Director Advisory Services - Strategic Collaboratives

Premier; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare consulting firm is seeking a Director Advisory Services to oversee client engagements and deliver performance improvements in healthcare. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to develop and manage client relationships. This role offers a competitive salary and various benefits including health insurance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Health/dental/vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Access to on-site exercise classes

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in Health Systems Finance or Operations.
• Ability to lead and mentor others effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engagement results and manage client relationships.
• Guide project management activities and deliver project outcomes.
• Participate in sales and business development activities.

Skills

Effective presentations

Client relationship management

Analytical problem-solving

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Director Advisory Services - Strategic Collaboratives

The Director works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare. The role provides leadership by driving engagement results, managing client relationships, managing engagement resources, overseeing development of client deliverables and solutions, overseeing implementation, managing risks and issues, managing project logistics and economics, and supporting business development opportunities. This position has oversight for projects of all sizes and durations, including accountability for the quality of results, project profitability, and customer satisfaction. The Director delivers consulting services while supervising, mentoring, and developing staff. The Director serves as a subject matter expert on projects as needed. This position will also participate in sales and business development activities including sales calls, RFP responses, oral presentations, and statements of works preparation. The Director will collaborate with and develop strong client relationships across all levels of the client organization including clinical staff, physicians, and administrative leadership to meet deliverables.

The Director is required to participate and lead in Premier internal activities including practice development and required educational opportunities throughout the year and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. Additionally, the Director should:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects.
• Create value through meaningful client relationship management, solution development and implementation delivery.
• Foster a team environment by enriching staff skills and knowledge and creating a productive and collaborative environment.
• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation in practice-related activities aimed at growing and enriching the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines within the Practice.
• Actively participate in add-on sales activities and new sales business development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1 – X%

• Execute and oversee data analyses, initiate interpretations and conclusions, and oversee verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards. Perform quality assurance on project deliverables.
• Assist in determining client needs by effectively leading client interviews and utilizing various tools and analytical methods. Summarize analytical findings in a coherent manner and draw insight from observations, interviews and data analyses. Develop accurate conclusions from findings. Drafts recommendations and potential solutions for team leadership review. Develops final recommendations and solutions for client review.
• Effectively execute on project plans in accordance with engagement statements of work and to client satisfaction.
• Guide team in developing presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes.
• Generate billings revenue by leading the engagements in the project delivery.
• Guide and lead project management related activities for assigned projects.
• Manage the budget and expenses for their assigned projects and manage project profitability.
• Manage staff assigned to their projects including providing mentoring and education for staff.
• Participate in risk and issue identification and mitigation along with the project leadership team.
• Identify opportunities for add on sales and communicate those to engagement leadership and participate in activities to aid in closing those opportunities.

Responsibility #2 – X%

• Actively listen for market opportunities on current engagements and collaborative networks and communicates potential leads to managers.
• Contribute to the development of sales presentation deliverables using prescribed formats and technology; proactively seeks out opportunities to participate.
• Identifies opportunities to improve profitability.

Responsibility #3 – X%

• Complete all required training requirements on an annual basis.
• Will aid in developing training materials for the practice in areas of their expertise.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience: 7 or more years

Education: Bachelor’s (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Coordinate and deliver effective presentations (verbal and written) to client audiences to communicate project outcomes, recommendations, and strategy
• Ability to oversee, quality assure analytics and oversee and mentor others in the delivery and production of client deliverables
• Ability to relate to clients and team members in an effective and collaborative manner
• Ability to lead work groups to successful outcomes
• Demonstrated depth of knowledge in a specific area of expertise (i.e., Subject Matter Expert)

Experience:

• Experience in Health Systems Finance, Operations (clinical, support or operations), Strategic Planning or Decision Support Analytics
• Qualitative analysis and strategic problem-solving skills
• Experience leading cross-functional teams

Education:

• Master’s Degree; RN or other professional license in clinical area; PMP/Lean Certification

Additional Job Requirements

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods
• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Operate computer programs and software
• Communicate effectively with audiences in person and electronically
• Day-to-day contact with others
• Make independent decisions
• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions

Travel 81-100% within the US. Physical Demands: Sedentary work; minimal lifting.

Compensation and Benefits

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive. Internal salary range for this role is $141,000 - $234,000. Final salary depends on market factors, education, skills, and geographic location. Benefits include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, 401k, paid time off, incentive plans, tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.

Premier at a glance

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte’s Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)
• Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row
• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)
• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive

• Perks and discounts
• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, etc. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories. Premier complies with government regulations as a federal contractor. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

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