Strategy and Business Development Consultant

Intermountain Health • SelectHealth - Murray, GA

4d • $52 - $80 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategy and Business Development Consultant supports the development of the Medicaid and CHIP growth strategy by identifying, evaluating, organizing, and advancing business and program development opportunities across Select Health’s geography. Under the direction of Medicaid leadership, this role heads up 1) Medicaid procurement readiness, opportunity tracking, RFI/RFP response coordination, market intelligence, proposal content management, and strategic planning activities, and 2) Identification and adoption of best practices that improve cost of care, service delivery, and member experience. This role also supports the annual strategy process, drives business development opportunities, and develops market intelligence to guide product innovation and geographic expansion. The Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams, including strategy, finance, clinical, and operational leaders, to translate insights into actionable strategies that align with Select Health’s commitment to improving healthcare access, affordability, and quality. By engaging with cutting-edge healthcare trends—such as digital health, value-based care, and population health analytics—the Consultant contributes to projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery. This role offers a unique opportunity to build expertise in healthcare strategy, gain exposure to senior leadership, and grow within a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven organization dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience for members and communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Hospital Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• 1–2 years of healthcare or strategy experience (or equivalent internships/projects).
• Knowledge of healthcare delivery models, market trends, and community demographics.
• Experience supporting group facilitation or planning processes.
• Strong research, writing, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, synthesize complex information, track decisions and risks, and prepare executive-ready materials.
• Proficiency with proposal, content, and project management or procurement tracking tools, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Medicaid managed care, CHIP, Medicare Advantage, Duals, or other government-sponsored health programs.
• Experience supporting RFI/RFP responses, proposal development, government procurement, business development operations, complex projects, or cross-functional planning processes.
• Familiarity with health plan operations, including network, quality, compliance, clinical programs, finance, actuarial, product, and operations functions.
• Experience with quality and member experience measures (e.g., CAHPS, HEDIS), value-based care models, or cost-of-care improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Medicaid policy, state procurement processes, regulatory environments, managed care market dynamics, and state agency priorities.
• Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, public policy, finance, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Track Medicaid/CHIP opportunities (RFIs, RFPs, waivers, pilots) and develop and maintain procurement calendars and pipeline trackers.
• Support go/no-go preparation by organizing background research, assumptions, risks, readiness considerations, and decision materials for leadership review.
• Coordinate the collection, organization, and refresh of reusable proposal content, templates, exhibits, performance examples, resumes, forms, and certifications.
• Assist with proposal workplans, compliance matrices, and review schedules, tracking assignments and due dates across SMEs, writers, reviewers, and vendors.
• Coordinate with cross-functional partners to develop response content while maintaining version control and documentation standards for proposal materials.
• Translate lessons learned into improved templates, trackers, playbooks, and workflows.
• Develop and maintain state-by-state Medicaid and CHIP market intelligence to support procurement readiness, market assessment, growth planning, and best practices.
• Monitor Medicaid policy, procurement schedules, competitor activity, regulatory changes, and state agency priorities.
• Prepare competitor profiles, stakeholder maps, market briefs, procurement readiness summaries, and issue briefs for Medicaid leadership.
• Research Medicaid managed care topics such as behavioral health, rural access, value-based care, HCBS, pharmacy, and network adequacy.
• Support local engagement planning by organizing intelligence on providers, community organizations, advocacy groups, and market partners.
• Help Medicaid leadership build and maintain market and regulatory relationships.
• Support Medicaid strategic planning, market growth assessments, and business case development for new and existing geographies.
• Support development of materials for senior leadership, executive sponsors, governance discussions, and cross-functional planning meetings.
• Help translate strategic priorities into actionable workplans, implementation trackers, and follow-up plans.
• Report on procurement pipeline activity, proposal timelines, content readiness, submission quality, decision status, and lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities to improve consistency, timeliness, quality, and coordination of procurement, proposal, and business development processes.
• Research and benchmark how high-performing Medicaid MCOs reduce total cost of care, improve access, and elevate member experience, and monitor state waivers, value-based models, and competitor programs for approaches worth adopting.
• Support analysis of cost drivers, utilization patterns, and avoidable spending, and build business cases for high-value interventions such as care management and pharmacy optimization.
• Convert selected best practices into standardized playbooks, workflows, and implementation trackers so improvements are adopted consistently, measured, and fed back into RFP responses and future program design.
• Partner with Clinical, Network, and Operations teams to embed adopted best practices into day-to-day workflows and confirm sustained adoption and measurable impact.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

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