Medical Director - UM Optimization
Centene
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Missouri · $215k–$409k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $311,750 a year. Across 84 open medical director listings that state pay, the middle half runs $250,000 to $313,500 and the median is $282,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 10% above the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among medical and health services managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for medical and health services managers: 7% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Centene has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 69 workers, most recently November 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...Position Purpose: Assist the Chief Medical Officer to direct and coordinate the medical management, quality improvement and credentialing... ...functions for the business unit. This is a remote Medical Director role providing medical leadership for Utilization Management (...