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Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives

Centene Corporation

Multiple U.S. locationsFull-time$135–249K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$135–249K/yr
Location
Multiple U.S. locations
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives develops and directs enterprise initiatives involving product offerings, management, development, enhancement, and adaptive technology integration. The role partners with leadership to move initiatives from development through execution, coordinating across business units and functions. It also supports client services and high-priority projects through stakeholder coordination, executive materials, recommendations, progress updates, and decision support.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic Initiative LeadershipProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness OperationsProduct PlanningProduct ExecutionProduct FinancialsCross-Functional LeadershipMarket Segment ExperienceProduct Type Experience

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Field or Equivalent Experience7+ Years Related Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Business Area: Business Development, Sales & Marketing

Job Type: Full time

Position Purpose:

Develop and direct strategic business initiatives within enterprise priorities product offerings, management, development, and enhancement, integration of adaptive technologies, and support of cross-functional business and operational needs. Partner with leadership to drive strategic initiatives from development to execution.

  • Develop and lead long term strategic business, product development and enhancement initiatives that cross and/or integrate functions, product, and business units

  • Ensure subject matter expertise is infused into all strategic initiatives and products to ensure processes are being followed during the product development process, including consumer experience, operations, clinical, and change management

  • Identify and support the integration of products/interventions across all business units

  • Ensure consistent and seamless integration of adaptive technology and expert team-based services across all product portfolios and strategic initiatives to ensure optimal behavior change outcomes

  • Support client services across all business units with initiative simplification and customization in consultation with all product stakeholders

  • Partner with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to structure, coordinate, and advance high-priority strategic initiatives and special projects, including development of executive-level materials, recommendations, progress updates, and decision support

Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.

  • 7+ years of strategic initiatives, product development/management, business operations, or related experience.

  • Experience with product planning, development, execution, and product financials, as well as leading complex cross-functional initiatives from strategy to implementation.

  • Experience across different market segments and product types.

Pay Range: $134,600.00 - $249,000.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act

How this job compares

Set against the 20,532 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$135–249K/yr
  • Florida median$121–203K/yr431 salary ranges
  • US median$125–194K/yr14,533 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $192K, is 15% above the Florida median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in Florida.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 774 open Business Development jobs in Florida and 20,532 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (16,291 postings).
Education
6,198 of the 20,532 open Business Development jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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