Senior Consultant, Advisory Services

Senior Consultant, Advisory Services

What you will be doing:

The Senior Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients. The role of the Senior Consultant is to actively lead and participate in engagement work streams. Responsibilities include determining client needs in terms of the engagement statement of work; lead, complete and provide quality assurance over data analyses; interpret data analyses and form initial recommendations and develop potential solutions for consideration; develop deliverables and presentations materials for various audiences; assist in risk identification and mitigation; manage workstream economics and project management; and assist in the implementation of recommended improvements.

The Senior Consultant participates in all aspects of an engagement including identifying issues; forming hypotheses; planning and conducting interviews; planning, overseeing, and conducting analytics; developing recommendations and solutions for considerations; synthesizing information into cohesive presentations for various audiences and helping to implement change. The Senior Consultant will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project. The Senior Consultant will also work on the project in daily management of project activities in the management of work stream activities including project management activities and project economic management.

The Senior Consultant is required to also participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required, and approved educational opportunities throughout the year and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. Additionally, the Senior Consultant should:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects
• Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects
• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice related activities aimed at
growing and enriching the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines within the Practice

Analytics Focused Roles

Senior Consultants on the Analytics team will have expertise in Premier and PINC AI databases and methods of connecting existing and new datasets together to create enriched content used for analytics. This role interacts with clients, Premier internal product teams, and Advisory counterparts across all the service lines; and is expected to build working relationships within the Premier/Client team. They will lead production and quality assurance of client analytics deliverables and provide data-driven insights and solutions. Additional responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain dynamic and interactive data models based on Premier and client needs

• Lead process standardization efforts.

• Lead efforts to standardize and automate client deliverables and internal tools

• Troubleshoot Tableau workbooks, SQL scripts, Excel analyses, etc.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1– 60%

• Obtain data, execute/direct/oversee analyses, initiate interpretations, and conclusions, and prepare verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards. Perform quality assurance on assigned workstream deliverables.
• Assist in determining client needs by effectively participating in client interviews and utilizing various tools and analytical methods. Summarize analytical findings in a coherent manner and draw insight from observations, interviews, and data analyses. Develop accurate conclusions from findings. Drafts recommendations and potential solutions for team leadership review.
• Effectively execute on project plans in accordance with engagement statements of work and to client satisfaction.
• Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes.
• Generate billings revenue by conducting assigned analyses, write and prepare reports, and assist clients in implementing desired changes.
• Participate in project management related activities as assigned regarding their work stream.
• Manage the budget and expenses for their assigned work stream.
• Participate in risk and issue identification and mitigation along with the project leadership team.

Responsibility #2 – 20%

• Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice overall or for the Service Lines within the Practice.

Responsibility #3 – 10%

• Learn Premier based technologies and services.

Responsibility #4 – 5%

• Actively listens for market opportunities on current engagements and collaborative networks and communicates potential leads to managers.
• Contribute to the development of sales presentation deliverables using prescribed formats and technology; proactively seeks out opportunities to participate.
• Identifies opportunities to improve profitability

Responsibility #5 – 5%

• Complete all required training requirements on an annual basis.

​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 4 or more years

Education:

Bachelors (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Coordinate and deliver effective presentations (verbal and written) to client audiences to communicate project outcomes, recommendations, and strategy
• Ability to conduct analyses and oversee and mentor others in the delivery and production of client deliverables
• Ability to relate to clients and team members in an effective and collaborative manner
• Ability to lead work groups to successful outcomes

Analytics Focused Roles

• Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma Green/Black belt

Experience:

• Experience in Health Systems Finance, Operations (clinical, support or operations), Operational or Strategic Consulting, Strategic Planning or Decision Support Analytics

Analytics Focused Roles

• Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations and presentations to support data-driven recommendations
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis
• Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving skills

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions: RemoteTravel Requirements: Travel 61-80% within the USPhysical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $90,000 - $150,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

• 401k retirement program

• Paid time off

• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans

• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Granted World's Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere, 2008-2026

• Named U.S. News & World Report, Best Companies to Work For (2023, 2024, 2025)

• Accredited by Forbes: America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2024-2025

• Given Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultants- Healthcare Management

• Awarded Cigna Workforce Designation Gold Level Recipient (2016,2017,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2025)

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

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