Centene: Enterprise Operational Excellence and Transformation Governance
Built and led the enterprise Process Improvement and Process Design organization across Membership, Enrollment & Billing, Claims, Provider Data Management & Experience, and Configuration.
Selected outcomes
- Produced about $54M in Finance-validated benefits: roughly $14M in 2024, $22M in 2025 and $18M through September 2026.
- Designed and installed one management system for the portfolio: standardized intake, business cases, scoring on financial merit, strategic alignment and execution readiness, resource allocation, tollgates and benefit validation, with weekly VP-level review.
- Cut large-initiative cycle time from more than 18 months to under nine, and held on-time delivery above 80%.
- Governed 27 active initiatives, about 18 projects a year, and a 33-opportunity pipeline. More than 20% of ideas failed initial scoring, which kept capacity on the highest-value work.
- Led six direct reports and a fully remote organization of 60+. Developed four leaders through seven promotions and prepared two potential successors for the Senior Director role.
Executive impact. A scalable Operational Excellence capability that connected enterprise strategy, prioritization, resource allocation, execution governance and measurable financial value.