Hybrid Director, NSA IDR – State Compliance Operations

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Director of Compliance Operations overseeing compliance for NSA and IDR programs at Zelis. Leading strategic and regulatory oversight across multi-layered teams and ensuring operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee end-to-end compliance operations for NSA related IDR, and State Arbitration, ensuring adherence to all federal and state requirements.
  • Monitor CMS rulemaking and state-level updates to proactively adjust operational processes and internal controls.
  • Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to interpret regulations and translate them into scalable workflows and documentation.
  • Ensure audit-readiness, risk mitigation, accurate reporting, and regulatory transparency.
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy that aligns operational performance, compliance requirements, and downstream financial impact.
  • Analyze and translate operational performance (win rates, processing times, arbitration outcomes, submission quality, error rates) into clear financial outcomes, including revenue impact, cost implications, and profitability.
  • Provide forward-looking financial insights and modeling based on operational trends, regulatory changes, and volume shifts.
  • Lead day-to-day operations across high-volume compliance workflows, optimizing for efficiency, accuracy, and financial outcomes.
  • Identify automation opportunities, technology enhancements, and process redesign to improve quality and reduce cost.
  • Implement KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, and operational scorecards that tie performance outcomes directly to financial results.
  • Oversee budgeting, forecasting, staffing models, and capacity planning across onshore and global teams.
  • Direct, mentor, and develop a diverse workforce spanning domestic and global operations.
  • Ensure teams are trained and equipped to meet evolving regulatory and operational standards.
  • Drive a culture of accountability, performance excellence, and continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a senior-level point of contact for clients, regulatory partners, arbitrators, and third-party vendors.
  • Build strong partnerships to align on expectations, performance outcomes, compliance obligations, and financial impacts.
  • Oversee vendor contracts, performance monitoring, compliance standards, and escalation processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Health Administration, Compliance, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in healthcare operations, regulatory compliance, managed care, claims, or arbitration programs.
  • Deep expertise in the No Surprises Act, Federal IDR, and State Arbitration regulations and workflows.
  • Proven leadership experience managing large, multi-site (onshore and offshore) operational teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to connect operational performance to financial outcomes, including interpreting data, forecasting, and presenting findings to executives.
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Exceptional communication skills with experience engaging executive-level clients and partners.
  • Experience with payers, TPAs, providers, regulators, or dispute resolution entities preferred.
  • Background in arbitration case management or financial modeling preferred.
  • Experience with regulatory workflow technology or automation platforms preferred.
  • Strategic and financially minded operator with the ability to bridge compliance, analytics, and performance management.
  • High integrity, compliance orientation, and commitment to quality.

Benefits

  • 401k plan with employer match
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Holidays
  • Parental leaves
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

Job title

Director, NSA IDR – State Compliance Operations

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$169,000 - $213,750 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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