Manager, Performance Improvement

Healthtech Inc; United States; À distance; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nordic is seeking a Manager-level professional to lead Performance Improvement initiatives within its Strategic Advisory Services. You will collaborate with healthcare clients to map workflows, conduct data analyses, and design use cases while mentoring resources across PI projects.

Travel up to 20-30% is expected as you drive client outcomes. You will build intricate financial analyses, develop visualizations, and present actionable recommendations to senior leadership, with mentorship from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s preferred in healthcare or related fields.
• 7+ years of healthcare industry experience across administration, strategy or PMO.
• Operational knowledge across hospital finance, revenue cycle, and clinical informatics.

Responsabilités

• Partner with PI team members to implement advisory solutions and demonstrate value.
• Manage time efficiently and handle multiple concurrent projects with priorities.
• Own project artifacts and drive development of key deliverables.
• Create complex analytical models using tools like PowerBI or CoPilot.
• Develop financial analyses, statistical reports, and client-ready visuals.
• Lead client interviews and meetings; present findings to leadership.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and provide implementation recommendations.
• Ensure high-quality, client-ready work products and contribute to knowledge capital.
• Maintain and update work plans, issue logs, and initiative trackers.
• Review analyses and deliverables for accuracy before submission.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Critical thinking

Presentation skills

Independent work

Time management

Attention to detail

Executive presence

Cross-functional leadership

Formation

Bachelor's degree; Master's preferred

Outils

PowerBI

Tableau

SQL

Python

CoPilot

Epic

Cerner

Meditech

Description du poste

Make a difference. Be happy. Grow your career.

THE ROLE Performance Improvement (PI) Practice within Nordic's Strategic Advisory Services (SAS) is responsible for helping healthcare organizations address some of their most challenging strategic, clinical, and operational problems for clients across the healthcare ecosystem. Members within our PI project teams wear multiple hats to deliver quality work, including building insightful data analyses, gathering requirements, mapping workflows, designing use cases, and researching the latest changes impacting the healthcare industry. As such, our Managers are expected to: Think creatively and support the delivery of a wide range of strategic initiatives Have strong communication and collaboration skills as they work closely with client end-users, technical developers, clinical providers, and senior leadership Demonstrate qualitative and quantitative management consulting skills Structure and lead small projects or critical workstreams on large implementations Facilitate client-facing meetings and build relationships with client counterparts With guidance and mentorship from project and practice leadership, the Manager role provides individuals with extensive opportunities to gain experience across clinical, financial, patient experience, and technical solutions sought after within the healthcare industry to improve wellness and care for all.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with PI team members to implement advisory solutions and demonstrate the value of the solution throughout the client engagement
• Manage time efficiently and work on multiple concurrent projects part-time with competing priorities and timelines
• Own project management artifacts (workplans, status reports, decision and risk logs) and drive the development of key deliverables
• Create complex analytical models using advanced tools (e.g., SlicerDicer, PowerBI, CoPilot) to drive unique solutions to complex healthcare problems
• Develop detailed financial analysis, statistical reports, visualizations, and presentations for both internal team and client review
• Lead client interviews and meetings
• Conduct detailed analyses to identify specific opportunities for improvement, as well as implementation recommendations
• Consistently deliver work products that are high-quality and client-ready
• Contribute to practice knowledge capital and tool development
• Develop and update related work plans, issue logs, status reports, and related initiative trackers.
• Review and validate conducted analyses and client deliverables before submission
• Complete quality reviews on team member work products before delivery to client personnel, validating team member findings and observations, and corroborate team member process improvement and analytic activities
• Manage and mentor resources both within projects and across the PI Practice
• Establish competency and expertise across multiple PI solutions (e.g., patient access, revenue cycle, application portfolio modernization)
• Demonstrate and embody Nordic's maxims

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education & Industry

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Data Sciences, or related fields
• 7+ years of experience in the healthcare industry (e.g., hospital administration, strategic planning, PMO, management consulting)
• Operational knowledge in at least a few of the following business or revenue cycle areas: hospital finance, supply chain, HR, decision support, clinical informatics, patient access, registration, HIM, coding, revenue integrity, billing, and denials management

Professional Attributes

• Strong communication skills and collaborative work style
• Creativity and critical thinking in solving complex problems
• Strong presentation skills (e.g., translating data to information, identifying themes, storyboarding)
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment
• Ability to balance multiple assignments at the same time
• Attention to detail and able to quickly pivot assignments based on changing priorities
• Strong executive presence (i.e., comfortable speaking and presenting to leadership)
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional resources and teams

Core Software Skills

• Strong expertise using Microsoft Office products
• Experience working with EMR (e.g., Epic, Cerner, Meditech) or ERP solutions (e.g., Oracle, Workday, Infor)
• Demonstrated knowledge using some of the following tools: GenAI Assistants (CoPilot) Analytical (PowerBI, Tableau) Programming languages (SQL, Python)

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Travel up to 20-30% of the time

Nordic is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, including women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Healthcare organizations are challenged to deliver higher quality care at a lower cost. Our award-winning team provides consulting services focused on strategy, technology, and operations, as well as managed services, that result in a stronger business with better patient outcomes. Ranked as a best place to work by nine publications, Nordic's culture provides our home office and consultants a supportive environment in healthcare that allows you to make a difference, be happy, and grow your career.