Healthcare Strategic Planner - Associate Director
Job Family:
Management Consulting
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do:
We are currently seeking an Associate Director with significant healthcare strategy consulting experience. This role supports clients in evaluating, planning, and optimizing healthcare delivery across large health care systems. The successful candidate will:
Manage multiple large client engagements and day-to-day client relationships
Serve as a subject matter expert in healthcare planning, including facility master planning and/or ambulatory network design
Execute and oversee client deliverables, including synthesizing the strategic, financial, and operational implications of healthcare analyses
Provide benchmarking expertise on a wide range of payer and provider analytics including financial analysis, clinical performance, and operational efficiency
Regularly present findings and recommendations to clients, effectively communicating strategies and planning implications through verbal and written deliverables
Proactively identify and assess healthcare industry trends that can be utilized in client delivery.
Assist in the development of market-based growth strategies
Oversee, mentor, and develop Managing Consultants, Senior Consultants, and Analysts
What You Will Need:
Master's Degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, or related field
15+ years of previous work experience in healthcare administration/management experience for a healthcare system and/or a consulting firm
10+ years of Federal (i.e., Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Health System, or Indian Health Service) and/or major commercial healthcare regional service delivery planning experience
Experience providing healthcare delivery consulting services to Federal and/or major commercial healthcare systems
Demonstrated experience leading market-based or regional master facility planning or service delivery efforts
Experience conducting research and analysis required to support service line planning, including utilization forecasts, capacity analysis, and in-migration/outmigration studies
Understanding of provider financial modeling
Capacity to own multiple complex work streams, meet deadlines, and drive results under pressure
Superior written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting to senior stakeholders
Demonstrated excellence in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Track record of efficiency, flexibility, creative problem-solving, self-motivation, and organizational skills
Demonstrated success formally supervising, coaching, and mentoring junior staff, including ownership and guidance of their career development
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Experience in driving business development activities and leading all aspects of capture, with proven experience selling into white space
Exceptional client management experience, including experience expanding client relationships within an organization
Experience working for a large management consulting firm supporting healthcare clients, particularly in healthcare strategy and planning
Clinical background or prior experience practicing as a clinician within a healthcare system, with the ability to translate clinical insight into system-level planning and strategy.
The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.
All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.
If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.
Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
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Healthcare Strategic Planner - Associate Director
Job Family:
Management Consulting
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do:
We are currently seeking an Associate Director with significant healthcare strategy consulting experience. This role supports clients in evaluating, planning, and optimizing healthcare delivery across large health care systems. The successful candidate will:
Manage multiple large client engagements and day-to-day client relationships
Serve as a subject matter expert in healthcare planning, including facility master planning and/or ambulatory network design
Execute and oversee client deliverables, including synthesizing the strategic, financial, and operational implications of healthcare analyses
Provide benchmarking expertise on a wide range of payer and provider analytics including financial analysis, clinical performance, and operational efficiency
Regularly present findings and recommendations to clients, effectively communicating strategies and planning implications through verbal and written deliverables
Proactively identify and assess healthcare industry trends that can be utilized in client delivery.
Assist in the development of market-based growth strategies
Oversee, mentor, and develop Managing Consultants, Senior Consultants, and Analysts
What You Will Need:
Master's Degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, or related field
15+ years of previous work experience in healthcare administration/management experience for a healthcare system and/or a consulting firm
10+ years of Federal (i.e., Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Health System, or Indian Health Service) and/or major commercial healthcare regional service delivery planning experience
Experience providing healthcare delivery consulting services to Federal and/or major commercial healthcare systems
Demonstrated experience leading market-based or regional master facility planning or service delivery efforts
Experience conducting research and analysis required to support service line planning, including utilization forecasts, capacity analysis, and in-migration/outmigration studies
Understanding of provider financial modeling
Capacity to own multiple complex work streams, meet deadlines, and drive results under pressure
Superior written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting to senior stakeholders
Demonstrated excellence in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Track record of efficiency, flexibility, creative problem-solving, self-motivation, and organizational skills
Demonstrated success formally supervising, coaching, and mentoring junior staff, including ownership and guidance of their career development
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Experience in driving business development activities and leading all aspects of capture, with proven experience selling into white space
Exceptional client management experience, including experience expanding client relationships within an organization
Experience working for a large management consulting firm supporting healthcare clients, particularly in healthcare strategy and planning
Clinical background or prior experience practicing as a clinician within a healthcare system, with the ability to translate clinical insight into system-level planning and strategy.
The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.
All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.
If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.
Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.