Managing Consultant/Associate Director - Healthcare Strategy & Innovation

About the Role

Guidehouse is a global consultancy providing advisory, digital, and managed services to the commercial and public sectors, purpose-built to serve the national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure industries. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Management Consulting Firms for 2024, Guidehouse disrupts legacy consulting delivery models with agility, capabilities, and scale, delivering technology-enabled solutions that position clients for innovation, resilience, and growth.

Strategy at Guidehouse works with C-suite executives, business leaders, and boards of directors of the nation’s leading commercial and public sector organizations, helping them drive profitable growth, reduce costs, elevate competitive positioning, transform into new performance frontiers, and achieve sustainable outcomes. You will be part of a growing, talented, inclusive, high-performing community of strategy and healthcare leaders, with opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive.

What You Will Do

Managing Consultant: As a Manager, you are a team player, people developer, and strategy practitioner – leading with analytical excellence, strategic dominance, structured problem-solving, and poised planning. Your experience includes advising and helping Payer/Provider clients execute on strategic planning, business model strategy, operating model strategy/design, competitive agility, enterprise transformation, cost reductions/ZBx, M&A, service line strategy, product strategy, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership and Execution
• Advanced Analytics and Problem-Solving
• Client Relationship Management
• Team Development and Mentorship
• Business Development and Practice Development

Associate Director: As an Associate Director, you are a team player, people developer, and strategy practitioner – leading and serving with analytical excellence, strategic dominance, structured problem-solving, and poised planning. You are a leader and strategic driver within the Healthcare Strategy practice, with advanced expertise in strategy, project leadership, and people development, adept at managing multiple complex projects simultaneously. A core expectation is to serve as a master practitioner and teacher, using an apprenticeship model to develop the next generation of consulting leaders, actively coaching Managers and junior consultants in foundational and advanced skills of strategy consulting through deliberate practice, feedback, and structured skill-building.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership and Project Oversight
• Client Relationship Management
• Team Leadership, Apprenticeship, and Talent Development
• Business and Practice Development
• Financial and Operational Management

Qualifications

Managing Consultant – What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 5 years of consulting or relevant work experience
• Track record of creative problem-solving, self-motivation, and analytical prowess
• Ability to demonstrate excellent financial and quantitative analysis skills with experience in business case development and modeling
• Entrepreneurial spirit in fueling Guidehouse's growing healthcare practice
• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficient in PowerBI, Tableau and/or Alteryx
• Ability to travel as needed; up to 75%

Managing Consultant – What Would Be Nice To Have:

• MBA or MHA (MBA highly preferred)
• Experience in the Healthcare Payer or Provider industry
• Healthcare Industry affiliations
• Experience in AI, Cloud, and/or Machine Learning

Associate Director – What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of strategy consulting experience in top-tier or boutique consulting, with a focus on healthcare payer/provider industry
• Demonstrated success managing multiple, complex projects and leading cross-functional teams
• Advanced strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building abilities
• Proficiency in data analytics tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx) and financial modeling
• Willingness to travel as required

Associate Director – What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Master's in Business Administration (MBA) highly preferred
• Master's in Healthcare Administration (MHA) or related advanced degree
• Experience with AI, cloud, or machine learning in healthcare
• Active participation in healthcare industry associations

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $118,000.00–$196,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Benefits

• 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