Director Population Health Strategy-SWHR

Director Population Health Strategy-Southwestern Health Resources-Clinically Integrated Network (SWHR-CIN)

At Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR), we believe healthcare can be more integrated, accessible, and affordable for all.

Our purpose is simple yet powerful: to build a better way to care, together.

SWHR is a patient-centered, clinically integrated network that brings together academic and community clinicians, researchers, hospitals, and ambulatory facilities.

We partner with physicians to drive a new model of value-based, high-quality, data-driven healthcare-serving everyone in the communities we touch.

By combining the strengths of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources, we've built the largest provider network in North Texas, giving our team members the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at scale.

Healthcare in the U.S.

is evolving rapidly, and SWHR is committed to leading that change-moving healthcare forward, together.

Position Summary

The Director of Population Health Strategy provides enterprise leadership for the design, governance, and optimization of population health and value-based care programs.

This role translates organizational strategy into scalable initiatives that improve quality, patient experience, utilization, and total cost of care.

The Director partners across Quality, Care Management, Risk Adjustment, Pharmacy, Analytics, and Payer Relations to ensure population health programs are effectively designed, executed, measured, and continuously improved.

· · Work location: Hybrid-Expectation is onsite Tuesday thru Thursday in Farmers Branch, TX .

Position Duties

Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of population health initiatives, from concept and design through implementation and optimization.

Translate enterprise value-based care strategy into actionable population health programs.

Evaluate population health performance within value-based contracts and identify opportunities to improve outcomes and financial results.

Identify, pilot, and scale innovative care delivery and performance-based models.

Establish KPIs, quality improvement standards, and performance metrics aligned with enterprise goals.

Partner with analytics teams to develop dashboards and executive-level reporting.

Drive continuous improvement using data analysis, audits, and structured feedback loops.

Present population health performance results and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.

Collaborate closely with Quality, Care Management, Risk Adjustment, Pharmacy, Compliance, Coding, and Payer Relations teams.

Support gap closure strategies across preventive care, chronic disease management, and utilization.

Apply change management, risk management, and resource planning principles to support program execution.

Ensure population health programs comply with CMS, ACO, NCQA, and payer requirements.

Remain current on regulatory changes, population health trends, and quality program requirements.

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