Senior Director - Data Driven Disputes & Analytics

About the role

The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a $180M global consulting firm that integrates strategic advisory, project management, and dispute resolution services for organizations facing complex challenges in a world of risk. We embody our core values of embracing lifelong learning, operating with urgency, maximizing value, and driving collaboration to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do and deliver meaningful impact.

Vertex is seeking experienced disputes and investigations professionals to support complex litigation, arbitration, regulatory, investigative, and consulting matters. While healthcare expertise is highly valued, our roles support a broad range of data-driven disputes, investigations, and litigation matters across industries. The role will support complex litigation, investigations, regulatory reviews, and advisory engagements involving large and complex datasets. This team works closely with attorneys, expert witnesses, and client stakeholders to develop defensible analyses and clear, well-supported conclusions. Engagements may support privileged consulting work, expert testimony, or regulatory matters. Experience with healthcare payment, reimbursement, and compliance issues is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantitative analyses of large and complex datasets to support litigation, investigations, arbitration, and regulatory matters.
• Develop clear, well-documented workpapers, reports, presentations, and other client deliverables that communicate findings and conclusions.
• Support expert witness engagements, including data analysis, report development, deposition preparation, and testimony support.
• Manage day-to-day project execution, including work planning, document requests, quality control, timelines, and coordination with clients and counsel.
• Collaborate with attorneys, experts, consultants, and client personnel to identify issues, develop analyses, and address evolving case needs.
• Assist in matters involving healthcare reimbursement, claims payment, contract disputes, False Claims Act investigations, class actions, coverage disputes, and regulatory compliance reviews.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, attorneys, and experts on quantitative issues central to disputes and investigations.

Qualifications

• Generally requires a bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline and 6–8 years of related experience, or a Master's degree and 8 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting litigation, investigations, disputes, regulatory reviews, or forensic consulting engagements.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to develop reports and explain complex analytical findings to legal, technical, and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including managing multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience with healthcare payment and reimbursement matters, including claims analytics, managed care contracting, government programs, coding and billing, or regulatory compliance (preferred).
• Proficiency with tools used for large-scale data extraction, transformation, management, analysis, and visualization.
• Experience with SQL, Python, R, and SAS preferred; familiarity with cloud-based data platforms and business intelligence and data visualization tools a plus.

Benefits

• Base salary plus discretionary variable bonus program (dependent on level).
• Multiple healthcare and dental plan options.
• Company-paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with immediate matching and full vesting.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Robust Employee Assistance Program.
• Suite of exclusive perks.
• Generous paid time off program including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays (prorated for eligible part-time employees).
• “Lifetime of Learning” program offering tuition reimbursement and personalized support for advanced education.

Pay

• Geographical Tier AA (sample locations: NY Metro, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle): $174,000 – $419,000 USD annually.
• Geographical Tier A (sample locations: Irvine CA, Middlesex NJ, Tacoma WA, Boston, Alexandria): $161,000 – $386,000 USD annually.
• Geographical Tier B (sample locations: Baltimore, Chicago, Anchorage, Portland): $147,000 – $354,000 USD annually.
• Geographical Tier C (sample locations: Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Miami): $134,000 – $322,000 USD annually.
• Geographical Tier D (sample locations: Mississippi, Mobile AL, Bowling Green KY, Tulsa): $128,000 – $307,000 USD annually.