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Summary:
In this role, you will lead enterprise-wide contract administration operations, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and accessibility of contract data, pricing, amendments, and related services. You will drive operational excellence through process optimization, quality standards, technology enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to resolve complex issues, align operational priorities with business objectives, and enhance the client experience. You will provide strategic leadership, develop talent, and foster a high-performing team focused on service delivery and organizational success.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee contract administration operations, including contract data management, pricing, amendments, extensions, and updates.
- Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and accessibility of contract information to support client and business needs.
- Establish and monitor quality controls, service standards, performance metrics, and operational processes.
- Collaborate with Sourcing, Legal, Technology, and business leaders to resolve complex issues and advance strategic initiatives.
- Drive process improvements, automation, reporting enhancements, and technology solutions to improve operational efficiency and client experience.
- Direct workload prioritization, resource planning, queue management, and service-level performance to meet business objectives.
- Provide leadership in resolving escalated contract interpretation, pricing, and data integrity issues.
- Lead, coach, and develop team members through performance management, training, and professional development.
- Develop and execute operational strategies that strengthen team capabilities, scalability, and continuous improvement.
- Present operational performance, emerging trends, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
Qualifications:
- Relevant degree preferred.
- 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
- Experience leading teams, developing talent, and managing operational performance.
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, pricing operations, data integrity, and process improvement.
- Experience implementing technology enhancements, automation, reporting solutions, and operational efficiencies.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategies that support business objectives and service excellence.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to collaborate across business functions, influence leaders, and resolve complex operational challenges.
- Experience establishing performance metrics, quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Willingness to travel.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
Skills Required
- Relevant degree
- 7 or more years of relevant experience
- Experience leading teams, developing talent, and managing operational performance
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, pricing operations, data integrity, and process improvement
- Experience implementing technology enhancements, automation, reporting solutions, and operational efficiencies
- Ability to develop and execute strategies supporting business objectives and service excellence
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills
- Ability to collaborate across business functions, influence leaders, and resolve complex operational challenges
- Experience establishing performance metrics, quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Willingness to travel
Vizient Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vizient and has not been reviewed or approved by Vizient.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off allowances are generous, with ample PTO and holidays available from day one. Separate paid volunteer days add additional protected time away.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexibility to work from anywhere for part of the year and hybrid options support work-life balance. Policies enabling remote periods complement the broader PTO structure.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a competitive 401(k) company match alongside HSA contributions on eligible plans. These elements strengthen long-term financial security within the total rewards package.
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What We Do
Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest health care performance improvement company, serves more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $130 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is based in Dallas and has offices in 20 metropolitan areas across the United States. We have 4,000 employees with a breadth of expertise, experience and compassion, who are eager to develop and implement solutions that advance health care for the greater good.
