Associate Director, Consulting (Medicaid Strategy, Financing & Policy engagements) - Remote EST

Sellers Dorsey

6h • $116,000 - $142,000 • Remote

About The Position

Sellers Dorsey is seeking an Associate Director, Consulting who will manage Sellers Dorsey client engagements focused on Medicaid strategy and financing, managed care, and provider policy and reimbursement. As the Associate Director, you will provide direct client consulting and leadership services including providing objective advice, expertise and specialized skills in healthcare policy, strategy and management with the aim of creating value, maximizing growth and/or improving the business performance of clients. You will support the Senior Director in delivering healthcare consulting services leveraging policy and/or industry expertise in areas such as Medicaid policy, benefits, provider reimbursement, regulatory compliance, managed care, and general business development. You will be responsible for client relationships at a senior level and/or responsible for all policy/technical aspects on projects. You will also deliver strategic advice and counsel to our Sellers Dorsey business partners, states, private companies and various associations or unions. You will be responsible for policy guidance, project management, client deliverables and satisfaction, and identification of new and expanded business activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 10 or more combined years in a public healthcare policy management role and/or in the healthcare consulting industry.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible work experience in health or human services policy research, consulting and/or in a healthcare service delivery environment and/or with a Medicaid managed care organization, or 5+ years of post-graduate, progressively responsible work experience in consulting or operational experience in health care and/or health policy research/analysis is required.
• Expertise with Medicaid preferred. Advanced experience at the federal, state or private health insurance plan industry sector strongly desired.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including relaying complex technical terms in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to analyze and interpret federal and state policies and regulations.
• Ability to interact professionally with clients and other outside audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required; experience in quantitative program evaluation is highly desirable.
• The ability to work effectively independently and in teams.
• Experience delivering services on several projects simultaneously.
• Time management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Health, Health Administration, business, economics or MBA or additional relevant experience in lieu of such advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Active engagement as a thought leader through activities that contribute to Sellers Dorsey culture and success.
• Perform assigned and agreed upon project tasks maintaining client satisfaction through proactive project management; takes ownership of work and produces “client-ready” deliverables with minimal supervision.
• Manage client engagements contained with the National Medicaid Finance portfolio, assuring all contractual targets and deliverables are met; manage multiple engagements simultaneously; work closely with Senior Director and project team; communicate project progress to internal stakeholders.
• Develop strategic approach for practice and projects to manage project plan; drive timelines; anticipate, escalate and propose strategies to address complex challenges and mitigate risk.
• Actively contribute to cross-functional internal corporate teams engaged in driving corporate strategy development, practice-specific goals, process improvement and employee engagement. Contribute to development of growth strategies.
• Contribute to creating a supportive and nurturing environment for colleagues to learn, grow and develop meaningful relationships at the firm; meet with colleagues to share insights and facilitate knowledge transfer; and provide support to colleagues foster best practices and continued use of the technology.
• Deliver subject matter expertise, consulting and strategic services on multiple projects, clients and engagements; manage assigned primary research and/or solution development; assist with proposal development, project plan development, data analysis, presentation development, and delivery of client presentations.
• In the absence of, or as assigned by a Senior Director, may serve as a key client contact to respond to questions, provide required communications and be responsible for a successful client engagement.
• Use personal industry knowledge, connections, business expertise, public policy awareness and political insight to identify leads that could result in profitable revenue growth for the Firm.
• Actively provide proposal development assistance including proposal drafting, editing, scope development, and related duties as necessary.
• Actively seek to identify new business opportunities for the Firm within assigned clients to help maximize long term benefits and relationship between the client and Sellers Dorsey
• Leverage policy and/or healthcare solution expertise to help the Senior Director develop, document and communicate new solutions.
• Actively collaborate with other Sellers Dorsey practice areas and business units to pursue and deliver on new engagements.

Benefits

• The anticipated salary range for candidates is $116,000/year in our lowest geographic market range to up to $142,000/year in our highest geographic market range.
• The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in our annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP) that can range to up to 10% of annual salary.
• Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents, the successful candidate (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, and vision and for insurance plans offering short-term disability, long term disability, and basic life.
• Employees are also able to enroll in Sellers Dorsey’s 401k plan provided they meet plan requirements.
• Sellers Dorsey offers a Flexible Time Off that allows employees to use what they need.
• Additionally, we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, paid time off for qualifying medical leave, and up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level