Senior Consultant, Healthcare Informatics

Are you passionate about data?

Do you thrive in environments committed to innovation?

Does providing trusted advice that improves people’s lives resonate with you?

We are recruiting for a Senior Consultant, Healthcare Informatics for our Health Consulting & Analytics team working with our Healthcare Data Informatics Digital Warehouse. Come join our team where you will have an immediate opportunity to contribute as an integral member of a project team applying analytical, problem-solving, communication and technology skills and contributing to the development of solutions to challenging client issues.

The Role

The Senior Consultant analyzes healthcare data of our clients resonant within our proprietary and highly customized database (SHAPE) and identifies trends, projects financial impacts, forecasts spends and collaborates with others to identify innovative solutions and consulting for our clients. Key responsibilities include:

• Perform as the primary or secondary Senior Consultant on healthcare analytics generated through SHAPE and analyze trends, quantify impacts, and forecast clinical care impacts including through market trends, new medications, plan design, pricing, financial and regulatory compliance, and administration issues.

• Provide strategic and innovative advice and counsel to clients, influence and gain the support of a client company’s senior management on complex recommendations.

• Act as a technical resource on health plans and managed care issues, provide colleagues both inside and outside the practice with own perspective on relevant inquiries; and participate in training and mentoring initiatives involving junior staff.

• Lead and/or contribute to the development of thought leadership that distinguishes Segal in the marketplace including trend analytics and contribute to marketing and branding efforts with regard to public speaking, writing articles, conduct press interviews, presentations, and other opportunities to deliver innovative consulting to our clients.

• Project management includes planning, providing technical review/quality assurance, client specific engagements and communication with assigned clients and CRMs.

• 9+ years of health & welfare/managed care experience within a consulting and/or professional service environment.  Corporate or insurance company experience may be acceptable provided the individual has prior consulting experience and/or knowledge and skills that are immediately transferable to consulting (i.e., large set data analytics, strategic/creative problem solving, business advisory orientation to addressing plan design/technical aspects of health & welfare and managed care plans, etc.).

• Expertise in and/or strong familiarity with healthcare claims, pharmaceuticals, and clinical care regimes and health and welfare plans and/or managed care arrangements and related issues.

• Expert level proficiency in SQL. Familiarity with Python preferred. Previous exposure with R or similar large data set programming helpful.

• Bachelor’s degree in related sciences. Graduate level degree in healthcare informatics, public health, actuarial sciences, statistics, or related sciences highly preferred.

• Demonstrated skills as an effective communicator (oral/written) and the ability to analyze and distill voluminous amounts of data into concise summaries that lead to fulfilling Segal’s mission of providing trusted advice that improves lives.

• Strategic, business-partnering orientation to relationship building and collaborative work ethic.

Join Segal

If your qualifications align closely with what we have described, we encourage you to apply. Your unique background and skills matter because at Segal, we believe that different experiences and perspectives drive innovation and excellence. We are committed to creating a fair and transparent hiring process and all hiring decisions will be merit driven. If you require accommodation during the interview, please let us know. Thank you for considering Segal. We are excited to learn more about you!

About Segal and its Total Rewards Program:

Segal is a privately owned, leading North American employee benefit, human resources and investment management consulting firm with over 80 years of history providing trusted advice that improves lives. Clients include public and private corporations, multiemployer trust funds, public sector entities, higher education institutions, institutional advisors, among many others.

Segal’s total rewards are part of what makes Segal a special place to work. The current salary range for this position is $124,500 - $165,000. 

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