
Senior Specialist, Government Contracts
Bloomingdale, ILJob$48–89K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Specialist provides senior-level support for government contract activities involving Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and other government-sponsored health care programs. The role develops and administers contracts with state and federal governments, supports regulatory reporting and plan submissions, and reviews implementation of contractual and regulatory requirements. The employee must reside in Illinois.
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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
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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.
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Assesses information received from government contracting agencies and regulators and disseminates to impacted plan staff.
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Participates in meetings related to Molina government run programs with state agencies and Molina corporate departments and disseminates relevant information to staff and leadership.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace and/or other government-sponsored programs and program compliance.
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Organizational and time-management skills, and ability to manage simultaneous projects and tasks to meet internal deadlines.
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Detail oriented and analytical reasoning abilities.
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Proficient in analyzing and compiling data, creating reports, and presenting information.
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Ability to work cross-functionally in a highly matrixed environment.
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Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including ability to communicate and present to internal and external stakeholders.
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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 515 open Contract Administration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$48–89K/yr
- US median$85–152K/yr313 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 515 open Contract Administration jobs across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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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 (425 postings).
- Education
- 179 of the 515 open Contract Administration jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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