Assistant Director Product Owner - Payment Integrity

Cambia Health Solutions is building safer, more accurate health care payment experiences, and this role helps lead the product work that strengthens both pre- and post-payment controls. You will guide strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Payment Integrity capabilities while partnering across business, technology, analytics, and external vendors. The position also supports a hybrid work setup in Salt Lake City, UT.

As Assistant Director Product Owner, you will lead a team (3-5 direct reports), create accountability for outcomes, and turn complex operational and technical needs into measurable improvements in payment accuracy. You will also contribute to a leadership community focused on helping people flourish.

What You’ll Do

• Own Payment Integrity product strategy and roadmap, aligning priorities to enterprise goals, medical expense reduction opportunities, regulatory requirements, and operational needs
• Lead and develop Product Owners and team members, establishing clear accountability for outcomes, priorities, and delivery
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate payment integrity opportunities into prioritized capabilities, requirements, and executable work
• Oversee operational, process, data, vendor, and systems changes needed to support evolving Payment Integrity capabilities
• Use financial, quality, operational, and vendor performance measures to evaluate results, identify gaps, and recommend corrective actions
• Drive end-to-end readiness across claims editing and payment integrity workflows, including testing, implementation, issue resolution, and post-production stabilization
• Manage strategic vendor relationships, ensuring vendor capabilities, integrations, performance, and roadmaps align with business needs
• Identify risks, dependencies, capacity constraints, and trade-offs early, bringing forward clear options and recommendations for decisions
• Provide direction as part of the leadership community by engaging your team toward shared goals and a positive employee experience

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, health care administration, clinical discipline, finance, or a related field
• Advanced degree preferred
• 6 years of experience in product management, health plan operations, healthcare, insurance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong knowledge of health plan claims, payment integrity, reimbursement, and pre- and post-payment workflows or related health plan operations
• Proven ability to translate complex operational and technical needs into product strategy, roadmaps, prioritized backlogs, and measurable outcomes
• Experience leading cross-functional work across Claims, Operations, Technology, Analytics, Finance, and vendor partners
• Business acumen using data, financial impact, quality measures, and operational performance to guide prioritization and investment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to engage senior leadership and stakeholders
• Skill in navigating complex issues, dependencies, and trade-offs while creating clarity and driving decisions
• Demonstrated success managing strategic relationships with external partners and vendors
• Claims editing, payment policy, coding, reimbursement, audit, or payment integrity technology experience strongly preferred
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve productivity, quality, analytics, or decision-making highly desired

Compensation

Salary range: USD 127,000 - 231,000 per year (hybrid, Salt Lake City, UT). Bonus target is included per national/regional structures.

National pay structure (applies to Boise and Lewiston, ID; Salt Lake City, UT; Oregon and Washington): full salary range $141,000 - $231,000 with 20% bonus target; expected range $150,500 - $203,600.

Regional pay structure (applies to North Dakota and Idaho and Utah locations outside the metro areas listed above): full salary range $127,000 - $208,000 with 20% bonus target; expected range $135,400 - $183,200.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and eligible family members, including mental health benefits
• Annual employer contribution to a health savings account
• Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure, plus 10 company-paid holidays
• Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period)
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave)
• Award-winning wellness programs that reward participation
• Employee Assistance Fund for those in need
• Commute and parking benefits
• Work from home options for most roles (wired internet connection requirements apply)
• Access to a personal mobile device to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)