Senior Associate – Payer & Provider Strategy – HealthcareBerkeley Research Group, LLC
BRG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Position Title: Senior Associate – Payer & Provider Strategy – Healthcare
Location: Remote - USA
Position Type: Full time
Requisition ID: JR100727
Description:
We do Consulting Differently
The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice at Berkeley Research Group (BRG) provides end-to-end advisory support to healthcare providers, payers, investors, and other stakeholders navigating complex strategic, operational, financial, and clinical challenges. Led by seasoned healthcare executives, operators, and clinicians, IHS partners with organizations to drive sustainable performance improvement and long-term growth through strategic growth design, operating model transformation, AI and digital enablement, clinical quality and patient care optimization, and revenue strategy—helping clients build resilient, future-ready healthcare enterprises in an increasingly complex environment.
Our four core service offerings include:
Business Transformation Advisory
Margin & Operational Improvement
Clinical & Quality Transformation
AI & Digital Solutions
Business Transformation Advisory partners with healthcare organizations to define enterprise-wide strategy and align financial, clinical, and operational priorities to long-term objectives. This work spans enterprise and service line strategy, population health and value-based care models, long-range financial forecasting, and regulatory and alternative payment methodologies—helping leaders make informed decisions that drive sustainable growth, resilience, and system-wide performance improvement.
The Senior Associate will play a leadership role on project workstreams, serve as a key analytical engine for client engagements, and help shape strategic insights and recommendations. This role requires strong analytical capability, structured thinking, and comfort interacting with client stakeholders. The Senior Associate will support enterprise-level strategy across both payer and provider clients, including growth strategy, partnership design, and integration models.
Candidates should bring experience in healthcare consulting or a similar strategic environment, with enough maturity to independently drive workstreams while still operating within a team-based model.
Willing to travel consistently (50%), depending on project requirements and client expectations, is required for this position.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Strategy & Market Analysis
Assess enterprise-level payer and provider strategies, including market positioning, growth opportunities, product portfolio strategy, and organizational prioritization.
Conduct robust market, financial, and competitive analyses across health plans, health systems, CINs, ACOs, and emerging care delivery models.
Translate complex data, trends, and regulatory dynamics into actionable insights that inform strategic recommendations.
Payer and Provider Integration & Partnership Support
Evaluate, design, and support the implementation of strategic partnerships between payers and providers, such as:
ACOs and risk-bearing entities
Clinically integrated networks
Joint ventures, delegated arrangements, and provider enablement models
Narrow networks and performance-aligned partnerships
Conduct readiness assessments, capability evaluations, and synergy identification for integration or partnership opportunities.
Strategic Problem Solving & Insight Development
Frame ambiguous strategic problems, develop hypotheses, build analytical plans, and test insights through structured analysis.
Support development of enterprise strategies such as:
Market entry or expansion
Health plan and provider growth strategy
Enterprise partnership roadmaps
Value-based care strategy
Internal Leadership & Firm Building
Contribute to practice area development in enterprise strategy, payer–provider integration, and partnership models.
Support proposal development, thought leadership, and business development activities.
Mentor Associates and Analysts in project delivery and analytic approaches.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MPP) preferred.
2-6 years of relevant experience in healthcare consulting, strategy, enterprise planning, or payer/provider operations.
Strong knowledge of healthcare markets, including payer and provider economics, value-based care, regulatory dynamics, and competitive positioning.
Demonstrated experience leading workstreams or major analytic components of strategy engagements.
Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and structured problem-solving.
Excellent communication skills, with ability to translate complex analytical findings into compelling narratives.
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort engaging with client stakeholders at multiple levels.
Ability to operate independently with sound judgment while contributing to a collaborative team environment.
Salary Range: $85,000 – $115,000 per year
Job title and compensation to be determined based onqualifications and experience.
Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.
About BRG
BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.
At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.
Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.
At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.
BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
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