Vice President of Talent & Culture
Medica
Medica is a mission-driven, nonprofit health plan headquartered in Minnesota, serving more than 1.7 million members across nine states. For over five decades, it has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, affordable healthcare across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid markets. Now, Medica is entering a pivotal phase of growth, highlighted by the transformative acquisition of UCare’s membership—significantly expanding its scale, strengthening its market position, and accelerating its impact across the region. With the UCare acquisition, Medica is emerging as one of the leading nonprofit health insurers in the country.
As the organization integrates this growth and continues to expand, the Vice President of Talent & Culture will play a critical role in shaping Medica’s future. This leader will partner closely with the executive team to drive enterprise talent strategy, lead through integration and change, and build a high-performing, mission-aligned culture. By strengthening leadership capability, bolstering talent acquisition capabilities and scaling talent systems, this role will be instrumental in enabling Medica to sustain its momentum and deliver on its mission to improve lives through accessible, community-focused healthcare.
A Foundation you can build on
Getting a sense of the foundation that has been built prior to your arrival offers a lens through which you can see where your career may go.
History
Medica’s roots trace back to 1975, when a group of Twin Cities physicians founded Physicians Health Plan of Minneapolis to provide a more coordinated, community-oriented approach to health coverage. The organization expanded steadily during the 1980s as managed care gained traction, and a pivotal milestone came in 1991 when Physicians Health Plan merged with Share Health Plan - creating the modern Medica brand and establishing the foundation for a regional nonprofit health insurer. Over the following decades, Medica broadened its geographic footprint beyond Minnesota to 9 states throughout the Midwest.
As it grew, Medica distinguished itself through innovative care initiatives and strategic partnerships with leading health systems, while maintaining its nonprofit mission to improve access and affordability. The organization introduced early preventive-care programs, implemented pioneering policies such as coverage for smoking-cessation treatments in 1998, and later capped insulin out-of-pocket costs for members in 2019. More recently, Medica has pursued joint ventures and provider partnerships - such as collaborations with major regional health systems - to deepen care integration and support expansion into new markets across the Midwest and beyond. Today, the organization serves more than a million members across multiple states, reflecting nearly five decades of evolution from a physician-founded local health plan into one of the Upper Midwest’s most influential nonprofit healthcare insurers.
Health Insurance
The U.S. health insurance market is a massive and highly regulated sector, exceeding $1 trillion in annual premiums and shaped by a complex mix of employer-sponsored coverage, individual marketplace plans, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. While national carriers dominate scale and brand recognition, the industry remains highly regionalized, with nonprofit health plans and provider-aligned insurers playing a critical role in delivering localized care solutions and competitive pricing. Within this landscape, Medica has emerged as one of the Midwest’s most influential nonprofit health plans. By pairing deep regional expertise with strategic provider partnerships and a mission-driven model focused on affordability and community health, Medica has carved out a differentiated position - competing effectively with national insurers while maintaining the agility and local alignment that define the next generation of regional healthcare payers.
Scale
Medica operates at significant scale as one of the largest nonprofit health insurers in the Upper Midwest, serving approximately 1.7 million members across nine states including Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.. The organization employs over 3,000 people and manages a broad portfolio of health plans spanning employer-sponsored coverage, individual marketplace offerings, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid programs. With a diversified membership base and expanding geographic footprint, Medica continues to grow through strategic partnerships, product innovation, and targeted acquisitions - positioning the organization as a major regional payer with the operational scale and financial resources to compete effectively against both national carriers and other nonprofit health plans across the Midwest.
Our Take On Medica's Values
All in on Team
Medica has built a culture where people recognize that the team is stronger than the individual - we win together, we lose together, and we work together through collaboration and respect
Learn, Adapt & Grow
Medica places a strong emphasis on personally and collectively continuing to grow, lean into change, and recognize that there is always room for improvement
Accountability and Tenacity
As a not-for-profit health plan, Medica balances a strong social mission with increasing expectations around financial stewardship, scalability, and operational rigor. They highly value each individual owning their work with a sense of pride, courage, tenacity, and integrity.
