[Hiring] Senior Strategic Advisor - Healthcare Quality Measurement, VBC & Clinical Performance Management @Sellers Dorsey

Role Description

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a Senior Strategic Advisor who will provide advanced technical and strategic expertise in Healthcare Quality Measurement, Value-Based Care (VBC) and Clinical Performance Management to deliver complex client work and strengthen the credibility of the firm’s technical outputs. As the Senior Strategic Advisor, Clinical Performance & Impact, you will:

• Analyze policy guidance.
• Develop or support clinical and financial performance analyses.
• Apply deep understanding of value-based care systems to advise on program design, supporting calculations, and implementation strategies across Clinical Performance & Impact Advisory Services and Medicaid Financing programs.
• Provide strategic consulting to clients.
• Lead cross-functional internal teams in the design and execution of VBC and population health engagements.
• Ensure exceptional client satisfaction and outcomes.
• Serve as lead subject-matter expert across multiple client engagements.
• Provide technical input and review for approval materials and CMS responses.
• Partner with client teams to drive high-impact outcomes.
• Advance the firm’s offerings while contributing directly to business development through scoping, proposals, and sales conversations that require strong technical credibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Health, Health Administration. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15 or more combined years in a public healthcare policy management role and/or in the healthcare consulting industry with a strong sales component.
• Extensive experience in healthcare quality/population health/VBC leadership role.
• Deep knowledge of national and state quality programs (e.g., HEDIS, CMS Stars, CAHPS, QRS, and CMS payment models such as AHEAD).
• Proficiency with population health frameworks, risk adjustment, and quality analytics.
• Recognized technical credibility and judgment in high-stakes environments.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex client work independently.
• Proven experience and results in public health financing and policy advocacy.
• Executive or Administrator experience in leading teams to design, execute and implement significant changes for state Medicaid programs, Healthcare Providers and Managed Care Organizations.
• Experience working alongside lobbyists, government relations staff, and senior state or hospital officials is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint required.

Requirements

• Effective cross-organizational collaboration, relationship-building skills, and consultative approach.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to relay complex technical terms in an easy to understand manner.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required; experience in quantitative program evaluation is highly desirable.
• The ability to work effectively independently and in teams.
• Experience delivering services on several projects simultaneously.
• Time management skills.

Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience, education, and market location.
• Eligibility to participate in annual incentive plan.
• Group healthcare plans offering medical, dental, and vision.
• Insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life.
• 401k plan eligibility.
• Flexible Time Off policy.
• 16 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Paid time off for qualifying medical leave.
• Up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave.