Lead Director, Population Health - Field

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Job Description

Company: Oak Street Health 

Title: Population Health Director

 

Role Description

At Oak Street, Population Health drives both our clinical and economic model and is focused on delivering high-quality, cost-effective care.

The Population Health Director (PHD) will be instrumental in designing and implementing key Population Health priorities. The PHD will work on programs and interventions, targeted to the right patients, to improve quality and cost of care. The PHD will be an effective cross team leader, working side by side with providers, care teams, operations team members, and Treehouse team members.

Content areas for the Director will include, but not be limited to, transitions-in-care, pharmacy and medication adherence, HEDIS / Stars, accurate clinical documentation, and medical cost management – with a focus on avoidable admissions. This will require building relationships with our clinicians, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychiatrists, registered nurses, licensed clinical social workers, and others.

This is a fast-paced, high visibility role to ensure that we are driving innovation and improvement rapidly and consistently within an Oak Street division. This role will be aligned with a geographic division to rapidly drive results.

This role will report directly to the Regional Vice President with a dotted line to the central Population Health team.

Responsibilities

• Own strategic planning, execution and the ongoing refinement of Population Health programs in the respective region.

• Work side by side with regional leaders and center care teams to support the Oak Street care model including but not limited to clinical documentation excellence, workflow optimization, and avoidable admission prevention.

• Develop creative solutions to support accurate clinical documentation and avoidable admission prevention strategies that are scalable across multiple centers.

• Work closely with functional leaders in the central office to develop strategy and program design for accurate clinical documentation and medical cost / admission efforts.

• Analyze data to monitor performance, identify opportunities, and drive results toward population health execution in the region.

• Be accountable for medical scribe cohort recruitment, retention, performance and engagement in the respective region to ensure clinical documentation excellence.

• Be accountable to key population health metrics including but not limited to quality measures, utilization measures, and financial measures.

• Other duties, as assigned 

 

What we are looking for

We’re looking for a motivated, experienced leader with:

• 5+ years of applicable experience in healthcare / population health / working with healthcare providers; or other similar fields

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to build the trust with a wide range of stakeholders and hold teams accountable

• Demonstrated history of strong leadership and data driven decision making

• Incredible level of organization, initiative, and collaboration

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to develop business cases, ROI analysis, and financial analysis.

• Expert in Excel, Google Apps, project management 

• Quick learner comfortable with a high level of ambiguity

• Graduate degree preferred but not required (MBA, MPH)

• Bachelor’s degree required

• US work authorization

• Someone who embodies being “Oaky”

 

What does being “Oaky” look like?

• Radiating positive energy

• Assuming good intentions

• Creating an unmatched patient experience

• Driving clinical excellence

• Taking ownership and delivering results

• Being relentlessly determined

Why Oak Street Health?

Oak Street Health is on a mission to “Rebuild healthcare as it should be'', providing personalized primary care for older adults on Medicare, with the goal of keeping patients healthy and living life to the fullest. Our innovative care model is centered right in our patient’s communities, and focused on the quality of care over volume of services. We’re an organization on the move! With over 150 locations and an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody “Oaky” values and passion for our mission.

Oak Street Health Benefits: 

 

• Mission-focused career impacting change and measurably improving health outcomes for medicare patients

• Paid vacation, sick time, and investment/retirement 401K match options

• Health insurance, vision, and dental benefits

• Opportunities for leadership development and continuing education stipends

• New centers and flexible work environments

• Opportunities for high levels of responsibility and rapid advancement

 

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply. 

Learn more at www.oakstreethealth.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-oak-street-health

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$100,000.00 - $231,540.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/26/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.