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Title: Contracts Administrator IV - State Medicaid

Duration: 06 Months Contract

Location: Remote

Shift: Standard Business Hours

Position Summary

• The Contracting Associate supports Market Access and Account Management by providing expertise in State Medicaid contracting.
• Manage the lifecycle of state Medicaid contracts, pricing models, accurate execution of contract terms, and pricing obligations in accordance with business strategy and legal intent negotiated by the Account Team.
• Support the Account Team with state Medicaid bid solicitations, financial evaluations, and contract performance reporting.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for state Medicaid contracting, ensuring contract terms reflect the business and legal intent negotiated by the Account Team.
• Support tactical execution of contracting and negotiation strategies, including contract offers, redlining, implementation, and contract lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

State Medicaid Contracting Expertise

• Support negotiations, implementation, and manage the lifecycle of state Medicaid contracts.
• Serve as a primary contracting liaison for state Medicaid contracts, including state Medicaid supplemental rebate agreements.
• Interpret complex contract language with Account Manager and identify implications for Best Price, Unit Rebate Price (URA), Average Manufacturer Price (AMP), and other government pricing metrics.
• Manage redlining of State agreements driven by new policy dynamics, including SR-193, Generous / Most Favored Nation.
• Support the tactical execution of contracting and negotiation strategies.
• Support Account Management with state Medicaid bid solicitations and development of contract offers.

Financial Impact Analysis

• Support financial analysis related to state Medicaid with Account Team counterpart.
• Investigate discrepancies between expected and actual performance outcomes.
• Support Medicaid Segment level impact analysis with Account Team.
• Support evaluation of how contract terms impact pricing, rebates, GTN, and government reporting.
• Support GTN modeling and government pricing analytics.

Compliance, Audit & Controls

• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Government Pricing teams to ensure contract execution aligns with regulatory expectations.
• Follow compliance with company policies regarding contract execution and approval processes.
• Ensure accurate execution of contract terms and pricing obligations in accordance with business strategy and legal intent.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Facilitate engagements on behalf of Market Access with the following cross-functional business teams:

• Legal
• Finance
• Operations
• Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Operate effectively in a highly regulated, dynamic environment with complex cross-functional dependencies.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• MBA.

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in state Medicaid contracting.
• Active account management experience supporting contracting directly with the States.
• Experience with Medicaid contract execution.
• Experience with state Medicaid bid solicitations.
• Experience putting contract offers together and/or redlining contract language.
• Experience supporting negotiations, implementation, and lifecycle management of state Medicaid contracts.
• Experience with state Medicaid supplemental rebate agreements.
• Experience working in a highly regulated, dynamic environment with complex cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience on the operational side of managing Medicaid reporting and pricing to the States is valuable as a foundation.

Skills:

Strong understanding of how contract terms impact:

• Pricing
• Rebates
• GTN
• Government reporting
• Familiarity with GTN modeling and government pricing analytics.
• Strong data literacy; comfortable validating data sets, logic flows, and assumptions.
• Deep attention to detail and risk awareness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory and contractual language.
• Clear communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-accountability environments.
• Knowledge of Medicaid programs.
• Knowledge of Best Price, Unit Rebate Price (URA), Average Manufacturer Price (AMP), and other government pricing metrics.
• Experience with contract redlining and negotiation.
• Strong understanding of contract execution and approval processes.