Director Medical Coding

Responsibilities :

Lead and scale the Medical Coding function, ensuring top-tier accuracy, compliance, and audit quality.

Drive automation initiatives in partnership with product and engineering to enhance coding efficiency and reliability.

Provide domain expertise to improve algorithms, training datasets, and clinical decision logic.

Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of coders and auditors, fostering a culture of ownership and excellence.

Define and implement quality metrics and operational SLAs for coding accuracy and turnaround.

Collaborate with business and product leaders to align delivery with company goals and client expectations.

Serve as the voice of clinical coding in strategic and product-level discussions.

Requirements :

8+ years of overall experience with 5+ years in medical coding and auditing (preferably multi-specialty or inpatient / outpatient coding).

Certified coder (CPC, CCS, or equivalent).

Proven experience leading large coding or auditing teams, ideally within a tech-enabled or scaling environment.

Strong understanding of US healthcare coding standards, compliance, and quality frameworks.

Tech-comfortable mindset, able to work closely with product and data teams to refine automation logic.

Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills