Principal - Population Health

Job Summary

The Principal is responsible for providing expertise and advice to help organizations improve their business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure, and strategy; develops and maintains client relationships; and is responsible for achieving firm expectations for effective client services (i.e., project direction, project management, and work product quality). The Principal also mentors junior staff, contributes to HMA’s strategic objectives, meets internal administrative expectations, accepts accountability, and contributes to HMA’s culture.

Responsibilities

• Business development
  Performs business development activities to expand funded work from existing clients or new clients. Develops and maintains a pipeline of future work that demonstrates a likelihood of achieving business development requirements in future periods. Both lead and participate in proposal development and submission.

• Client management
  Meets with client to understand requirements. Gathers and organizes information about the issue to be solved or the procedure to be improved. Analyzes data to identify and understand issues to be addressed. Presents findings to clients. Provides advice, implementation plans, and/or suggestions for improvement according to project objectives. Evaluates the client’s needs as warranted and adjusts as appropriate. Ensures that all deliverables are high quality.

• Project management
  Serves as subject matter expert on projects. Undertakes internal and external short-term or long-term projects to address identified issues and needs. Develop and document tools, analysis, frameworks, tracking tools, road maps, dashboards, and other approaches to manage a variety of large and small projects.

• Leadership
  Leads and manages teams, provides feedback and development, and advances internal initiatives. Serves as a mentor for other staff members, as requested.

Qualifications

• Education/Training
  Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in health policy, business management, public health, or a related discipline is required. A Master’s degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred.

• Experience
  Minimum of 15 years of progressively increasing prior leadership or management experience in work involving publicly funded healthcare including, but not limited to policy, administration, operations, compliance, research, consulting, and/or evaluation.

• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
  Strong project management skills. Solid time management skills. Excellent internal and excellent professional networking skills. Excellent attention to detail. Excellent critical thinking skills. Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Superior interpersonal skills, including leadership, contribution to culture, and acceptance of accountability. Ability to multi-task and adhere to strict deadlines. Capable of handling confidential information in a discrete manner. Ability to work extended hours when deadlines are approaching. Demonstrated thought leadership and deep expertise in more than one critical healthcare area. Maintains approach to stay current in trends in areas of subject matter expertise.