Strategy& Health Services - Payor/Provider, Strategy Consulting Manager

At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance.

About the role

As a corporate and business strategy consultant at PwC, you will analyse client needs, provide consulting services across different strategic areas, and offer guidance and support to help clients develop and implement effective strategies that align with their business objectives and drive growth. You will enhance your leadership style to motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members’ unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members, and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g., refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (minimum requirement).
• 5+ years of experience in professional services or corporate roles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Extensive knowledge of and/or success in helping companies define and evaluate corporate and business unit strategies and investment portfolios, reflecting market, competitive, and other external drivers.
• Leadership, strategic and creative thinking, and problem-solving abilities, including:
  • Building productive and collaborative relationships with team members and proactively providing and seeking guidance, clarification, and feedback.
  • Managing a team to a successful project conclusion through problem-solving global, enterprise-wide strategy issues.
  • Building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships.
  • Communicating cogently in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats.
  • Conducting and managing market research and quantitative and qualitative analyses, including the timely synthesis of complex data into meaningful insights and the ability to readily grasp analytical frameworks and employ them effectively.
• Experience in Payor operations (e.g., Medical Management, Population Health Management, Utilization Management, Provider Network Management, Value-Based Contracting, Provider Relations, Quality Improvement, Informatics, ACO operations) to help payors and providers manage medical costs, quality, and experience.
• Experience in Clinical Analytics, Medical Economics, and/or Population Health Analytics or working in collaboration with related functions.
• Experience with Population Health Management technologies and approaches (e.g., high-risk user stratification tools, cost/quality/utilization trend analysis, provider performance tools).
• Working knowledge and experience in software development, implementation, and optimization to accurately translate clinical and business requirements into engineering design documents and instructions.
• Experience in project management and product development life cycle management specifically in healthcare product design and development to support care management and delivery workflows.
• Understanding of global trends for health organizations utilizing pragmatic approaches to achieve sustainable financial functions, consumer experience, and operating models.
• Experience managing and advising healthcare executive leadership or direct experience from a former position.
• Understanding of Medicare Stars performance across different markets and helping to develop strategies and programs to match those needs.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Benefits

PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. View our benefits at a glance.