This position is responsible for the contract execution, implementation, quality control, auditing, and issue resolution processes that support accurate, competitive, and properly designed and executed payor agreements This position negotiates and manages both fee-for-service and value-based care (VBC) agreements, including shared savings, risk, and quality incentive arrangements, and partners closely with COPC's Clinical Quality and Population Health teams to ensure VBC terms are clinically achievable, appropriately resourced, and aligned with organizational quality performance capabilities. • Lead end-to-end rate negotiations with commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid managed care payors, from strategy development through final execution, serving as the organization’s primary point of contact and lead negotiator with health plan representatives; assess and defend rate proposals using market benchmarking and financial impact analysis; draft, redline, and finalize contract language in coordination with legal and operational leadership.