**Join the team at Avera!** **Award Winning Health Care:** Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. **Culture:** Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. **You Belong at Avera:** Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. **Join Avera as a Provider Contract Manager and** **join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.** **_Position Highlights:_** + **Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!** + **Options for Free Health Insurance!** + **Positive Work Environment:** Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations. + **Career Growth** **opportunities!** **Job Summary** The Provider Contract Manager is a critical member of Avera Health Plans (AHP) Network Management team. The position supports AHP’s network recruitment and development initiatives and functions as a liaison between providers, the organization and its customers. Responsibilities include driving AHP’s provider network expansion efforts, performing detailed market analysis and intelligence gathering as well as maintaining network KPI reports and performance dashboards. In addition, this role will assist provider training, orientation, and coaching for performance improvement within the network. **Education and/or Experience** + Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred. + Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in the health care industry. + Minimum of three (3) years of applicable experience within Provider Relations and Contracting, + Provider Network Management, Provider Network Development, Talent Acquisition and/or Sales and Marketing a plus. **Work Schedule** Monday-Friday, day shift; 80hrs/2wks What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/) The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.