Healthcare Payers & Providers — hospital, clinic, and insurer executive roles
Covers hospital systems, clinic networks, health insurers, and integrated delivery networks — distinct from pharma and biotech, which surface under Biotech & Life Sciences.
Tier breakdown
23
Founder272
C-Suite404
VP114
Sr Director664
DirectorWhat this category covers
The Healthcare Payers & Providers category covers hospitals, health systems, clinic networks, health insurers (UnitedHealth, Anthem, Humana, and their regional peers), integrated delivery networks (IDNs), ACOs, and managed care organizations.
This is explicitly not the category for pharma, medical devices, or biotech companies. A VP of Operations at a hospital system surfaces here. A VP of Operations at a pharmaceutical manufacturer surfaces under Biotech, Life Sciences & Pharma. The classifier uses company domain, NAICS classification, and JD vocabulary — "clinical operations," "patient care," "CMS," "payer contracting" — to distinguish these two populations.
With 1,477 active roles at last snapshot, this is one of the largest industries by volume on the platform. Director-tier roles account for 664 of those — a substantial pool of functional leadership positions at hospital systems and regional health plans.
Sample Jobs (10 of 1,477)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Vice President, Clinical Technology UM Portfolio Management Centene Oversee product development, formulate product vision and strategy, drive AI-enabled capabilities, manage ROI and KPI frameworks, and partner with strategic business units. VP | Remote Remote |
| Director of the Center for Medical Cannabis Research The University of Utah The Director will organize, implement, and oversee scientific and administrative aspects of the CMCR, in partnership with the Health Research Office, as well as CMCR’s senior manager, the steering committee, the external advisory board, and key collaborators. Director | Salt Lake City, UT Unknown |
| Founding Data Engineer BioTalent A fast-growing healthtech organization building AI-driven clinical tools seeks a Founding Data Engineer to architect and maintain core data infrastructure, build data pipelines, and support AI and clinical workflows. Founder | United States of America Hybrid |
| Director of Service Design Humana Lead complex, cross-functional design initiatives across the service ecosystem, focusing on service strategy, systems thinking, and cross-functional leadership. Director | Remote Remote |
| VP, Chief Financial Officer, Pharmacy Humana The role involves overseeing financial operations for CenterWell Pharmacy, analyzing financial data, and providing strategic insights. It requires extensive experience in corporate finance and healthcare. VP | Remote Remote |
| Sr. Director, Procurement Operations & Bogota Site Lead, Orthopedics Johnson & Johnson Responsible for delivering best-in-class experience, business value delivery, compliance, and continuous improvement across Global Operations Procurement. Also serves as the Bogota Site Lead. Sr Director | Bogotá Distrito Capital, Colombia Hybrid |
| Regulatory Affairs Director- G5+ Canada Johnson & Johnson Lead regional regulatory strategy and execution across the MedTech portfolio, ensuring compliance and market access. Director | Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands, Madrid, Spain, Zug, Switzerland Hybrid |
| Director, Growth Commure The Director, Growth will architect and operate a growth engine, working directly with Sales, RevOps, Product, and Brand. The role involves designing growth systems, building experimentation infrastructure, and engineering demand-to-pipeline paths. Director | San Francisco Bay Area or Remote Hybrid |
| Director of New Business Sales Eleos Health Lead and scale net-new revenue motion within the Home Health and Hospice provider market, managing a team of Account Executives selling SaaS platform. Director | Remote Remote |
| Market CHRO UW Health Northern Illinois UW Health Northern Illinois seeks a seasoned human resources executive to lead a $1 billion community-based health system with 4,300 employees. The role involves aligning human capital strategy with enterprise priorities and driving workforce solutions. C-Suite | Rockford, Illinois Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
Healthcare Payers & Providers classification uses a combination of company enrichment and JD-specific vocabulary signals:
- Company identification. Hospital systems, clinic networks, and insurers are identified by company description, NAICS code, and known-employer lists. Employer names like "Cleveland Clinic," "Kaiser Permanente," or "Anthem" resolve instantly. For less-known regional providers, "health system," "medical center," "health plan," and "ACO" in the employer description trigger this classification path.
- Clinical exec override rules. Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer are classified as CXO-tier automatically, even though these titles don't carry a "C-suite" prefix at all employers. The override ruleset captures these correctly. See the AI Classification page for all industry overrides.
- JD secondary signals. CMS reimbursement references, Joint Commission language, HEDIS metrics, capitation and risk contracting vocabulary — all signal a healthcare payer/provider context and help resolve borderline cases between this category and adjacent industries.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Healthcare Payers & Providers filters to executive roles at hospital systems and insurers — the population that operates, manages, and funds clinical care, as distinct from those that develop therapies.
Example: select Healthcare + CEO role type and your inbox narrows to top-operator roles at hospital systems, clinic networks, and health plans — not pharma CEOs, not tech-company CEOs, not general healthcare without confirmed payer/provider industry classification.
The Director-tier volume in this industry (664 active) makes Healthcare a strong market for candidates at the Sr. Director and Director level who are targeting their first VP role. Selecting Director tier + Healthcare surfaces the functional Director roles at health systems and payers that often feed the VP pipeline.
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