Senior Consultant - Behavioral Health (Substance Use Disorder/Addiction)

Job Summary

The Senior Consultant at HMA is responsible for assisting organizations with healthcare-related tasks such as research, technical assistance, grant writing, policy analysis, and more. They also provide client services, project management, and support business development.

Responsibilities

• Client Management
• Meet with clients and colleagues to understand requirements
• Gather and organize information about the issue to be solved or the procedure to be improved
• Analyze data to identify and understand issues to be addressed
• Present findings to internal colleagues and clients
• Provide advice, implementation plans, and/or suggestions for improvement, according to project objectives
• Evaluate client needs, as warranted, and adjust as appropriate
• Serve as a subject matter expert on projects
• Project Management
• Undertake internal and external short-term and/or long-term project management to address identified issues and needs
• Develop and document tools, analysis, frameworks, tracking tools, road maps, dashboards, and/or other approaches to manage a variety of large and small projects
• Business Development
• Support firm business development activities to expand funded work from existing clients and/or new clients
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of future work
• Participate in competitive and/or non-competitive proposal development and submission
• Lead and manage teams, provide developmental feedback, and advance internal initiatives
• Serve as a mentor for other staff members, as requested
• Performance Metrics
• Ensure performance meets or exceeds HMA expectations in the following areas:
• Billable hour target attainment
• Manages to budget/project caps established at the outset or assists in negotiating additional fees
• Mets quality and operational standards
• Participates in internal activities related to business strategies, forecasts, adoption of new technologies/platforms/approaches, and other process improvements
• Completes administrative requirements of the role in a punctual manner, including training, reporting, timesheets, expense reports, forecasting, and all other time-sensitive administrative duties

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business management, public health, or a related discipline is required
• A master’s degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively increasing prior experience in work involving publicly funded healthcare including, but not limited to policy, administration, operations, compliance, research, consulting, or evaluation

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

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

Additional Info

This role requires frequent travel to client sites and HMA offices. A reasonable estimate of the existing salary range for this position is $120,000 to $170,000. HMA offers a robust benefits package for full-time colleagues, including health, dental, vision, group life/AD&D, voluntary life/AD&D, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k) employer match and safe harbor contribution, and our long-term equity incentive plan.