Program Manager, ACA/Exchange (Dental)

As the Program Manager, ACA/Exchange (Dental), you will support offering our individual Dental Insurance products through the ACA/Exchange channel. The Retail Segment is a growing channel for Guardian. We allow consumers to shop, quote, enroll, and pay for non-medical health benefits directly from us online, through partnerships with brokers and aggregators, and through the ACA/Exchange. Growth in this channel has been accelerated by healthcare reform, evolving consumer preferences, growth of retirees and gig/part-time workforce which has resulted in an influx of new individuals shopping and purchasing their benefits online and through government exchanges.

You Are

• Able to perform strategic analysis, recommendations, and execution of the exit / entry strategy for new exchanges.

• Well versed in supporting strategic collaboration with internal stakeholders including Regulatory, Actuarial, Operations, IT, Finance, Marketing, and Retail Distribution.

• Strategic, innovative and collaborative and accustomed to stakeholder level communications.

You Will

• Engage in annual filing process and responsibilities including but not limited to populating Plan and Benefit Templates, Transparency in Coverage templates, determining service area expansion or retraction, coordinating objection reviews and responses, preparation of relevant documents, etc.

• Participate in weekly, monthly, and ad hoc calls with CMS and state-based exchanges

• Conduct competitive analysis on pricing, features, and impact of regulatory trends

• Support weekly reporting on results and insights during open enrollment period

• Support annual pre-filing process for our individual dental products across all federal and state-based exchanges that we operate in including competitive reviews, preparing state-by-state analysis, prepare and review policy documents prior to DOI filing, prepare and update benefit summaries, Letters of Interest to file for the following plan year, etc.

• Monitor and project impacts on upcoming federal and state regulations and New exchange enter/exist state analysis and competitive assessment

• Support Partner Management team during exchange off-season (partner reporting, sales analysis, new opportunity evaluation) and support performance reporting cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually)

• Annual refiling (i.e.: comp intel, service area review, rate review, policy review, application submissions, testing)

• Ensure Guardian is ready for annual open enrollment period and Annual pricing recommendation and evaluation

• Collaboration across all internal stakeholders (i.e.: Legal, Compliance, State Filing, Customer Care, Payments management and operations) and with external vendors used for policy administrative functions

• Participating in weekly, monthly, and ad hoc calls with CMS and state-based exchanges and perform strategic analysis, recommendations, and execution of the exit / entry strategy for new exchanges

• Review and implement regulatory modifications and review and validate Guardian’s Dental Exchange website and manage relationship and collaborate with third party vendors/partner

You Have

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum 3 year’s experience as a program manager or equivalent role

• Experience working in the ACA/Exchange marketplace (Healthcare.gov or State-Based Exchanges)

• Experience supporting Open Enrollment activities is preferred

• Strong Program Management, analytical and communication skills, including the ability to produce clear supporting documents in PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

• Excellent project management and organizational skills, with demonstrated success achieving results through others

• General knowledge of insurance product designs (dental products preferred)

• Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities

• Fosters a high level of teamwork and collaboration between internal and external stakeholders

Location

• This role is remote with possible quarterly travel to one of these 3 Guardian office locations: NYC, Bethlehem PA or Boston MA

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected]. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.

Visa Sponsorship

Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.

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