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Senior Specialist, Government Contracts

Molina Healthcare

Springfield, ILJob$48–89K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$48–89K/yr
Location
Springfield, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Specialist provides support for government contracts involving Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and other government-sponsored health care programs. The role develops and administers contracts, coordinates research and regulatory reporting, reviews plan submissions, and helps ensure contractual and regulatory compliance. The employee must reside in Illinois and works with government agencies, Molina departments, plan staff, and leadership.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Medicaid ProgramsMedicare ProgramsMarketplace ProgramsGovernment-Sponsored ProgramsProgram ComplianceOrganizational SkillsTime ManagementProject ManagementAttention to DetailAnalytical ReasoningData AnalysisData CompilationReport CreationPresentationCross-Functional CollaborationVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationInterpersonal CommunicationMicrosoft OfficeCompliance Experience

Qualifications

3+ Years Government Health Programs1+ Year Government ContractsEquivalent Education and Experience

Full job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Employee for this role must reside in Illinois

Job Summary

Provides senior level support for government contracts activities. Responsible for the development and administration of contracts with state and/or federal governments for Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and other government-sponsored programs to provide health care services to low income, uninsured, and other populations in designated Molina markets.

Essential Job Duties

  • Supports government contracts activities including coordinating, conducting and/or responding to research requests pertaining to government health care programs, preparing and submitting regulatory reports for filings, reviewing plan submissions for quality, accuracy and timeliness, and ensuring plan meets contractual and regulatory requirements.

  • Assesses information received from government contracting agencies and regulators and disseminates to impacted plan staff.

  • Participates in meetings related to Molina government run programs with state agencies and Molina corporate departments and disseminates relevant information to staff and leadership.

  • Oversees/maintains the department’s documentation and archive system - ensuring submitted reports are archived for historical and audit purposes; ensures system is updated and complete.

  • Conducts structured evidence reviews/audits of new regulatory mandates contract amendments and other operational implementations, and verifies that Molina business units have implemented required changes.

Required Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of experience in Medicaid, Medicare, and/or Marketplace health insurance/government programs, and at least 1 year of experience in government contracts, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

  • Knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace and/or other government-sponsored programs and program compliance.

  • Organizational and time-management skills, and ability to manage simultaneous projects and tasks to meet internal deadlines.

  • Detail oriented and analytical reasoning abilities.

  • Proficient in analyzing and compiling data, creating reports, and presenting information.

  • Ability to work cross-functionally in a highly matrixed environment.

  • Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including ability to communicate and present to internal and external stakeholders.

  • Microsoft Office suite and applicable software programs proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Compliance-related experience.

To all current Molina employees: If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply through the Internal Job Board.

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V

Pay Range: $47,660 - $88,511.46 / ANNUAL

*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.

How this job compares

Set against the 557 open Contract Administration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$48–89K/yr
  • US median$89–152K/yr333 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $68K, is 43% below the US median midpoint ($119K) — in the lowest quarter of Contract Administration salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 12 open Contract Administration jobs in Illinois and 557 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Contract Administration postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (453 postings).
Education
199 of the 557 open Contract Administration jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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