Senior Project Manager; Healthcare Billing

Overview

Department: Customer Solutions

The Customer Solutions department in Quest Diagnostics is responsible to enhance customer satisfaction, enable sustainable business growth, and contribute to better healthcare outcomes supporting customers covering 20 states and a wide variety of geographies. The department also supports commercial growth through expert technical services, seamless customer onboarding, customer long term relationship management, and the successful implementation and lifecycle management of diagnostic lab testing, software, and workflows.

With a strong emphasis on financial margin optimization, this department applies systems thinking and data analytics to identify improvement opportunities, drive evidence-based decision-making, and ensure high-impact service delivery. Lean Six Sigma methodologies are leveraged to lead continuous improvement, promote process standardization, and implement automation initiatives that increase efficiency, scalability, and consistency across operations.

Work Schedule: 3 days onsite, 2 days work from Home.

Location: Wood Dale, IL;
Lenexa, KS;
Denver, CO;
Cincinnati, OH;
St. Louis, MO.

Travel: 25%

We are seeking a highly analytical and results-driven Senior Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives focused on write off reduction, and revenue growth in the Customer Solutions Department. This role is ideal for a strong problem solver with Continuous Improvement mindset who excels at project management and analysis capabilities to lead cross functional projects, solve complex problems, deliver insights from data.

In this role, you will be a key influencer, change agent, partnering across cross-functional teams, including Customer Solutions, Billing, Laboratory Operations, IT, and Commercial, Patient Services, Health Plans, etc. to deliver seamless, scalable solutions for revenue growth.

Pay Range: $90,900 - $127,100 per year

Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.

Benefits Information:

We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects - physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:

• Medical/Prescription Drugs
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Supplemental Health Plans
• 401(k) Plan - Company match dollar-for-dollar up to 5%
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability buy-up
• Blueprint for Wellness
• Emotional Well-Being Resources
• Educational Assistance
• Paid time off / Health Time
• Variable Compensation Plans
• Sales Incentive Plans

• Business Analysis & Insights
• Based on data study, recommends write off reduction & revenue growth strategies for cross-functional teams - billing, customer ops, commercial, patient services, health plans, etc.
• Identifies areas of opportunities in end to end customer onboarding related to revenue growth write off reduction, billing specific improvements, etc.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making through data and structured analysis.
• Leverage tools like Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or Excel to extract, transform, and analyze large datasets.
• Develop dashboards/visual reports to communicate trends, performance indicators, and operational insights.
• Use insights to guide strategy, track project KPIs/measure of success, and support proactive issue resolution.
• Perform root cause analysis using data trends and statistical tools to drive problem-solving and process enhancements.

• Lead large, cross-functional projects from initiation to successful completion with full accountability for results.
• Define and manage project scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, and budgets.
• Develop and maintain documentation such as Project Plans, and weekly status reports.
• Troubleshoot client/business related issues and serve as a liaison between the client and internal functions (sales, lab, billing, logistics, IT).

• Identify and manage stakeholders across all functions and levels of the organization.
• Establish clear communication plans and ensure timely, transparent updates to all parties.
• Present findings, project updates, and recommendations to leadership using data to influence and support decisions.

• Apply continuous improvement tools to streamline processes, reduce inefficiencies and improve
• Use structured Root cause Analysis techniques to investigate and resolve recurring service or operational issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design,…