About Pair Team

Pair Team is on a mission to improve the wellbeing of underserved communities by connecting them to high-quality care.

Pair Team cares for the highest-need Medicaid recipients through a community-led model. We build local partnerships with shelters, food pantries, and other community-based organizations to turn them into a site of care. As a support system for the community, we provide wraparound clinical services, up-skill CBO staff to become Community Health Workers, and utilize our proprietary data-driven technology platform, Arc, for care coordination. Through Medicaid MCOs, we provide healthcare for hard-to-reach, high-need individuals, while sharing healthcare dollars with community groups to expand their social support programs.

Our Values

• Lead with integrity: We keep our commitments and take responsibility for our actions. We are dependable and choose authenticity over perfection.
• Embrace challenges: We leave our egos at the door and step forward into discomfort instead of back into safety. We help each other to learn and provide feedback using candor and kindness.
• Break through walls: We go the extra mile for our patients, partners and one another, and we run toward hard things. We are resilient in our push for consistent improvement and challenge the status quo.
• Act beyond yourself: We build each other up and respect boundaries. We seek first to understand and assume positive intent.
• Care comes first: We hold ourselves to the highest standards for our patients. We are relentless in the pursuit of our mission, and ensure that we are taking care of ourselves in order to care for others.

In the News

• Forbes: For Pair Team, Accessibility Is About Delivering Healthcare To Those Who Need It The Most
• TechCrunch: Building for Medicaid’s regulatory moment with Neil Batlivala from Pair Team
• Axios: Pair Team collects $9M for Medicaid-based care

About the Opportunity

As the Care Team Manager, you will play a critical role in our whole-person, interdisciplinary care model. You will be responsible for directly outreaching and engaging with individuals living with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorder, experiencing homelessness, and/or those who have high medical needs. We believe in the power of trust and relationships to successfully engage those who may have never received the kind of whole-health care that Pair Team can provide.

You will focus on building relationships and providing ongoing support to individuals whose quality of life can be improved with the Enhanced Care Management benefit. With lived experience in the local community, you will serve as an empathetic problem-solver, collaborating closely with partner clinics, community organizations, and Pair Team’s care coordinators. You will manage six interdisciplinary pods, which includes supporting up to 18 Lead Care Managers (LCMs) at a time to drive high-quality patient care and effective engagement strategies for individuals with complex medical and social needs.

This role is ideal for a dynamic leader with a multidisciplinary care team background who can navigate and support a collaborative care model. You should be passionate about improving healthcare access and outcomes for underserved communities.

Note: Internally, this role is referred to as a Lead Care Manager, Team Manager.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and Develop Your Team: Build trust and strong relationships with Lead Care Managers. Provide 1:1 coaching, support, and management to ensure high performance and team cohesion.
• Ensure Quality of Care: Conduct bi-weekly audits of LCM work to maintain high-quality patient care, including timely and clear documentation, up-to-date tasks, and tailored care plans.
• Monitor Performance Metrics: Utilize dashboards to track key metrics and ensure they are trending positively. Be the first point of contact for escalations and troubleshooting.
• Training and Onboarding: Assist with the development and implementation of new hire and ongoing training programs. Support the LCM interview process and own the upkeep of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Foster Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between LCMs, their assigned clinics, their care plans (including community supports), and cross-functional stakeholders. Promote effective communication across internal teams, clinic partners, and external healthcare providers.
• Drive Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance care management and coordination efforts, ensuring recommendations are communicated effectively across the healthcare team.
  

What You’ll Need

• At least 2 years of experience managing large individual contributor teams, ideally in a healthcare or community care setting.
• 2+ years of experience with community engagement, patient navigation, or social work.
• Experience in a care team background, navigating multidisciplinary collaborative care models.
• Bilingual – English/Spanish.
• Strong understanding of cultural fluency and knowledge of community resources.
• Demonstrated experience working with individuals with complex chronic needs, such as homelessness or severe mental illness/substance use disorder.
• Technical proficiency with CRM databases, basic Excel, Word, email, and video conferencing tools.
• Must have a quiet, HIPAA-compliant at-home work environment with reliable internet and cell phone access.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Demonstrated professional or personal lived experience working closely with individuals experiencing complex chronic needs, homelessness, or Severe Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder 
• 3+ years of case management experience
• Experience with motivational interviewing
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Zest for problem solving, seeking answers, and thinking outside the box
• Detail-oriented and organized self-starter who is a rockstar multitasker
• Reliable and comfortable in an ever-changing environment

Because We Value You

• Salary: $70,000 - $80,000
• Comprehensive health, vision & dental insurance
• 401k
• Equity compensation package
• Monthly $100 work from home expense stipend for your WFH days
• Gas reimbursements for your on-site engagement days
• Flexible vacation policy -- take the time you need to recharge!
• We provide all of the equipment needed for the role
• Opportunity for rapid career progression with plenty of room for personal growth!