About the Role

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a new Associate Director, Consulting for the Ohio practice who will manage Sellers Dorsey client engagements in Ohio focused on Medicaid strategy and financing, managed care, and provider policy and reimbursement. As the Associate Director, you will provide direct client consulting and leadership services including providing objective advice, expertise and specialized skills in healthcare policy, strategy and management with the aim of creating value, maximizing growth and/or improving the business performance of clients. In this role, you will support the Senior Director in delivering healthcare consulting services leveraging policy and/or industry expertise in areas such as Medicaid policy, benefits, provider reimbursement, regulatory compliance, managed care, and general business development, and be responsible for client relationships at a senior level and/or responsible for all policy/technical aspects on projects. You will also deliver strategic advice and counsel to our Sellers Dorsey business partners, states, private companies and various associations or unions and be responsible for policy guidance, project management, client deliverables and satisfaction, and identification of new and expanded business activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Work: Management of multiple projects/clients, engagements, priorities, and timelines within assigned Practice while ensuring exceptional client satisfaction. Responsible for delivery of quality project/engagement deliverables to clients on agreed upon schedule to ensure client satisfaction while managing and developing client relationships. Manage and review project/engagement financials internally on a regular basis to ensure that Practice utilization targets are achieved, that projects/engagements are completed on budget and that Firm profitability is maximized.
• Corporate Function: Participate in internal work groups to develop policies and procedures and improve processes to increase the organization's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Program Knowledge: Continue to build Medicaid program knowledge internally and externally to better understand changing interpretations, identify new opportunities and assess new threats to the work of the practice and the work of the firm.
• Practice Sales Strategy: In coordination with the SVP of NMF, develop and execute a business development strategy, in alignment with the Firm's overall strategic direction for services and solutions in assigned Practice as well as develop and achieve annual revenue targets and expense budgets for the assigned Practice
• Contract Management: Oversee the overall portfolio of clients within the Sellers Dorsey's Ohio state practice and lead in initial sales, renewals and extensions.
• Human Resources: Participate in the recruitment, development, utilization and retention of consulting staff. Provide appropriate mentoring; manage performance feedback, training and professional development opportunities to help individuals in assigned Practice.
• Financial: Manage and review consulting practice financials, utilization and business development plans to ensure revenue, profitability and utilization targets are achieved. Work collaboratively with other members of the Management Team to ensure Firm resources, including both internal and external resources, are utilized in a manner that maximizes Firm long-term profitability and client account growth.
• Business Development: Participate in the development of strategies that respond to market trends and to develop intellectual capital and generate business ideas to enhance the Firm's consulting services and products. Develop new products and services aligned with the Firm's overall strategic direction. Work with internal teams to prepare innovative new products and services to the market.
• Internal Collaboration: Collaborate with other practices to share findings and lessons learned and to identify opportunities with other Practices and additional service offerings to existing clients that maximize long term benefits and relationship between the client and Sellers Dorsey.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10 or more combined years in a public healthcare policy management role and/or in the healthcare consulting industry. Advanced degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Health, Health Administration, business, economics or MBA or additional relevant experience in lieu of such advanced degree preferred
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible work experience in health or human services policy research, consulting and/or in a healthcare service delivery environment and/or with a Medicaid managed care organization.
• Experience with Medicaid financing, reimbursement and policies required.
• Expertise with Medicaid required and expertise with Ohio Medicaid preferred. Advanced experience at the federal, state or private health insurance plan industry sector strongly desired.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required.

Other Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including relaying complex technical terms in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to analyze and interpret federal and state policies and regulations.
• Ability to interact professionally with clients and other outside audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required; experience in quantitative program evaluation is highly desirable.
• The ability to work effectively independently and in teams.
• Experience delivering services on several projects simultaneously.
• Time management skills.

Compensation & Benefits

The anticipated salary range for candidates is $116,000/year in our lowest geographic market range to up to $145,000/year in our highest geographic market range. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, the candidate's education, and the candidate's market location. Typically, candidates are not hired near the top of the range and compensation decisions are made based upon Sellers Dorsey's Total Compensation Policies & Guidelines. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in our annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP) that can range to up to 10% of annual salary.

Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents, the successful candidate (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, and vision and for insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life. Employees are also able to enroll in Sellers Dorsey's 401k plan provided they meet plan requirements. Sellers Dorsey offers a Flexible Time Off that allows employees to use what they need. Additionally, we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, paid time off for qualifying medical leave, and up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave. The foregoing benefits and paid time off, including an employee's eligibility therefore, will be controlled by applicable plan documents and Sellers Dorsey policy.

This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies.

Department Client Servicing Locations Ohio Remote status Hybrid