Senior Pricing Manager
Hybrid - 3 days per week on site
Preferred Location - Lenexa, KS
Open to other locations in the state of California, New Jersey, Virginia or Missouri
The Senior Pricing Manager will partner with Health System and Enterprise commercial team and the department leadership. This role will have ~4-6 reports, Pricing Analysts and Senior Pricing Analysts and will report to Sr. Pricing Director.
Responsibilities
Consulting, guiding, directing, developing, and presenting recommendations to stakeholders, proposal design, pricing approach, competitive strategy, comp modeling, projected outcomes & impacts and corrective action recommendations while ensuring adherence to policy & procedure requirements.
Bid review and pricing approval for test pricing, test margin, test margin/req, contribution margin/gross margin (approval as delegated by Senior Pricing Director)
Provide direction to Customer Solutions on bid initiation/pricing changes/account linkages/account set-up, Contract Administration for bid proposals/appropriate contract language, Billing & Pricing Infrastructure for bid proposals/ implementation
Manage the development of pricing for National accounts that use specific region/state developed pricing. Coordinate approvals of the recommended pricing
Coordinate pricing proposal development and gain approvals across regions for multi-region clients
Manage the development of RFP pricing response for bid proposal
Responsible for the development, management, implementation and execution of pricing projects and initiatives that improve revenue growth, reduce turnaround time and improve productivity
Lead and manage staff through day-to-day activities, manage TAT and provide appropriate coaching and development
Participate and help improve/maintain Employee Engagement scores
Provide Audit support as needed
Ensure adherence to the following policies:
Corporate Authorization Matrix
Price Concession & Deal Strategy Policy
Compliance Policies applicable to pricing, billing
Pricing Policy
TSO Policy
Regional & National Group Purchasing Agreements
Medicaid Billing Requirements
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or Business preferred
MBA preferred
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, revenue, or pricing/profitability analysis
Demonstrated creative thinking, problem solving and organization skills
Strong Financial acumen and analytical capabilities
Solid business judgement, strong critical thinking, and analytical ability to create and determine recommendations and make decisions
Effective Framing and Influencing, able to articulate solutions and options and get buy in from key stakeholders
Strong interpersonal skills, team-work oriented and ability to work successfully in a matrixed, highly collaborative, and fast paced work environment
Ability to work independently and drive projects from start to finish
Effective communication both written and oral
High energy level, self-driven and able to handle multiple projects and proposals simultaneously
People leadership experience preferred
Experience in medical, healthcare or clinical lab testing environments preferred
Must pass applicable Quest Diagnostics Pricing tests
Ability to travel 25%
About the Team
Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply. While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume. Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.