Executive Staffing Firm Services

The Vendor is required to provide executive recruitment services for the position of the Executive Director of the Agency.
- The incumbent is responsible for the strategic direction, leadership, and oversight of the Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology areas of the exchange, which enrolls more than 250,000 individual health, 61,000 dental, and 1.1 million Medicaid members per year.
- The Exchange allows individuals seeking Medicaid coverage under the Modified Adjusted Gross Income Categories, along with individuals and small businesses to compare health plans and buy health and dental insurance in the private market, enhancing competition and providing the same advantages available to large employer groups.
- The preferred candidate demonstrates: understanding of the importance of creating an organized, transparent marketplace for Marylanders to purchase affordable, quality health care coverage, to claim available federal tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies, and to meet the personal responsibility requirements imposed under the Affordable Care Act; experience with Medicaid policy and financing; knowledge of the state legislative and budget processes and with fiduciary responsibility for public funds; strong management and interpersonal skills and a commitment to fostering a team environment; strong public speaking and writing skills; astute understanding of media and government relations,; experience making decisions in the public spotlight; ability to manage and work within a very fast-paced, quickly evolving organization and to steer and track multiple, complex priorities.
- The Executive Director must develop and maintain effective relationships and communication with key stakeholders and the Executive and Legislative branches of federal and state government.
- The Executive Director will direct, administer, and manage the operations of the Exchange and is responsible for providing leadership and direction for formulating the Exchange’s strategic objectives and bringing them to the Board for input, discussion and decision.
- A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or both.
- Additionally, the advertised salary range as of July 2025 was $192,018 - $362,977/year.