Role Overview

Medica is seeking a Healthy Communities Program Manager III to lead and operationalize the organization’s Healthy Communities strategy across the enterprise. This role focuses on advancing population health through community-informed, evidence-based initiatives that improve healthcare access, engagement, experience, and outcomes across diverse populations.

The position serves as Medica’s internal subject matter expert on community-driven population improvement and works cross-functionally with teams across the organization to translate strategy into measurable outcomes. The role also partners with external organizations, foundations, and public agencies to strengthen community impact and alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain Medica’s Healthy Communities framework using evidence-based and community-informed approaches.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert on population health improvement, healthcare access, community trends, and emerging policy issues.
• Develop and manage Healthy Communities initiatives from planning through implementation, evaluation, and sustainment.
• Coordinate cross-functional work with teams across Population Health, Quality, Clinical, Product, Finance, HR, Public Affairs, Data & Analytics, and other departments.
• Design scalable initiatives that support Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Exchange populations across multiple markets.
• Establish governance structures, reporting timelines, milestones, and success measures for community initiatives.
• Partner with leadership on strategic prioritization, execution planning, and funding decisions.
• Collaborate with the Medica Foundation, community organizations, and public agencies to align investments and outreach efforts.
• Track program performance, evaluate impact, and communicate outcomes and risks to leadership and stakeholders.
• Support integration of Healthy Communities principles into broader enterprise initiatives and decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in healthcare, public health, population health, community-based work, or a related field.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and translating strategy into measurable results preferred.
• Strong collaboration, facilitation, project management, and influence skills across multiple organizational levels.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience working with community organizations, foundations, or public agencies preferred.
• Experience using population-level data to support program development and evaluation preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare delivery systems, payer operations, or population health models preferred.
• Demonstrated cultural intelligence and ability to work effectively with diverse communities and perspectives.

Payment

Salary range: $78,700 – $134,900 annually.

Typical hiring range: $78,700 – $118,020 depending on experience, education, certifications, and internal equity.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, paid holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401(k) contributions, caregiver services, and additional employee support benefits.

Schedule

Full-time hybrid position.

Employees are expected to work onsite approximately 3 days per week.

Location

Hopkins/Minnetonka, Minnesota
or
Madison, Wisconsin

Additional Information

Medica is a nonprofit health plan serving more than one million members across several states.

This role supports enterprise-wide population health and community impact initiatives.

Travel or collaboration across multiple teams and markets may be required depending on initiative needs.

Medica does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.

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