Project Leader - Principal, Health Care Payer

Boston Consulting Group•Minneapolis, MN

6d•$252,900•Hybrid

About The Position

BCG is growing and seeking experienced consultants for its Health Care team at the Project Leader or Principal level. These individuals will play a critical role in enriching project work and delivering forward-thinking solutions to Health Care Services clients, primarily health systems and health insurance companies. The ideal candidates will possess previous management consulting experience and demonstrated leadership in growing client relations, people, and knowledge development. In this role, you will lead high-impact transformation programs, collaborating with OneBCG teams (including traditional consulting, digital, AI, and technology talent) and senior client stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity to refine your problem-solving skills while gaining exposure to a wide range of industry challenges and opportunities. Health Care consultants partner with clients to define winning strategies, shape their value proposition, enhance operational effectiveness, and create sustained advantage. Project Leaders manage client engagements, oversee research and data analysis, develop actionable recommendations, and manage client relationships. Principals provide project management oversight, interact with client leads daily, develop presentations, manage external relationships, and oversee budgets.

Requirements

Demonstrated consulting and industry experience within the Health Care Services sector.
Health insurance, health system, or PBM / enabling service experience preferred.
3–5+ years of post-graduate consulting experience.
At least 1 year leading consulting teams on Health Care Services-focused engagements.
Track record of collaboration with senior executives.
Must be comfortable delivering formal presentations to management.
Strong management and communication skills.
Ability to bring together all stakeholders and persuade senior clients to take action.
Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking.
Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximize shareholder value.
Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm.
Proven ability to manage client engagements, client relationships, and provide “thought leadership” to teams, owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements.
A combination of management and “hands on” delivery experience is critical.
A solid track record of building strong client relationships with large organizations, as well as identifying opportunities to deepen those relationships and grow the business.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree is nice to have but not required.
A degree from a top-tier institution preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead high-impact transformation programs.
Partner with OneBCG teams and senior client stakeholders.
Define winning strategies for Health Care Services clients.
Shape client value propositions.
Enhance operational effectiveness for clients.
Create sustained advantage for clients.
Manage client engagements, including studies to define client needs and supervising research activities.
Supervise research activities to obtain relevant data.
Oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation.
Conduct advanced financial analysis of client, competitor, and industry data.
Apply knowledge of business principles and industrial organization.
Develop actionable recommendations.
Supervise work including strategic due diligence, product development studies, change management plans, and evaluation of long-term investment opportunities.
Manage client contact and play a key role in the development and maintenance of high-level client relationships.
Provide project management oversight to meet client expectations.
Develop presentations.
Manage external relationships and consultant work progress.
Provide status reports.
Oversee budgets.
Collaborate with BCG team members from many backgrounds and disciplines in a team-oriented, relationship-driven environment.
Work alongside top minds on cases that reshape business, government, and society.
Increase understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives.
Develop new skills.
Partner with senior clients, taking on the role of trusted advisor.
Work at all levels of the client organization to find and execute value creation strategies that result in meaningful, enduring impact.

Benefits

An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, offering a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.
Travel is anticipated and will vary based on specific project locations.
Annual discretionary performance bonus.
BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution.
Market leading benefits package.
Comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest.
Full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members (zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks).
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.
Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost.
Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.