About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Quality Improvement Project Manager - ACO & Population Health RN based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with partner quality improvement teams and key clinical representatives, serving as a primary subject matter expert and problem-solving partner.
- Use ACG and population health analytics platforms to stratify patient populations, identify care gaps, uncover risk patterns, and surface opportunities for improved outcomes.
- Develop and maintain baseline reporting for ACO quality measures across partner populations, ensuring stakeholders have a clear and current view of performance and improvement opportunities.
- Analyze quality and population health data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, translating complex findings into actionable recommendations for clinical and business stakeholders.
- Develop data-driven quality improvement strategies for targeted populations and collaborate with clinical leadership to implement workflow, training, and intervention changes.
- Track the effectiveness of improvement initiatives and help connect quality interventions with measurable outcomes and performance improvements.
- Monitor partner populations, emerging healthcare challenges, and regulatory changes to identify opportunities for new services, expanded patient panels, and stronger partner outcomes.
- Support partner renewals and program expansion by clearly communicating the value and impact of population health and quality improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on ACO quality measures, population stratification, and population health improvement strategies for internal and external stakeholders.
- Help establish repeatable processes for tracking partner needs, quality opportunities, regulatory shifts, and potential service expansion.
Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license is required.
- 5+ years of clinical experience, including meaningful experience in population health, quality improvement, ACO operations, or a closely related healthcare environment.
- Strong subject matter expertise in ACO quality measures and population health quality improvement strategies.
- Hands-on experience with the Johns Hopkins ACG platform or a comparable risk-stratification or population health analytics platform.
- Strong analytical instincts and the ability to investigate healthcare datasets, identify meaningful patterns, and translate findings into actionable opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and deliver results with external partners, including senior clinical stakeholders and CMOs.
- Strong communication, presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
- Confident, empathetic, outgoing, and highly collaborative approach to working with clinical and executive audiences.
- Ability to communicate complex population health concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working independently, managing multiple priorities, and adapting quickly when stakeholder needs or conversations change.
- Strong interest in healthcare technology and willingness to adopt and champion new tools and platforms.
- CPHQ or another population health certification is a plus.
- Experience introducing or championing healthcare technology, leading change management, or engaging clinical and partner audiences around new platforms is a plus.
- Experience expanding partner relationships, growing patient panels, or launching new healthcare service lines is a plus.
Conditions
- Full-time, remote position based in the United States.
- Opportunity to directly influence quality outcomes and care delivery for patients and communities.
- High level of ownership and latitude to develop and improve quality programs.
- Meaningful collaboration with mission-driven healthcare organizations and clinical leadership.
- Exposure to ACO quality measures, population health analytics, care management, and healthcare technology.
- Opportunity to strengthen strategic partner relationships and contribute to program and service-line growth.
- Collaborative, solutions-focused environment with limited unnecessary bureaucracy.
- Strong visibility and influence across clinical, quality improvement, and partner-facing initiatives.
- Opportunity to combine clinical expertise, healthcare analytics, relationship management, and strategic problem solving in one role.