Healthcare Managed Care and Financial Strategy , Managing Consultant

Guidehouse•Chicago, IL

3d•$102,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Managing Consultants own client engagements from cultivation to completion. In this role, you will be accountable for the activities of the project team and support the day-to-day management of the client relationship. You are expected to effectively develop and manage work plans, staffing, deadlines and budgets for multiple complex projects simultaneously. Work products are expected to be high-quality and client-ready. In this visible role, you will lead team meetings, and guide, manage, and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing constructive feedback on project participation and overall career development. Managing Consultants work closely with Directors and Managing Directors to keep them abreast of project progress and important developments. Managing Consultants support sales initiatives and practice development. We encourage career development and hiring for the long term. As a Managing Consultant, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to develop your project management and client relationship skills. As you are ready drive strategic solutions across multiple complex workstreams and become more involved in business development, you will have the opportunity to progress to the Associate Director level. Specific Responsibilities for this role include: Use your extensive healthcare industry experience and your prowess to identify, sell and successfully deliver innovative solutions from design, through development and implementation for revenue challenged managed care health systems, hospitals, AMCs, IDNs to prioritize investments and refine contracts to strategy and growth imperatives Design and lead a portfolio of critical consulting engagements during this heavy reform time for managed care provider and provider sponsored plan organizations across the country Bridge payer and clinical expertise to deliver synergy and more robust solutions to our clients targeting value and outcomes Drive and help direct nationwide business development and relationship management activities for Guidehouse Healthcare clients requiring the need for alternative value-based models Play a key role in helping guide the firm’s continued development of leading-edge consulting, in the value transformation service line

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
5+ years strategy and operations lead experience in commercial managed care market with demonstrated financial and analytical skills to realign health entities investment portfolio
Proven success in identifying and reprioritizing the portfolio to invest in the right service lines and businesses to optimize revenue, growth or other strategic imperatives
5+ yrs. experience strategically working with managed care contracts on the payer/provider side to align with strategy and deliver expected revenue
3+ years delivering corporate financial plans for healthcare payer/provider that includes longitudinal analysis and delivers validated forward planning to the institution
5+ years studying industry trends, risks, and client's financial and market portfolio and advising health system CFO, CSO, CEO on managed care contract details and benefits design that maximizes revenue
2+ years of pricing or health economics experience
1+ years of executive consulting experience influencing C-Suite healthcare client on strategic decisions inclusive of selling, designing and implementing programs that deliver results
The ability to travel up to 75%

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree
Superior written and verbal communication skills
Excellent quantitative analysis skills
Demonstrated excellence in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as the ability to conduct research
Track record of efficiency, flexibility, creative problem-solving, self-motivated, analytical and highly-organized
Proven ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively within team structures
Entrepreneurial spirit and excitement toward promoting Guidehouse’s growing healthcare practice

Responsibilities

Identify, sell and successfully deliver innovative solutions from design, through development and implementation for revenue challenged managed care health systems, hospitals, AMCs, IDNs to prioritize investments and refine contracts to strategy and growth imperatives
Design and lead a portfolio of critical consulting engagements during this heavy reform time for managed care provider and provider sponsored plan organizations across the country
Bridge payer and clinical expertise to deliver synergy and more robust solutions to our clients targeting value and outcomes
Drive and help direct nationwide business development and relationship management activities for Guidehouse Healthcare clients requiring the need for alternative value-based models
Play a key role in helping guide the firm’s continued development of leading-edge consulting, in the value transformation service line

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend