Managing Consultant - Healthcare Payer & Provider Enterprise StrategyBerkeley Research Group, LLC

The Managing Consultant, Healthcare Payer & Provider Enterprise Strategy, is responsible for leading multi-workstream client engagements, overseeing project teams, managing client relationships, and shaping strategic insights and recommendations. This leader plays a central role in defining the structure of engagements, ensuring analytic rigor, and delivering high-impact results to senior client stakeholders.

The ideal candidate brings a strong consulting toolkit, deep healthcare market knowledge across payers and providers, and demonstrated experience designing and executing strategic partnerships and integration strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Engagement Leadership

• Lead end-to-end delivery of consulting engagements, including scoping, planning, and execution.

• Oversee multiple workstreams and ensure integration of analytic output, insights, and recommendations.

• Maintain accountability for deliverable quality, timelines, budget adherence, and client satisfaction.

Client Relationship Management

• Serve as day-to-day client leader, building trusted advisory relationships with senior executives at health plans, health systems, CINs, and provider groups.

• Facilitate executive workshops, steering committee sessions, and strategic planning meetings.

• Translate client needs into structured consulting approaches and actionable strategies.

Enterprise Strategy Development

• Lead development of enterprise payer and provider strategies, including:

• Market expansion and portfolio diversification

• Enterprise growth planning and scenario modeling

• Organizational strategy and transformation roadmaps

• Care model, service line, and population health strategy

• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative analyses into strategic frameworks and executive recommendations.

Strategic Partnerships & Payer-Provider Integration

• Lead assessment, design, and implementation planning for payer–provider partnerships, including:

• Joint ventures, delegated arrangements, and risk-bearing entities

• Clinically integrated networks and provider enablement models

• ACO formation and value-based care partnerships

• Strategic alignment and incentive models

• Advise clients on organizational capabilities, partnership governance, and integration requirements.

Thought Leadership & Intellectual Capital

• Shape the firm’s point of view on key industry trends including provider enablement, payer–provider alignment, value-based care, and enterprise transformation.

• Develop frameworks, methodologies, and toolkits that elevate firm capabilities.

• Contribute to articles, white papers, and proposal development.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Manage and mentor Associates and Senior Associates, providing coaching, feedback, and skill development.

• Foster a culture of structured problem solving, analytic rigor, quality, and collaboration.

• Participate in recruiting and professional development initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MPP) strongly preferred.

• 6–10+ years of experience in healthcare strategy consulting or payer/provider enterprise strategy required.

• Deep understanding of healthcare markets, economics, regulatory dynamics, and payer–provider business models.

• Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements and managing client relationships.

• Proven ability to design and execute strategies involving provider partnerships, care model transformation, and enterprise planning.

• Exceptional communication skills, including executive-level storytelling.

• Strong team leadership, talent development, and project management capabilities.

• Ability to travel (50%) as needed for client engagements required.