Teams at Centene Corporation

Leads strategic, enterprise-wide programs and complex cross-functional projects from planning through execution. Manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and project teams while coordinating project managers and business analysts. Develops executive dashboards, steering committee materials, status updates, risk mitigation plans, and training content. Partners with organizational leaders on restructuring, process improvement, issue resolution, and strategic opportunities, serving as the primary escalation point for program risks and issues.

Leads a cloud platform engineering team responsible for cloud architecture, standards, automation, security, reliability, availability, and performance. Partners with architecture, risk, security, and application teams to deliver resilient cloud services and platform capabilities. Oversees cloud infrastructure enhancements, controls, observability, and operational excellence while managing staff development, hiring, performance, and technical strategy.

Leads complex provider and vendor contract negotiations, implementations, relationship management, financial analysis, operational reporting, and partnership performance tracking. Develops corrective action plans, modifies agreements, conducts market research, and presents negotiation strategies, performance data, scorecards, and partnership recommendations to health plans, corporate teams, and executives. The role supports affordability, network adequacy, and sustainable provider network outcomes.