Director, Healthcare Management Consulting

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

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Location: Remote opportunity

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• Create and deliver business strategies and project plans to meet the objectives of VHRxS' health system partners through rigorous data analysis, research, pharmacy knowledge, strategic assessments, program design and innovative thinking
• Lead multiple health system partners to maximize specialty pharmacy potential, including meeting all project objectives on schedule
• Collaborate with VHRxS' third-party consulting partners, when necessary, to deliver high-quality project work as part of the Advisory Services practice
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of specialty pharmacy subject matter experts and third-party consulting partners
• As a key part of delivering projects to health system partners, lead communications to ensure open and consistent flow of information and high customer satisfaction
• Develop and nurture strong relationships with health system partners, helping to proactively identify and resolve issues
• Present key project updates to VHRxS leadership and partner health system stakeholders
• Actively explore opportunities to strengthen relationships with existing partners through all phases of work
• Support business development activities, including presentation development, proposals, and site visits to Vanderbilt's specialty pharmacy facility
• Lead business functions such as developing solutions, innovating new products or services, coordinating sales, marketing, business development, solution development and backoffice needs
• Escalate risks and concerns proactively and often through appropriate channels to resolve and mitigate internal or client-facing issues or challenges
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships across Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Demonstrate a commitment to upholding VUMC's Credo and to strengthening the positive culture of VHRxS

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office Suite of products (i.e., PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, and Project); ability to synthesize large data sets, build pivot tables, use formulas and assumptions based models
• Ability to complete market sizing and financial analysis, business cases and forecasting; familiarity with healthcare provider economics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) and 5 years' experience
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with health system partners, team members, and senior executives; can build consensus and achieve goals through influence
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving environment, and to demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset to growing the business
• Ability to create high-quality deliverables and presentations for internal and external audiences
• Creative thinking and ability to seek innovative solutions to complex technical/business problems
• Self-started and individual contributor
• Travel up to 50%; VHRxS has health system partners across the country, and much of our Advisory Services work may require on-site consulting delivery. Travel requirements will vary based on customer preference and internal job responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of work experience, preferably in healthcare business or management consulting / professional services
• Proven success managing and delivering complex, large-scale business projects within a healthcare setting
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and interfacing with senior business leaders
• Experience developing solutions and growing businesses, including critical infrastructure
• Master's degree and/or professional certifications are preferred

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Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled