Hybrid Director – Operations Management

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About the role

  • Director of Operational Quality & Governance at Zelis overseeing a team to ensure operational processes are effective and continuously improving with AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee daily execution of call monitoring and quality scoring processes
  • Own quality scorecards and evaluation frameworks including compliance, customer experience, and service effectiveness criteria
  • Ensure consistency, fairness, and calibration across evaluators to minimize scoring variability
  • Establish governance for quality standards, scorecards, checklists, peer audit requirements, audit protocols, and performance thresholds ensuring formal documentation, version control, and periodic review
  • Partner with Operations leaders to drive targeted improvement plans based on quality outcomes
  • Maintain strict adherence to regulatory, contractual, and compliance requirements embedded within scoring models
  • Serve as business co-owner of AI-enabled quality capabilities
  • Define the post-MVP roadmap for scaling AI-driven quality monitoring, including human-in-the-loop governance
  • Partner with Technology and AI teams to refine scoring models, evaluation logic, and data feedback loops
  • Establish controls to ensure AI-driven scoring maintains compliance rigor and audit defensibility
  • Evaluate emerging capabilities (e.g., real-time guidance, next-best-action support) for potential impact on quality and partner with Operations leadership on strategy and roadmap
  • Drive value realization, adoption metrics, and operational impact measurement of AI-enabled quality tools
  • Analyze recurring scoring patterns to identify systemic process, platform, training, or design signals for improvement opportunity
  • Build structured escalation and improvement pathways that feed into broader process excellence initiatives
  • Lead targeted continuous improvement initiatives where quality data indicates systemic risk or opportunity
  • Develop dashboards and executive-ready reporting that translate quality metrics into operational insights and strategic decisions
  • Partner cross-functionally to drive durable process redesign
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of quality professionals and analysts
  • Foster a culture of accountability, objectivity, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
  • Define role clarity, performance expectations, and capability development pathways
  • Ensure appropriate resourcing models across onshore and offshore quality monitoring needs
  • Build scalable governance processes that support business growth without linear headcount expansion

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 10+ years
  • 8+ years of progressive leadership experience managing multi-level teams in operations or quality environments
  • Expertise in contact center quality assurance and compliance-based scoring frameworks
  • Demonstrated experience building or governing independent audit or quality oversight functions
  • Strong background in continuous improvement methodologies (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt strongly preferred)
  • Experience translating operational data into enterprise-level improvement initiatives
  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional leaders and drive alignment without direct authority
  • Experience partnering with Technology teams on AI-enabled or automation-driven solutions
  • Proficiency using AI tools skillfully with an understanding of how to develop intelligent prompts and/or agents
  • Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to present insights clearly to senior leadership
  • Experience operating in regulated healthcare, payer, or financial environments strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid and remote friendly culture
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Director – Operations Management

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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