Regulatory Implementation Manager

Medica is a nonprofit health plan with more than a million members that serves communities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, and beyond. We deliver personalized health care experiences and partner closely with providers to ensure members are genuinely cared for.

We're a team that owns our work with accountability, makes data-driven decisions, embraces continuous learning, and celebrates collaboration — because success is a team sport. It's our mission to be there in the moments that matter most for our members and employees. Join us in creating a community of connected care, where coordinated, quality service is the norm and every member feels valued.

The Regulatory Implementation Manager provides enterprise leadership for complex, cross-functional regulatory implementation initiatives. This role translates emerging regulatory requirements, legislation, and compliance guidance into actionable enterprise strategies, implementation plans, governance structures, and operational requirements.

The Regulatory Implementation Manager works in close partnership with the Director and coordinates execution across Compliance, Legal, Public Affairs, Information Technology, Marketing, Product, and other business functions. The role assesses regulatory and business impacts, identifies risks and dependencies, establishes implementation priorities, and advises senior leaders on regulatory implementation strategy, organizational readiness, resource requirements, risks, and decisions requiring executive action.

In this role, you will establish consistent regulatory implementation standards, governance practices, decision rights, operating guardrails, and reporting mechanisms supporting timely, sustainable, and well-controlled execution. The role also provides enterprise oversight of Medicare Marketing Materials and serves as a subject-matter resource for regulatory change management, implementation strategy, and organizational readiness. Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Accountabilities

• Management & Leadership
  • Leads the Regulatory Implementation team and establishes clear accountabilities, priorities, performance expectations, and operating rhythms
  • Coaches and develops staff, defines team roles and responsibilities, and allocates resources to meet enterprise regulatory priorities
  • Builds a culture of accountability, collaboration, sound judgment, and service excellence

• Regulatory Strategy & Impact Assessment
  • Provides strategic regulatory implementation guidance across Medica
  • Proactively assesses and communicates new regulatory requirements, legislation, and compliance bulletins on enterprise implications
  • Interprets requirements, identifies business impacts, priorities, risks, and resource needs, and develops recommendations for enterprise implementation

• Implementation Strategy & Design
  • Leads the development of enterprise implementation strategies, operating models, readiness activities, and delivery approaches for complex regulatory initiatives
  • Coordinates business and technology dependencies and ensures regulatory requirements are translated into executable and sustainable operational changes
  • Monitors implementation progress, risks, resource requirements, and organizational readiness through completion

• Medicare Marketing Materials Oversight
  • Responsible for oversight of Medicare Marketing Materials regulatory requirements and implementation
  • Establishes governance, review processes, controls, and accountability to support compliant and timely development, review, approval, and submission activities
  • Partners with Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Product, and other stakeholders to identify risks, resolve issues, and ensure regulatory readiness

• Regulatory Expertise & Knowledge Sharing
  • Builds and advances organizational capability in regulatory implementation through standards, training, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing
  • Coach teams and implementation professionals on regulatory interpretation, governance, and execution
  • Promotes consistent application of enterprise practices and incorporates insights from regulatory developments into team and organizational priorities

• Enterprise Governance & Operating Model
  • Establishes enterprise governance, decision rights, implementation standards, and operational guardrails for regulatory initiatives, including reporting
  • Defines roles and responsibilities across Compliance and business partners to support consistent and accountable execution
  • Develops and maintains the enterprise Regulatory Implementation roadmap and governance framework

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field
• 7+ years of work experience beyond degree
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams and influencing cross-functional partners
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance requirements and the ability to interpret and apply regulatory guidance
• Experience developing implementation strategies, governance practices, roadmaps, budgets, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies
• Previous experience overseeing regulatory requirements affecting Medicare Marketing Materials

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Information Technology and business leaders on complex enterprise initiatives
• Highest standard of ethics, accountability, discipline, and professionalism

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite, on average, 3 days per week. We are open to candidates located near one of the following office locations: Minnetonka, MN, Madison, WI, St. Louis, MO, or Omaha, NE.

The full salary grade for this position is $88,800 - $152,300. While the full salary grade is provided, the typical hiring salary range for this role is expected to be between $88,800 - $133,245. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data.  In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica’s compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Eligibility to work in the US: Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship for this role. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.