Process Improvement Engineer- Remote
Department and Name: Shared Services- Process Improvement- Health Plan Physical Location: Glen Allen, VA Location Type: Remote Employment Status: Regular-Full time Shift: First (Days) Posted Date: February 4, 2026 Job Overview Sentara Health Plan is currently hiring a Process Improvement Engineer- Remote! Status: Full-time, permanent position (40 hours) Work hours: 8am to 5pm EST, M-F Location: This position is remote for candidates that live in the following states: VA, NC, AL, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, LA, ME, MD, MN, NE, NV, NH, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WV, WI, WY! With travel to Richmond or Virginia Beach as needed. Job Responsibilities Primary responsibility of a Process Improvement Engineer is to make significant changes in clinical, operational or transformational processes with a strategic or operational focus for Sentara Health Plans. Manages multiple projects for multiple Sentara leaders simultaneously and be able to prioritize to meet tight timelines. Responsible for all aspects of the change process to include financial, operational, and human resource perspectives and to facilitate radical changes in technology, processes and people. Helps the organization maintain cost discipline/reduce costs, with secondary goals of helping operational leaders solve problems and/or design processes that are efficient and effective and improve costs, quality, safety or revenue. Helps the organization operational leaders solve problems and/or design processes that are efficient and effective and improve costs, quality, safety or revenue. Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Nursing, Engineering or related field OR 5 years of related experience in Process Improvement, Healthcare operations/management, Clinical operations/management, or Business operations/management in lieu of education REQUIRED
- Min 3 years of experience in Healthcare Management, Accounting/Finance and Process Improvement REQUIRED
Preferred qualifications:
- Lean and/or Lean Six Sigma certification and/or statistics class completion preferred.
- Healthcare or Health Plan experience preferred.
Pay Transparency: We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is: $60,756.80–$101,254.40. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities." Sentara Health Plans provides health plan coverage to close to one million members in Virginia. We offer a full suite of commercial products including employee-owned and employer-sponsored plans, as well as Individual & Family Health Plans, Employee Assistance Programs and plans serving Medicare and Medicaid enrollees. Our quality provider network features a robust provider network, including specialists, primary care physicians and hospitals. We offer programs to support members with chronic illnesses, customized wellness programs, and integrated clinical and behavioral health services—all to help our members improve their health. Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth. Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve! To apply, please go to www.sentaracareers.com (Opens in a new tab) and use the following as your Keyword Search: JR-93803 #LI-PM1 #Indeed Talroo-Health Plan Keywords: Process Improvement, Change Management, Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Health Plan, Remote, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission – “we improve health every day.” Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet® recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety, and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as “America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), “Best Employer for Veterans” (2022, 2023), and “Best Employer for Women” (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health’s “Top 15 Health Systems” (2021, 2018). Learn more (Opens in a new tab) Apply tot his job Apply To this Job