[Hiring] Consultant, Advisory Services @Premier Inc.

Role Description

The 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.

• Actively participate with an engagement team to determine client needs.
• Lead in analyzing data and interpreting data.
• Form initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews.
• Draft deliverables for various audiences.
• Assist in the implementation of recommended improvements.
• Participate in all aspects of the engagement including:
  • Identifying issues.
  • Forming hypotheses.
  • Planning and participating in interviews.
  • Leading analyses and data interpretation.
  • Synthesizing and forming conclusions into recommendations.
  • Drafting deliverables.
  • Helping to implement change.
• Work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project.
• Oversee the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.
• Participate in Premier internal activities including practice development and educational opportunities.
• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects.
• Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics, and insights.
• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice-related activities.

Consultants on the Analytics team will have some expertise in Premier and PINC AI databases and methods of connecting existing and new datasets together to create enriched content used for analytics.

• Interact with clients, Premier internal product teams, and Advisory counterparts across all service lines.
• Build working relationships within the Premier/Client team.
• Lead production and quality assurance of client analytics deliverables.
• Provide data-driven insights and solutions.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Years of Applicable Experience: 2 or more years.
• Education: High School (Required).

Requirements

• Awareness of market trends and key competitor activities.
• Negotiation skills and effective approaches to closing the sale.
• Networking skills in the client and healthcare industry.
• Understand risk management practices and communicate risks to manager.
• Assist in determining client needs by gathering and researching data.
• Proficiency in statistical tools (R, Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.).
• Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence.
• Experience in healthcare, business, or finance.
• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management.
• Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis.
• Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

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.