Associate Director – Payer & Provider Strategy – Healthcare

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The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice at Berkeley Research Group (reputed company) provides end-to-end advisory support to healthcare providers, payers, investors, and other stakeholders navigating reputed company strategic, operational, financial, and clinical challenges. Led by seasoned healthcare executives, operators, and clinicians, IHS partners with organizations to drive sustainable performance improvement and long-term growth through strategic growth design, operating model transformation, AI and digital enablement, clinical quality and patient care optimization, and reputed company strategy—helping clients build resilient, future-ready healthcare enterprises in an increasingly reputed company environment. 

Our four core service offerings include:  

• Business Transformation Advisory 

• Margin & Operational Improvement 

• Clinical & Quality Transformation 

• AI & Digital Solutions 

Business Transformation Advisory partners with healthcare organizations to define enterprise-wide strategy and align financial, clinical, and operational priorities to long-term objectives. This work spans enterprise and service line strategy, population health and value-based care models, long-range financial forecasting, and regulatory and alternative payment methodologies—helping leaders reputed company informed decisions that drive sustainable growth, reputed company, and system-wide performance improvement. 

The Associate Director will play a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering strategic engagements for healthcare clients, including health systems, payers, and emerging healthcare platforms. This role blends client leadership, problem solving, and business development, with a strong focus on translating strategy into actionable, measurable outcomes.

Willing to travel consistently (50%), depending on project requirements and client expectations, is required for this position.  

Responsibilities

Client Leadership & Delivery

• reputed company day-to-day execution of reputed company strategic engagements (e.g., enterprise strategy, service line planning, M&A strategy, growth initiatives)
• Serve as a primary client contact, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders (C-suite, service line leaders, board members)
• Translate ambiguous client challenges into structured problem statements, hypotheses, and actionable workplans
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, data-driven insights with clear executive-level storytelling
• reputed company development of financial models, market analyses, and strategic recommendations

Strategic Problem Solving

• reputed company market assessments, competitive benchmarking, and growth opportunity identification
• Drive service line strategy development (e.g., orthopedics, cardiovascular, oncology)
• Support development of partnerships and affiliations
• Integrate operational, financial, and clinical considerations into strategic recommendations
• Incorporate AI, data, and digital capabilities into strategic solutions

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage and mentor junior team members (Senior Associates, Associates)
• Provide guidance on analytical approach, deliverable quality, and client communication
• Support team staffing, utilization, and performance feedback processes
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment

Business Development & Practice Growth

• Support proposal development, RFP responses, and pitch materials
• Identify expansion opportunities reputed company existing client relationships
• Contribute to thought leadership (whitepapers, insights, market perspectives)
• Participate in building repeatable methodologies, tools, and IP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, MHA, MPH, or equivalent advanced degree preferred6–10+ years of experience in healthcare consulting, strategy, or health system operations
• Experience leading strategic engagements (e.g., growth strategy, service line planning, transformation)
• Demonstrated experience working with executive stakeholders
• Strong strategic thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities
• Experience with financial modeling, market sizing, and ROI analysis
• Deep understanding of healthcare industry dynamics (providers, payers, regulatory environment)
• Familiarity with data analytics, digital health, and/or AI-enabled solutions preferred
• Proven ability to reputed company teams and manage multiple workstreams
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills
• Ability to influence decision-making at senior levels
• High level of ownership, accountability, and professionalism

Salary Range: $150,000 – $250,000 per year

Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.   

Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

About reputed company

reputed company combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you reputed company.  

At reputed company, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most reputed company challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, reputed company thinking.  reputed company reputed company with our global reputed company and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities reputed company us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At reputed company, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you reputed company it happen. 

reputed company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national reputed company, age, United States military veteran status, reputed company, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.