Job Summary
The Senior Consultant is responsible for helping organizations through healthcare-related research, technical assistance, grant writing, policy analysis, strategic planning, procurements, program development, quality improvement, financial and reimbursement strategies, operational support, evaluation, product development and a range of other tasks. As an experienced expert within the firm, the Senior Consultant is responsible for client services, project management, and supporting the firm’s efforts to develop business through participation in the competitive and/or non-competitive proposal development process.
Responsibilities
Work Performed and Job Requirements
- Client management
- Meets with clients and colleagues 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 internal colleagues, and clients.
- Provides advice, implementation plans, and/or suggestions for improvement, according to project objectives.
- Evaluates client needs, as warranted, and adjusts as appropriate.
- Ensures that all deliverables are high-quality in all aspects (content, grammar, presentation, etc.).
- Serves as a subject matter expert on projects.
- Project management
- Undertakes internal and external short-term and/or long-term project management to address identified issues and needs.
- Develops and documents tools, analysis, frameworks, tracking tools, road maps, dashboards, and/or other approaches to manage a variety of large and small projects.
- Business development
- Supports firm business development activities to expand funded work from existing clients and/or new clients.
- Develops and maintains a pipeline of future work
- Participates in competitive and/or non-competitive proposal development and submission.
- Leadership
- Leads and manages teams, provides developmental feedback, and advances internal initiatives.
- Serves as a mentor for other staff members, as requested.
- Performance metrics
- Ensures 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.
- Meets 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.
- All other duties as assigned.
This role requires frequent travel to client sites and HMA offices.
Qualifications
Education/Training
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business management, public health, or a related discipline is required. Equivalent work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree, although not desired, may be determined as acceptable. A master’s degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred.
Experience
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 excellent 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.
Core Competencies
Job Level Competencies
- Analytical Thinking - Synthesizes data, trends, and stakeholder input to inform consulting deliverables and recommendations.
- Peer Coaching - Strengthens team capability by providing timely feedback, sharing consulting knowledge, and modeling effective approaches.
- Accountability - Holds self-responsible for quality, timeliness, and results in client-facing work.
Additional Info
The posted salary range for this role at HMA includes a range of factors that we consider when making compensation decisions. These factors include but are not limited to experience, education, training, skills, licensures, and certifications, along with other business and organizational needs. HMA may adjust the posted salary range estimate for applicable geographic differentials associated with the location where we may fill the position. At HMA, we generally do not hire an individual at or near the top of the range for their role. All compensation decisions are dependent on the variables of each case. 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. Benefits include 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.
