Assistant Vice President, Consulting

Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) seeks an Assistant Vice President to lead and grow its consulting practice. The AVP will oversee multiple service lines, balance internal administration, business development, and strategic leadership, and work closely with the VP.

The role requires strong sector relationships and proven leadership in healthcare consulting. Based in New York, the AVP will travel regionally and contribute to pricing, capacity planning, and growth initiatives while

Qualifications

• Ten+ years in healthcare consulting or related professional services with leadership
• Proven track record in winning new work and growing client/funder relationships
• Ability to manage across multiple service lines and funding models
• Strong relationship-building with providers, funders, and government/health system leaders
• Experience developing compelling proposals for foundations and government funding
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Commitment to primary care as a path to health equity
• Self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and comfortable in a fast-changing environment
• Willingness to travel regionally, including semi-annually to NYC

Responsibilities

• Service Line Oversight & Strategy: guide strategy and product innovation across consulting service lines.
• Oversee service line directors and teams; review performance and financial health.
• Resolve cross service line coordination issues before they affect clients.
• Partner with the Director of Consulting Practice Management on pricing and capacity planning.
• Support growth of service lines, including titles as lines mature.
• Business Development: own a personal book of business in NY and the Northeast.
• Scope, price, and push projects with clients and funders across Population Health, Clinical Operations, and Financial Sustainability.
• Identify opportunities for intersectoral partnerships with funders, government, providers, and community orgs.
• Support Directors and consultants in expanding, repeating, and referring business.
• Develop relationships with vendors and trade associations to boost visibility and responsiveness.
• Represent PCDC's consulting at conferences and in funder conversations; grow pipeline.
• Partner with VP on overall growth strategy and competitive positioning.
• Business Unit Administration: manage administrative work for a multi-service line business.
• Budget input, reporting, and coordination with central office operations and finance.
• Act on VP's behalf on administrative matters; support hiring, onboarding, performance dialogues.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Business development

Multi-service line operation

External relationship building

Proposal development

Cross-functional collaboration

Primary care commitment

Entrepreneurial/rapidly evolving work

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MPH/MPA or related advanced degree

Job description

About PCDC

Quality primary care is transformative and a cornerstone of healthy, thriving communities. PCDC is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) community development financial institution that provides capital financing, expertise, and advocacy to expand primary care access and advance health equity in the communities that need it most. Built on 30 years of experience, PCDC is a statewide convener and primary care expert that brings safety net providers together to develop the care models and business practices they need to remain strong, sustainable organizations.

Description

Quality primary care is transformative and a cornerstone of healthy, thriving communities. PCDC is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) community development financial institution that provides capital financing, expertise, and advocacy to expand primary care access and advance health equity in the communities that need it most. Built on 30 years of experience, PCDC is a statewide convener and primary care expert that brings safety net providers together to develop the care models and business practices they need to remain strong, sustainable organizations.

About The Role

PCDC is seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP) to help manage and grow its consulting business, in partnership with the Vice President (VP). This role oversees several service lines within the practice, each led by its own director, and splits time across three kinds of work: Internal administration, business development (New York and broader Northeast), and service line oversight. The Consulting unit supports primary care providers across all settings to strengthen their quality of care and their financial viability.

• Leading a Mother Cabrini Health Foundation-funded learning collaborative to improve FQHCs’ integration of behavioral health and performance in key BH quality measures.
• Leading a New York City-wide, intersectoral project, funded by the Novartis Foundation, to drive measurable improvement in cardiovascular health screening and outcomes.
• Developing the skills and comfort of IPA-employed practice liaison staff to drive quality improvement within their assigned network practices.
• Developing the primary care strategy for a Medicaid-funded Social Care Network; and
• Driving improvement in a FQHC’s revenue cycle KPIs through 1:1 practice coaching.

Key Responsibilities

Service Line Oversight & Strategy (30%)

• Guide strategy and product innovation across PCDC's Consulting service lines (primary care operations, financial sustainability, and population health).
• Oversee the practice's service line directors and their teams.
• Review service line performance regularly: delivery quality, staff capacity, and financial health.
• Resolve cross service line coordination issues before they become client facing problems.
• Partner closely with the Director of Consulting Practice Management and Operations on pricing, capacity planning, and the systems that keep the practice running well.
• Support each service line director's growth in their role, including scope and title changes as their lines mature.

Business Development (50%)

• Own a personal book of business development, focused on new and expanded client and funder relationships in New York and the broader Northeast.
• Scope, price, and push forward potential projects with clients and funders across Population Health, Clinical Operations, and Financial Sustainability service lines (areas of PCDC’s expertise).
• Identify and create opportunities for innovative intersectoral partnerships that further PCDC’s mission and revenue opportunities, including relationships among funders, government agencies, providers, and community organizations.
• Support service line directors and consultants in their own business development efforts, particularly expanded, repeat, and referred business.
• Develop strategic relationships with vendors, trade associations, and other consultancies that increase PCDC's visibility, improve conversion rates, and build responsiveness to PCDC's target markets.
• Represent PCDC's consulting business at conferences, in funder conversations, and in other external settings that build visibility and pipeline.
• Partner with the VP on the overall growth strategy for the consulting business, including how it positions itself relative to comparable firms.

Business Unit Administration (20%)

• Manage the administrative work of running a multi service line business: Budget input, reporting, and coordination with PCDC's central office operations and finance.
• Act on behalf of the VP on administrative and operational matters when needed.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance conversations for service line directors, in partnership with Human Resources.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Based in New York State.
• Bachelor's degree required. An advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH, MPA or related field, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• Ten or more years and/or significant senior leadership experience in healthcare consulting or a related professional services setting, including experience managing other leaders.
• A track record in business development: Winning new work and growing existing client and funder relationships.
• Capable of operating across multiple service lines and funding models at once, including both fee-for-service and grant-funded work.
• Strong external relationship building skills with providers, funders, and government or health system leaders.
• Demonstrated experience in developing compelling proposals for foundation, government, and other funding stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills; proven ability to work effectively with delivery teams, unit leadership, and a wide variety of external partners and organizations.
• Commitment to primary care as key to building healthy communities and health equity.
• Self-motivated and comfortable in a rapidly evolving, entrepreneurial environment.
• Ability to travel regionally and, at minimum, semi-annually to New York City.

Work Schedule and Travel

• Hybrid, with regular time in PCDC's Manhattan office and travel as business development and service line oversight require.