Associate Director, Partnerships

The Associate Director of Partnerships, IHA serves as the accountable owner of Cozeva’s strategic partnership with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), overseeing the successful delivery, evolution, and long-term growth of IHA Performance Measurement Programs (PMPs). This role acts as the primary senior liaison between Cozeva and IHA as Cozeva operates as the exclusive data analytics partner across IHA’s core programs: CalPERS, CAPCI (California Advanced Primary Care Initiative), and AMP (Align Measure Perform)/Atlas.

This leader is accountable for partnership health, program outcomes, and strategic alignment across IHA, participating health plans, and internal Cozeva stakeholders. The role blends partnership leadership, program governance, healthcare quality expertise, and cross-functional orchestration to ensure accurate, timely, and scalable program execution while shaping the future roadmap of IHA analytics and measurement innovation.

Responsibilities:

IHA Partnership Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a senior point of contact and relationship owner for IHA across all Performance Measurement Programs.

• Lead IHA through onboarding, transition, and ongoing operations with Cozeva, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

• Provide strategic thought leadership to IHA on program design, data methodology, performance measurement evolution, and innovation opportunities.

• Act as a trusted advisor to IHA leadership on analytics strategy, operational scalability, and long-term platform enablement.

• Direct the ongoing negotiation and contracting needs with IHA and participating health plans in partnership with Legal, Compliance, and other functional areas as needed

Program Ownership Across Core IHA Initiatives

• Maintain accountability for successful and timely delivery and outcomes across CalPERS, CAPCI, and AMP/Atlas programs.

• Ensure program scope, timelines, data methodologies, and deliverables are clearly defined, governed, and consistently executed.

• Anticipate program risks and policy or methodology changes; proactively guide mitigation strategies across stakeholders.

Internal Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with Strategy & Operations, Product, Data, Engineering, Customer Success, and Implementation teams to translate IHA program needs into executable roadmaps.

• Provide clarity and prioritization across competing program demands to ensure delivery commitments are met.

• Escalate and resolve cross-functional risks related to data ingestion, analytics, reporting accuracy, and platform performance.

Health Plan & Ecosystem Engagement

• Serve as an executive-level resource for participating health plans (currently ~15) in collaboration with Customer Success leadership.

• Support complex stakeholder conversations related to program interpretation, data methodology, compliance, and timelines.

• Represent Cozeva in external forums, governance meetings, and working groups as appropriate.

Governance, Contracting & Accountability

• Coordinate partnership governance structures, operating cadences, and decision-making frameworks with IHA.

• Oversee contracting alignment in partnership with Business, Legal, and Finance teams across IHA and participating entities.

• Ensure adherence to contractual commitments, program SLAs, and data governance standards.

Reporting, Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Own executive-level reporting on program status, risks, outcomes, and improvement opportunities.

• Identify systemic gaps and drive scalable process, tooling, or governance enhancements.

• Ensure lessons learned across programs inform future program design and operational maturity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in relevant field; advanced degree (MHA, MBA, MPH, or related) preferred.

• 8+ years of experience in healthcare operations, value-based care, or health plan management.

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and high-impact initiatives.

• Experience with Medicare and/or Medicaid or similar performance based programs, including CMS regulations and CMMI models.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across clinical, technical, and business teams.

• Familiarity with analytics tools, provider performance dashboards, or data visualization platforms (preferred).

• Deep familiarity with value-based care, healthcare quality measurement, total cost of care, utilization management, and performance programs.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder healthcare partnerships or programs.

• Strong strategic judgment paired with operational rigor and accountability.

• Proven success translating analytical insights into operational strategy and measurable results.

• Ability to translate complex technical and analytical concepts for executive and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working with health plans, provider organizations, healthcare associations, or consortia.

Competencies: 

Collaborates

• Identifies and builds partnerships to meet shared goals.

• Readily partners with others to meet objectives and shares credit for contributions.

• Demonstrates cooperation that earns support of others.

Plans and Aligns, Resourcefulness

• Plans and prioritizes work to meet the goals of the business.

• Breaks down objectives into plans and actions to achieve significant milestones.

• Anticipates and readily adjusts plans.

• Maintains organization of resources to support efficiency.

Communicates Effectively

• Exchanging ideas, knowledge, and data so that the message is received and understood with clarity and purpose.

• Leverages emotional intelligence to adapt to the emotions and intentions of others.

Strategic Mindset

• Considering future possibilities or roadblocks and creating strategies to drive results.

• Anticipates future trends and implications of decision.

Situational Adaptability & Flexibility

• Adapts approach in real time to respond to different situations.

• Thinks quickly and readily adapts behavior in the moment.

• High level of versatility.

Balances Stakeholders & Manages Conflict

• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders and multiple projects.

• Highly prepared and knowledgeable about expectations.

• Delivers fair and flexible response to stakeholder needs.

• Handling conflict situations to resolution effectively and professionally.

• Applies fair decision-making to balance competing interest mediating any points of abrasion.

Benefits

WORKING AT VATICA HEALTH ADVANTAGES

Prosperity

• Competitive salary based on your experience and skills – we believe the top talent deserves the top dollar
• Bonus Potential (based on role and is discretionary) – if you go above and beyond, you should be rewarded
• 401k plans– we want to empower you to prepare for your future
• Room for growth and advancement- we love our employees and want to develop within

Good Health

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans
• Tax-free Dependent Care Account
• Life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability

Happiness

• Excellent PTO policy (everyone deserves a vacation now and then)
• Great work-life balance environment- We believe family comes first!
• Strong supportive teams- There is always a helping hand when you need it

The salary for a position is typically determined by multiple factors such as the individual's qualifications, experience, skills, and location. The projected compensation range for the position may vary based on these factors and could range from $130,000 to $140,000(annualized USD). However, this estimate represents just one aspect of our total compensation package offered.