Consulting Associate

Huron; Bengaluru South; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Consulting Associate in Bengaluru South, India. The role focuses on project management within the healthcare sector, requiring 3-5 years of experience in project implementation and a strong ability to collaborate effectively with clients and team members. Candidates should have an Associate's degree, proficient skills in Microsoft Office, and excellent communication skills. This role is primarily in-office and offers opportunities for skill development and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment.
• Preferably 1-2 years experience within consulting.
• Direct supervisory experience including coaching, mentorship, and providing feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more project work streams utilizing Huron approaches.
• Collaborate with clients while managing junior Huron staff.
• Ensure project delivery schedules are achieved.

Skills

Critical thinking skills

Communication skills

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Associate's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long‑term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer‑centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

Position Summary

Associates lead one or more project work streams utilizing Huron approaches, methodologies and tools to implement impactful and innovative solutions to address our clients’ business challenges. Skilled relationship builders, Associates collaborate with clients while simultaneously managing junior Huron staff. Everyone works in symphony to achieve a common objective: create and implement sustainable solutions.

Required Skills

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Proven critical thinking skills in both data collection and complex analysis; ability to identify gaps and risks, summarize findings, and develop conclusions.
• Effective at delegating tasks to junior staff while managing the overall quality of project deliverables.
• Execution against project workplans, escalating risks and barriers, and coordinating client communication to ensure project delivery schedule is achieved.
• Collaboration with internal team members during the project, including presenting key takeaways, communicating project updates, and organizing overall project logistics.
• Ability to apply proven methodologies and best practices to unique client situations; skilled at collaboration with project team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions to complex business problems.
• Direct supervisory experience including coaching, mentorship, and providing feedback through performance management.

Core Qualifications

• Associate's degree required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Excellent communication skills; strong written and oral English skills.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team‑based environment.
• Preferably 1‑2 years experience within consulting.
• Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving and analytical skills.
• Direct supervisory experience.
• Located in or near Bangalore; role requires an individual in office.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (Revenue)

• Relevant hospital or physician revenue cycle experience supervising a department and/or team‑based projects with a focus on process improvement initiatives and change management.
• Project leadership and workplan management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus on hospital or physician revenue cycle, denials management, revenue integrity, or patient access services.

Work From Office Policy

• Our hybrid working policy offers in‑office and remote flexibility by default based on team delivery and collaboration requirements.
• In‑office time is leveraged for skillset development/bootcamps, team building, and collaboration activities.
• Those on Epic projects or with client requirements must present daily, as project requires.
• Leadership has discretion to require onsite presence.

External Job Title: Consulting Associate, Healthcare

Practice: Healthcare

Level: Associate

Location: Bangalore

Position Level: Associate

Country: India