Associate Director, Clinical & Operational Transformation

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays & Sick Time

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement & LearningOpport

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Director, Clinical and Operational Improvement, to lead integrated optimization programs for hospitals and health systems within the Healthcare Payer and Provider Practice.

You will drive design and delivery across clinical, operational, and financial improvements, manage multi-workstream engagements, and partner with clients and Guidehouse specialty teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; nursing or other clinical degree from an accredited institution preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in hospital operations (e.g., clinical operations, performance improvement, labor and non-labor optimization, physician operations, or provider-focused financial operations).
• Strong client leadership and business development skills, including identifying opportunities and selling add-on work.
• Willingness to travel extensively (up to 75%).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality consulting services for clients within the Guidehouse Healthcare Payer and Provider Practice.
• Provide healthcare industry expertise and management consulting support across client engagements.
• Build and maintain account relationships with key client decision-makers.
• Identify priority issues and develop practical, client-specific solutions.
• Provide delivery assurance across engagements, ensuring quality, consistency, and stakeholder alignment.
• Coach and mentor team members on client assignments and within account teams.
• Demonstrate visible leadership within the account and the broader practice.
• Lead consulting projects to deliver contract outcomes, project plans, and executive expectations by influencing key decision-makers and stakeholders.

Skills

Client leadership

Business development

Data analysis

Project management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Nursing degree preferred

Clinical degree preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Word

MS Project

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Director, Clinical and Operational Improvement, to lead integrated optimization programs for hospitals and health systems within the Healthcare Payer and Provider Practice.

You will drive design and delivery across clinical, operational, and financial improvements, manage multi-workstream engagements, and partner with clients and Guidehouse specialty teams to deliver measurable outcomes.