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Head of Payer, Government & Strategic Partnerships

Overview

Located on the edge of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, Sera, Inc. is a women’s health diagnostics company dedicated to improving the health of babies and mothers. We are a growing company tasked with becoming a global leader in high value women’s health diagnostics, delivering pivotal information to physicians that will improve health and improve the economics of healthcare delivery. According to Sera’s CEO, employees here must possess three qualities to be successful: 1) the individual must be passionate and dedicated to changing the world; 2) they must be smart and work smart; and 3) they must have absolute integrity. If this is you, we urge you to keep reading!

Sera Prognostics is advancing the commercialization of the PreTRM® Test to drive meaningful change in maternal health. This role will lead the design and execution of Sera’s payer, Medicaid, and government engagement strategy, with a strong focus on value‑based adoption, health equity, and population‑level impact. The position will also play a key role in identifying and engaging strategic partners to expand access, coverage, and sustainable adoption nationwide.

Location

  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Own payer, Medicaid, and government engagement strategy to drive adoption and covered lives for the PreTRM® Test.
  • Develop payer value frameworks aligned to maternal population health outcomes and health equity priorities.
  • Engage state Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, and other government stakeholders; build relationships with advocacy, public health, and policy organizations.
  • Lead strategic partnerships, pilots, and scalable population health initiatives in collaboration with internal and external partners.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Medical, Commercial, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Commercial Operations to align partnership strategy, proposals, and execution to company objectives and key results (OKRs).
  • Drive contracting execution with payers and government entities, including coordination of consultants and timelines.
  • Lead payer-related coding strategy and support provider enrollment/provider identifier requirements (with consultant partners) to enable timely billing at go-live.
  • Establish operating cadence and performance management for live partnerships (e.g., service-level agreements (SLAs), performance guarantees, incentives) and build groundwork for scope expansion.
  • Represent Sera externally with senior payer, government, provider, and advocacy leaders; ensure scalable, high-quality partner experience as the program grows.

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in payer strategy, Medicaid, public health, or population health leadership roles.
  • Master’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Deep understanding of Medicaid and managed care environments.
  • Experience in maternal health, population health, or health equity initiatives.
  • Strong executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Demonstrated strength in relationship development with decision-makers across payer, government, provider, and partner organizations.
  • Proven ability to execute partnership agreements and drive initiatives through completion.
  • Experience aligning operations, commercial teams, and marketing around shared partnership goals and delivery plans.
  • Experience leading multi-payer and government contracting workstreams, including coordinating internal teams and external consultants to achieve timelines.
  • Track record of supporting pilot/partnership success and scaling adoption and coverage from local and regional opportunities to national scope.
  • Experience partnering with Medical, Commercial, and IT teams to automate processes and improve long-term scalability.
  • Strategic, systems-oriented thinker who can work across partners to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Ability to articulate a clear vision for how partnerships augment provider and community-based work, and help build a foundation for additional product opportunities over time.

Benefits for Full-Time Employees

We offer a competitive salary range along with an annual incentive plan, and an excellent benefits package that features an 85% to 95% premium-paid healthcare plan, a 401(k) plan, 14 paid holidays, three weeks of paid time off, employee stock options, and more.

How to Apply

Send your resume directly to HR@sera.com or click the Apply Link. This will generate an Outlook email to send your resume to HR@sera.com.