Health Care Research Manager - Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

About the role

Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions (DCHS) is Deloitte's trusted source for actionable insights on the most pressing issues in life sciences and health care. The Center's mission is to turn evidence into influence — delivering research that challenges conventional wisdom, sparks dialogue, and drives transformation across the health ecosystem. DCHS brings together researchers, policy experts, and strategists to generate differentiated, data-driven thought leadership. As part of Deloitte's Research & Insights organization within the Growth and Purpose function, DCHS works at the intersection of commercial, public sector, academic, and business to help clients make smarter, more sustainable decisions about health.

This role focuses on market and business issues impacting the health care sector, particularly health care provider organizations and health care payers, with integration points into the life sciences sector. The Research Manager will shape market-moving insights, engage top decision makers, lead and mentor the next generation of research leaders, and drive innovation that creates value for the business and scales insight-driven client conversations. Recruiting for this role ends on 10/31/2026.

Responsibilities

• Lead market-making research: engage senior Deloitte leaders to define and lead the research agenda for the Health Care Sector (prioritizing health care delivery organizations and payers), ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and emerging industry challenges — topics include strategic choices, innovation, artificial intelligence, finance, workforce, supply chain, regulatory issues, cyber risk, governance, transformation, financing, operations, M&A, digital health, models of care, and the future of the health care sector.
• Design and oversee large-scale, multi-method research studies (surveys, public data analysis, proprietary data analysis, econometric modeling, AI-enabled analytics, structured interviews, among others).
• Advance innovative methodologies, integrating innovative tools, rigor, and diverse data sources to generate unique insights; develop and promote new research methodologies via generative AI tools to increase quality, variety, and quantity.
• Cultivate collaborations with business leaders, academic institutions, industry partners, and global thought leaders to expand the Center's research reach and impact.
• Maintain Deloitte's reputation for intellectual integrity, quality, and independence.
• Serve as a visible thought leader within Deloitte and the broader LSHC community; publish research, deliver client, account team, and market presentations, and engage with media and key stakeholders to elevate Deloitte's brand.
• Translate complex findings into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with executive audiences and drive market impact.
• Position research as a catalyst for client conversations, policy dialogue, and strategic decision-making; identify and communicate key industry trends and their implications.
• Lead and mentor a team of researchers, analysts, and strategists — cultivating excellence, innovation, and professional growth; build an environment that values intellectual rigor, collaboration, curiosity, and inclusion oriented in using data, AI, and technology.
• Manage project delivery and quality, ensuring research meets Deloitte's high standards and deadlines; set clear expectations, provide feedback, and model leadership behaviors aligned with Deloitte's purpose and values.
• Own sector workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, and performance management to scale reliable development, delivery, operations, and execution.
• Help implement the principles of the business unit thought leadership transformation.
• Partner with Deloitte industry and sector leaders to translate insights into solutions that solve real-world client problems; engage with C-suite executives, policymakers, and global leaders to present findings, test hypotheses, and influence decisions.
• Identify emerging issues and white-space opportunities to guide new research and strengthen Deloitte's position in key markets; support clients and account teams by identifying and supporting sector and related account needs.
• Drive activation, distribution, and commercial enablement: partner with Industry, Sector, and Account leaders to position research as a growth catalyst, enabling differentiated client value propositions.
• Support and enhance an always-on distribution system (segmented audiences, executive moments that matter, enablement packaging, digital/multimedia assets) so business leaders receive relevant, timely insights when they can act.
• Serve as an internal ambassador for the distribution model — guiding integrated publishing, narrative consistency, and optimization practices.
• Collaborate with Brand, Marketing, Communications, and PR teams to amplify reach, relevance, and impact.
• Deliver on impact metrics (reach, engagement, influence on pipeline, client adoption) to demonstrate return on insight investment.
• Modernize research workflows using emerging approaches (analytics, automation, responsible AI); improve speed-to-insight through rapid-cycle research and publishing models without sacrificing quality or independence.

Requirements

• Master's degree required in health administration, public health, economics, epidemiology, health policy, business, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience with increasing leadership responsibility in research, thought leadership, or strategy roles.
• Expertise in the LSHC industry, with proven ability to connect research to business and policy real-world implications.
• Strong analytical, research, and project management skills; expertise in large, complex data sets, industry data, public data, and use of statistical methods (R, Python, Stata).
• Experience using LLMs and similar AI tools to facilitate deeper research and develop new analytic approaches.
• Demonstrated excellence in writing and communicating for executive audiences.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights and a compelling narrative.
• Proven record of leading, developing, and inspiring high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build consensus in complex, matrixed environments.
• Experience in the professional services environment and comfort operating in a matrixed organization.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.
• Ability to travel 0–10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.

Preferred qualifications

• Doctorate in business administration, AI, public health, medicine, economics, sciences, health policy, sociology, or related field.
• Record of creativity, resilience, and adaptability in ambiguous situations.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build consensus in complex, matrixed environments.
• Record of high performance; consultative and strategic mindset; ability to navigate ambiguous circumstances and complex structures.
• Recognized presence in the LSHC market — publications, media appearances, conference presentations, or industry contributions that demonstrate thought leadership.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $97,600 to $200,600. The wage range takes into account factors including skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Why Deloitte

• Operate at the intersection of purpose, innovation, and market impact — helping leaders make better decisions that improve health outcomes while building Deloitte's voice and growth in one of the world's most consequential industries.
• Shape insights that influence markets, executive decisions, policy, and investment.
• Collaborate directly with business leaders to turn research into growth.
• Build and mentor the next generation of industry thought leaders.
• Operate at the center of purpose, innovation, and impact in one of the world's most consequential industries.