk adjustment.

• Preferred: Knowledge of corporate practice of medicine structures, Knox-Keene or other state health plan licensure, and governance of physician organizations.

• Preferred: Background in management consulting, corporate development, or an internal strategy/chief of staff role.

• Preferred: Experience with claims and care management platforms such as EZCAP and provider data systems.

• Preferred: MBA, MHA, MPH, or similar advanced degree.

• Preferred: PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, or Prosci change management certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Occasional travel to acquired and partner organizations, including multi-day site visits during integration milestones.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Competitive total compensation target pay range of $140,000–$160,000 per year.