Healthcare Senior Director - Pharmacy

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 215,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare consulting is seeking a Healthcare Senior Director - Pharmacy to lead performance improvement engagements. The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of experience in healthcare, excellent analytical and leadership skills, and the ability to foster a collaborative environment. This role offers significant opportunities for impact and career advancement, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Annual incentive compensation program

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of consulting and/or performance improvement healthcare experience in pharmacy.
• Experience in supervising individuals and large teams.
• Direct project leadership in a consulting firm setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex performance improvement engagements.
• Manage budgets, revenue forecasting, and invoicing.
• Communicate effectively to manage client expectations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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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.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

At Huron, a Senior Director leads with expertise and collaboration, partnering with Huron and client leaders to create sustainable solutions that drive meaningful results. As a Senior Director with our Healthcare team, you will lead complex performance improvement engagements, creating high-performing environments and ensuring successful client outcomes. You’ll manage engagement-wide economics, apply critical thinking to quantify benefits, and develop solutions for performance improvement initiatives.

Your role will foster a supportive, inclusive environment, empowering team members and creating a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued. You will build strong executive-level relationships, lead change processes, and identify new business opportunities, leveraging Huron's capabilities to meet client objectives. This allows you to make an impact and provides career opportunities both within and beyond your areas of expertise. If you’re passionate about driving impactful solutions and believe in the power of collaboration, Huron offers a rewarding path forward.

As the Healthcare Consulting Senior Director in Pharmacy, you will:

• Lead complex performance improvement engagements, creating collaborative, high-performing environments and ensuring successful client outcomes.
• Manage engagement-wide economics, including budgets, revenue forecasting, margins, invoicing, and billing.
• Apply analytical and critical thinking skills to quantify benefits, identify risks, and develop solutions for performance improvement initiatives.
• Communicate effectively to understand client challenges, create customized solutions, and manage client expectations, delivering impactful presentations and proposals.
• Build strong executive-level relationships, lead change processes, and identify new business opportunities, leveraging Huron's capabilities to meet client objectives.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of consulting and/or performance improvement healthcare experience in pharmacy
• Senior project leadership and complex design and implementation management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus in pharmacy
• Willingness and ability to travel every week up to 80% (Monday-Thursday with occasional onsite Fridays) and work extended hours as needed
• Direct Supervisory experiences of both individuals and large, complex teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• US Work Authorization required
  
  

Preferences

• Experience in a matrixed organization or cross-functional team environment
  
  

The estimated base salary range for this job is $215,000 - $295,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $268,750 - $398,250. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Position Level

Senior Director

Country

United States of America

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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