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About Stellar Health: Historically, US Healthcare has relied on a fee-for-service reimbursement system where providers are paid based on the quantity of patient visits and procedures, rather than the quality of health outcomes. At Stellar Health, we help primary care providers put patient health first. Our platform - a mix of technology, people, and analytics - supports providers at the point of care, delivering real-time patient information, activating practice staff, and empowering providers and care teams with incentives that reward the work they are already doing to keep patients healthy. Using the Stellar App, our web-based, point-of-care tool; practices receive a simple checklist of recommended actions that support the best quality care. Providers and care teams are then paid monthly for each action they complete, and Payors save money in reduced healthcare costs along the way. Stellar is a US-based Health-tech backed by Top VCs (General Atlantic, Point72, & Primary Venture Partners) with an established product & proven operating model. We’ve shown that we make a real difference for physician practices and their patients. ABOUT THE POSITION:   Stellar Health is building its Quality function from the ground up, and this is the role that stands it up. As Director, Quality Programs, you will carry a dual mandate: first, serving as the subject matter expert and leader directly owning our Quality Program for our CMS ACO business and all risk contracts; and second, leading quality across the full Stellar business — serving as the internal quality authority for Sales, Product, Customer Success, and Operations. You will report directly into the VP, Value-Based Care Operations. This is not a back-office function. You will be embedded in commercial conversations, influencing the product roadmap, advising Customer Success on payer submissions, and representing Stellar's quality expertise in client-facing and prospect-facing settings. The right candidate brings expertise in MSSP Quality performance, data ingestion, and client-facing engagement, combined with a genuine passion for and deep understanding of value-based care quality improvement — because the nuances of this space matter, and we need someone who lives and breathes them. You will operate as an expert individual contributor from day one: running MSSP quality submissions, conducting rigorous analysis of the quality landscape, advising ACO leadership and practices on performance strategy, and representing Stellar in peer-level conversations with payer quality leadership. Internally, you will be the go-to quality resource for deal-level feasibility questions from Sales, measure logic review for Product, escalated HEDIS questions from Customer Success, and quality sign-off before anything ships. Over time, you will hire and develop a small team, transitioning from solo executor to player-coach. This is a builder role — the quality function exists in theory; you will make it real. AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND IMPACT Execution & Performance Management - Independently own day-to-day execution of the MSSP Quality program, including inter-team coordination and submission workflows across HEDIS, CMS Stars, MIPS, and Medicaid quality programs. - Lead all Stellar Health ACO quality submission activity: submission package preparation, internal audits, review and sign-off cycles, and ACO leadership advisory on performance trends and contract target-setting. - Conduct robust and regular analysis of the broader quality landscape to identify trends, surface risks, and maintain Stellar's position as a knowledgeable partner to payers and ACOs. - Establish KPIs to measure the impact of quality interventions; report to senior leaders weekly and as needed on current performance status and emerging issues across all ACOs. - Serve as the single internal owner of the quality SME queue — fielding and resolving "does this count?" questions from Customer Success, Provider