Sr Manager-Collections & Operations

Job Title: Lead I - Product Implementation (Configuration - Healthcare Domain)

Location: Chennai

Experience: 3 – 12 Years

Mode: Hybrid (3 days office, 2 days WFH)

Role Overview

As a Configuration Lead – Product Implementation (Healthcare Domain), you will lead end-to-end product implementation projects, ensuring on-time, quality delivery while mentoring the implementation team. You will act as the bridge between clients, product teams, and engineering to drive customer success and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and execute healthcare product implementation plans ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.

Mentor and guide a team of Configuration Analysts and Implementation Engineers.

Identify and resolve risks, dependencies, and technical challenges.

Build and enhance reusable tools, templates, and implementation assets.

Estimate efforts, define timelines, and maintain SLA compliance.

Conduct client demos, manage escalations, and ensure satisfaction.

Collaborate across configuration, integration, conversion, and testing functions.

Maintain documentation, reports, and gold environments for all configurations.

Mandatory Skills

Healthcare Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of claims, clinical operations, and payor systems.

Product Implementation Leadership: Proven track record in enterprise product/configuration delivery.

Configuration Management: Experience configuring core admin systems for healthcare platforms.

Agile Delivery: Experience in sprint planning, execution, and backlog management.

Technical Knowledge:

DevOps, CI/CD, and deployment processes.

Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Team Leadership: Strong mentoring and guidance experience.

Communication: Strong verbal and written client-facing communication skills.

Quality & Compliance: Adherence to best practices and automation tools.

Preferred Skills

Hands-on experience with HealthRules Payor (HRP) or similar platforms.

Knowledge of Benefit, Pricing, and Provider Configuration.

Experience in configuration promotion through multiple environments.

Exposure to integration and conversion workflows in healthcare systems.

Prior consulting or client-facing implementation background.

Behavioral Attributes

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.

High ownership and accountability.

Effective time management and cross-functional collaboration.

Structured yet creative approach to solution delivery.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficiency in AWS Cloud services
• Strong experience with SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
• Hands-on programming experience in Python or pyspark.
• Working knowledge of Snowflake, including data modeling, performance tuning, and security configurations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (e.g., Git) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Note : one face-to-face (F2F) round is mandatory, and as per the process, you will need to visit the office for this.

In-depth knowledge in Healthcare and BPaaS domain, Good understanding in Delivery Excellence Framework, Expertise in business and IT processes, platforms, operations, controls and dependencies Secondary Skills: Intermediate to Expert proficiency in conducting audits & assessments in BPaaS domain areas, Proficiency in building, monitoring and testing controls for BPaaS

• Provide facilitation to ensure noiseless delivery and enable best practices adoption & evangelization through appropriate processes and platforms
• Solution consultant for projects to adopt right tools and measure to ensure product & service quality in the appropriate service lines
• Ensure effective governance of projects and deliverables
• Proactive risk management and mitigation, build known risks database to identify and mitigate risks proactively and establish oversight to monitor quality, targets and spending on implementation plan
• Enabling and co-working with the accounts / projects in compliance of regulatory requirements, other certification requirements of the Organization and the Customers for BPaaS domain. Support closure of external/internal audit findings, RCA/CAPA/FMEA for escalations
• Establish Integrated Risk and Delivery Governance models, and oversight to monitor quality, targets, overrun and penalty
• Build process mapping for BPaaS describing the high level activities across Product Service Lines establish ETVX, role definition, gating criteria, SLAs, OLAs and RACI
• Design and ensure operational and compliance controls are implemented, tested and monitored
• Build core competency to carry out DEx BPaaS audits and assessments

• Driving and overseeing a team of Customer Service Associate's via outsourced partners to ensure they are providing an exceptional customer experience
• Mastermind creative ways to deliver an exceptional customer experience
• Developing and overseeing the implementation of customer service protocols
• Resolving complex customer problems or disputes in a professional manner
• Coaching and supporting team members to help them meet departmental goals
• Maintaining and documenting records of customer interactions for training purposes
• Preparing monthly and quarterly departmental reports to determine whether KPIs are being met and adopting methods for improvement wherever necessary

What you need to have:

• Graduation degree or equivalent would be mandatory, BE/BTech/Post Graduation degree would be desirable.
• 5+ years prior experience in customer-facing roles
• Proven experience in a leadership role is required
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to anticipate the needs of customers
• Must demonstrate strong analytical thinking skills
• Should possess strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound judgement calls 
• Superior organizational and time management skills 
• Innovative, creative thinking skills to ensure the organization is providing a cutting-edge customer experience
• Expertise in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint 
• Customer Handling Experience in Fintech Setup Mandatory       

What you need to have: