Manager of Operations Efficiency - Medical Associates Health Plans (Business/Non-Clinical)

Manager of Operations Efficiency - Medical Associates Health Plans (Business/Non-Clinical)

Medical Associates

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Posted On 10/27/2026

Job Overview

Description

Medical Associates Health Plans is hiring a Manager of Operations Efficiency .

Where You Will Be Working:

Medical Associates Health Plans offers highly rated commercial and Medicare insurance solutions deeply integrated with the clinic's healthcare network.

What You Will Be Doing:

The Manager of Operations Efficiency position is a leadership role created to address operational challenges and performance gaps . This is an onsite flexible leadership position with responsibilities that may move among departments, operational areas, and varying/changing work assignments as organizational needs evolve. Assignments may include stabilizing operations, improving performance, supporting leadership transitions, and implementing special projects. The Manager of Operations Efficiency leads focused initiatives, identifies and addresses underlying issues, implements sustainable solutions, and develops team members to support long-term success. Manage larger implementations and remain responsible through completion and handoff. Certain responsibilities or projects may remain with the position, while others may transition to the appropriate department once they are established and operating effectively.

This position requires a unique blend of strong leadership skills, business acumen, process improvement expertise, and high emotional intelligence. The ideal candidate will be comfortable navigating ambiguity, quickly establishing credibility, and driving results by fostering collaboration, promoting accountability, and leading through influence.

• Project management: Develop project plans and timelines, identify who is responsible for each task, and track dependencies, risks, and open issues. They would follow up with vendors and internal teams, keep leadership informed, and bring forward delays or decisions that need our attention.

• New employer group implementation: Manage the process from the Sales and Account Management handoff through the effective date and initial support period. This includes making sure the necessary decisions and information are complete and coordinating benefit configuration, eligibility, ID cards, billing, communications, and testing with the departments doing the work.

• System and process implementation: Coordinate requirements, testing, resolution of problems found during testing, training, and procedures. They would also confirm readiness before launch, coordinate support afterward, and make sure ongoing responsibilities are handed off to the appropriate department.

• Measuring improvements: Review how the work is currently done, make changes, and measure whether those changes improved turnaround time, accuracy, workload, costs, or service.

Skills You Bring:

• Strategic Thinking – Ability to assess situations holistically and align interventions with organizational goals.

• Adaptability – Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change; able to pivot quickly across diverse environments.

• Emotional Intelligence – Self-aware, empathetic, and skilled in managing interpersonal dynamics.

• Problem Solving – Analytical thinker able to identify root causes and implement practical, scalable solutions.

• Collaboration – Builds trust and credibility across teams; encourages shared ownership of results.

• Execution Focus – Delivers high-quality outcomes under tight timelines and evolving conditions.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

Interim Leadership

• Serve as an interim department leader or project lead in high-need areas ensuring continuity of operations while identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Maintain flexibility to move between departments and facilities as organizational priorities evolve.

• Ensure compliance with organization policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.

• Expected to deliver on all responsibilities of relevant leadership job description.

Operations Improvement

• Conduct rapid assessments of workflows, organizational design/staffing, service delivery, financial performance, and team dynamics to diagnose key issues and barriers.

• Develop and collaborate to implement action plans that address performance gaps, streamline processes, and improve outcomes.

• Lead or support change management efforts and special project(s), ensuring effective communication and team engagement throughout transitions.

• Collaborate with department leadership and executive sponsors to align operational improvements with strategic objectives.

• Coach and mentor emerging leaders and/or supervisors to strengthen department leadership capacity and ensure long-term stability post-assignment.

Complete all other projects and duties as assigned.

Expectations:

1. Strategic Planning and Goal Setting : Proactively manage projects and long-term goals, establish timelines and action owners, ensure commitments are met.

2. Decision Making and Resource Management : Gather information, evaluate impacts and risks, make timely decisions, manage resources responsibly.

3. Leadership and Team Building : Set an example, model respectful and cooperative relationships, ensure team understanding and collaboration, motivate employees, address morale issues.

4. Communication and Relationship Building : Communicate openly and effectively, build commitment and loyalty, manage difficult issues with empathy and clarity, promote a non-threatening environment for expressing opinions. Interact professionally, build rapport, treat everyone with respect.

5. Innovation and Change Management : Implement new ideas and technologies, support change, remove obstacles, ensure resources are available.

6. Performance Management and Development : Set performance and behavioral standards, promote personal accountability, encourage skill development and goal attainment, provide feedback and evaluations, support employee development and succession planning. Remain current with skills and industry knowledge and seek feedback for continual personal development.

7. Customer Focus and Commitment to Excellence : Anticipate internal and external customer needs, respond proactively and ensure satisfaction. Demonstrate commitment to excellence, deliver quality work.

8. Policy Compliance and Ethical Behavior : Comply with Medical Associates policies and behave in an ethical manner at all times.

Benefits Package Includes:

• Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation.

• 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay) + additional annual Profit Sharing

• Flexible Paid Time Off Program (29 days off/year)

• Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts

• Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, nursing, or a related field required; MBA or MHA preferred.

• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience, including experience managing teams, budgets, and performance improvement efforts.

• Healthcare experience preferred but not required.

• Demonstrated success in leading change, driving results, and building effective teams in a complex, fast-paced environment. Experience with managing implementations involving multiple departments and outside vendors. Experience with employer group implementations or health plan operations would be preferred. I would also list project management training or certification as preferred, along with the process improvement qualifications already included.

• Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Proven ability to lead through influence without formal authority.

• Experience managing implementations across departments and vendors as required, with employer group or health plan experience.

• Training and/or certification in Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement methodologies preferred. Project management training or certification as preferred.

Physical Aspects:

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction.

Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

Environmental Conditions:

Subject to Physical Hazards - Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP https://www.eeoc.gov/poster

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Job Details

Categories

Health Care

Management/Executive

Location

Dubuque, IA

Job Type

Employee

Full/Part

Full Time

Company ID

1148

Job REQ #

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# Positions

1

Start Date

20261027

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About the Company

Our mission is to provide superior healthcare and an excellent patient experience.

Medical Associates Clinic is a well-established multispecialty group practice with over 200+ providers and a staff of over 1,100+ health care professionals and support personnel. The group was founded in 1924 and is Iowa's oldest multispecialty group practice. Today, Medical Associates Clinic is the area's leading health care provider and only multispecialty group practice. Medical Associates Clinic has been recognized since 1998 as a "better performing practice" by the Medical Group Management Association.

In 1982, Medical Associates developed the Tri-State's first health maintenance organization, Medical Associates Health Plans, which offers comprehensive health benefits to over 400 employers and 45,000 members. Medical Associates Health Plans has maintained an "Excellent" rating, the highest level of accreditation possible by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, for 13 consecutive years.

Medical Associates Clinic offers several locations from which to seek medical care, including facilities at 1500 Associates Drive, 1000 Langworthy, and 4155 Pennsylvania Ave in Dubuque, Iowa; as well as facilities in Bellevue, Cascade, Dyersville, Iowa; Cuba City, Lancaster, Platteville, Wisconsin; and Galena, Illinois.