Managing Director, Healthcare (Chicago)

Are you ready to make an impact?West Monroe is seeking a Healthcare Managing Director to join our Healthcare Practice. This leader will help grow our healthcare business by developing new client relationships, expanding existing accounts, and delivering business and technology consulting solutions for healthcare organizations, with a particular focus on providers and health systems. The Managing Director will serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, lead complex transformation initiatives, and contribute to the continued growth of the Healthcare Practice through business development, talent development, and thought leadership. What You Will Do Client Delivery Serve as an executive sponsor, engagement leader, and trusted advisor across a portfolio of healthcare payer, provider and health system clients. Lead complex business and technology transformation engagements, ensuring delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and measurable outcomes. Advise C-suite and senior healthcare leaders on operational improvement, care delivery transformation, digital enablement, and organizational strategy. Provide oversight of project scope, budgets, risks, quality, and stakeholder communications across multiple engagements. Analyze client challenges and recommend practical, innovative solutions that drive sustainable value. Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs. Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes. Business Development Cultivate new client relationships and expand existing accounts within healthcare provider and health system organizations. Drive prospecting, networking, and market-facing activities to generate new opportunities and strengthen West Monroe’s presence in the healthcare market. Lead opportunity identification, proposal development, solution shaping, pricing, and contract negotiations. Build and maintain executive-level relationships across healthcare organizations, industry associations, and strategic partners. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and execute go-to-market strategies that drive practice growth. Practice Development Help define and execute the strategic vision, growth objectives, and operating priorities of the Healthcare Practice. Develop and enhance methodologies, offerings, assets, and thought leadership that strengthen West Monroe’s market position. Mentor, coach, and develop consultants and practice leaders while fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture. Support recruiting, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives. Contribute to practice financial management, including revenue growth, profitability, and resource planning. What You Will Bring Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred. 12+ years of consulting, healthcare, or professional services experience, including leadership of complex business and technology transformation programs. Deep understanding of healthcare payers, provider operations, health systems, care delivery models, and industry trends. Demonstrated success developing executive relationships, originating new business, and growing strategic client accounts. Proven ability to lead large-scale transformation initiatives involving operational, digital, technology, or organizational change. Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, including experience engaging C-level stakeholders. Experience leading high-performing teams, mentoring future leaders, and driving practice growth. Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs. Ability to travel 25 to 50%. A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives. Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship. Based on pay transparency guidelines, a reasonable expectation for the salary range for this role is listed below. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.​ Employees in proximity of our Seattle, Washington DC, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco offices will have a geographic premium applied to this salary scale. Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date. National$280,000—$330,000 USDOther consultancies talk at you.At West Monroe, we work with you.We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer  We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit . 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