Transformation Consultant

University of Iowa•Iowa City, IA

About The Position

University of Iowa Health Care is seeking a skilled Transformation Consultant to support and define work for its enterprise transformation journey. This role provides organizational transformation and drives complex, critical business and operational initiatives by partnering with clinical, academic, research, and administrative leaders. The consultant will facilitate strategic implementation, deliver insight-backed recommendations, shape enterprise-wide change initiatives, and support the priorities of the Enterprise Performance Council (EPC). As part of the Transformation Consulting team within the Transformation Office, this position reports directly to the Principal Transformation Consultant and collaborates with analytics, performance improvement, and project management teams. The Transformation Consultant will drive high-impact transformation efforts, leverage data for decision-making, and foster continuous improvement. This role acts as a key connector across various teams, translating complex analytics into actionable insights to accelerate progress on enterprise goals. The position requires proficiency in working with executives and senior clinicians to facilitate opportunity analyses, recommend solutions, structure implementation plans, identify metrics, and manage initiatives to achieve targeted results. The consultant will be responsible for concurrently driving two to three initiatives from inception to implementation.

Requirements

Master’s degree in business, health administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in management consulting, health care strategy, operations, transformation, or similar roles.
Demonstrated experience working on cross-functional projects in complex organizations.
Strong proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
Proven ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.
Analytical thinking with the ability to synthesize complex data into insights.
Advanced ability to coach, facilitate, and influence people at all levels.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Advanced written and interpersonal communication capabilities, with a strong track record of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to determine relevance and prioritize tasks.
Proven leadership ability.
Effective problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated ability to put forth persuasive arguments.
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, matrixed environment and manage ambiguity.
Demonstrated experience working effectively in a welcoming and respectful work environment.

Nice To Haves

Strong business acumen.
Strategic problem-solving and creative solution development / storytelling
Strong organizational and project management abilities, with experience in strategic road mapping.
Advanced ability to build and maintain relationships with a broad range of staff and members of the community.
Experience leading a team of professionals.

Responsibilities

Acts as a transformation consultant to the enterprise on high priority projects and initiatives and orchestrates complex initiatives across the organization with support from leadership.
Leads formulation and delivery of transformation initiatives, including building business cases to help quantify impact.
Defines objectives and associated metrics to provide strategic visibility of organizational progress; manages multiple work streams/projects efficiently.
Leverages knowledge, skills and relationships to rapidly develop frameworks, define work approaches, conduct analysis, generate insights, and communicate those insights to support / influence approach and transformation agenda.
Supports analytics and synthesizes key insights into complete presentations outlining objectives, analysis and findings, and recommendations.
Presents findings to team, mid and senior-level stakeholders, and provides assistance in developing presentations that will be presented to large audiences, including executive leadership team.
Designs and undertakes complex quantitative and qualitative assessments, and conducts primary research as appropriate, to support the development of evidence-based transformation efforts.
Analyze data to derive actionable insights aligned with EPC priorities.
Partner with project managers and key stakeholders across clinical, operational, and administrative areas to gather inputs for strategy execution.
Facilitate discovery and ideation sessions to scope problems and initiate solutioning for top enterprise priorities.
Identify risks, barriers to progress, and resistance to change; escalate and collaborate to resolve issues.
Facilitate strategic thinking and consulting skills in guiding the organization toward workable strategies and solutions.
Develop strategic materials, reports, and presentations that translate analysis into clear, compelling narratives for senior leaders.
Support change management initiatives.
Maintain ongoing communication and alignment through regular stakeholder meetings and collaboration sessions.
Contribute to building standardized processes, documentation, and reporting templates within the Transformation Office.
Engage in continuous learning and process improvement efforts to increase the Transformation Office’s impact.
Drive innovation efforts and identify opportunities for system-wide improvement.