Director

Boston, MA

Job Description

Manatt Health Overview

Manatt Health integrates consulting and legal expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the health care system. Combining legal excellence, firsthand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 260 consultants and attorneys from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead health care into the future. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/health.

Position Overview

Manatt Health is seeking a highly qualified director to join our growing team working with providers and health systems. Our team works with leading integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, and children’s hospitals to navigate today’s most complex challenges -

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our nationally recognized and innovative full-service professional services team combining deep legal and regulatory experience with strategic, business and policy insight working with clients to deliver customized, actionable solutions across all mission areas: clinical care, research, education and community engagement. https://www.manatt.com/academic-medicine.

Responsibilities

The Director will provide project oversight, strategic business services, and advisory solutions to our clients including health systems (community based, faith based, cancer centers), academic medical centers, and children’s hospitals.

Specific responsibilities include leading and managing projects from start to execution; establishing and maintaining senior client relationships; providing strategic advisory services to clients related to designing and executing enterprise-wide strategies, advancing delivery system transformation, and optimizing reimbursement and policy engagement.

Additional responsibilities include in-depth qualitative and quantitative research and analysis on health care business and policy issues, process design, and strategic planning; presentation development and delivery; and oversight of mid-level and junior-level consultants’ project work and professional development. Deep knowledge of and experience working with health systems is required.

Prior management consulting experience and experience working on health systems with strategic planning is required. The ability to be a business developer by sourcing new clients or significantly expanding existing relationships is preferred.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, public health, health administration, health care management, or other related areas.

  • 10+ years of health care experience with a health system or hospital or as a consultant working in the provider space.

  • Financial and practical experience running programs in large, complicated health systems, preferably in one or more of the following areas: oncology, neuroscience, cardiovascular care.

  • Prior experience as a management consultant, preferably with a role in leading or co-leading successful health systems projects.

  • Demonstrated client management, project management, and supervisory experience, with proven accountability in project strategy and execution, from interaction with client through to deliverable.

  • Strong working relationships with current clients and a proven capacity to cultivate new clients.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills tailored to a variety of audiences, as well as confidence in presenting to groups.

  • Strong analytic skills with the ability to evaluate health care data to generate descriptive statistics and conduct more complex analyses that address strategy and policy questions.

  • Excellent computer skills, including expert-level knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

  • A self-starter with the ability to juggle multiple, diverse projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and develop creative solutions to meet client and team needs.

Salary: 

The base annual pay range for this role is between $210,000-$275,000. The base pay to be offered will vary and depend on skills and qualifications, experience, location and will also take into account internal equity. Additional medical, financial and/or other benefits will be offered dependent on the position.

Join Us

If you want to join a future-thinking, entrepreneurially minded team of passionate and driven professionals, we strongly encourage you to apply. All candidates must apply through our online application portal (apply here). Required application materials include a cover letter, resume, transcript and writing sample (two to three pages from your academic or work experience of which you are the sole author).

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

Fostering diversity and inclusion is one of Manatt’s core values and is fundamental to our organization’s continued progression. We believe a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live, work and serve enriches Manatt’s culture and enhances our ability to understand our clients’ needs and develop better, more impactful solutions. In collaboration with Firm leadership, our Diversity and Inclusion department drives the Firm’s efforts, engaging our legal, consulting, business, and administrative professionals to create and sustain a culture where we celebrate each of our unique experiences and contributions.  

About Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is a leading professional services firm, providing integrated legal and consulting services to a global client base. With offices strategically located in California (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Silicon Valley), New York (New York City and Albany), Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston, the Firm represents sophisticated clients — including Fortune 500, middle-market and emerging companies — across a range of industry sectors such as health care; financial services; entertainment; digital and technology; and energy, environmental and real estate. For more information, visit www.manatt.com.

EEO/AA EMPLOYER/Veterans/Disabled

Manatt is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex or gender (including gender identity, gender expression, status as a transgender or transsexual individual, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age (over 40), genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, sexual orientation, political activity or affiliation, genetic or and any other protected classes or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the American Disabilities Act, applicants may request accommodations needed to participate in the application process.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips does not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, headhunters or vendors who are not part of our preferred vendor list. If an unsolicited resume is sent to an employee of Manatt, outside of a blind submission directed to our StrategicGrowth@manatt.com  mailbox, Manatt will not be bound by that search firm’s terms or otherwise be obligated to pay any compensation in connection with the submitted candidate.

Privacy:  https://www.manatt.com/privacy-statement  CCPA: If you are a California resident, please click here to view our California Job Applicant Privacy Notice. 

This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. 

Employers may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, this employer uses E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that your employer has violated its responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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Manatt Health Overview

Manatt Health integrates consulting and legal expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the health care system. Combining legal excellence, firsthand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 260 consultants and attorneys from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead health care into the future. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/health.

Position Overview

Manatt Health is seeking a highly qualified director to join our growing team working with providers and health systems. Our team works with leading integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, and children’s hospitals to navigate today’s most complex challenges -

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our nationally recognized and innovative full-service professional services team combining deep legal and regulatory experience with strategic, business and policy insight working with clients to deliver customized, actionable solutions across all mission areas: clinical care, research, education and community engagement. https://www.manatt.com/academic-medicine.

Responsibilities

The Director will provide project oversight, strategic business services, and advisory solutions to our clients including health systems (community based, faith based, cancer centers), academic medical centers, and children’s hospitals.

Specific responsibilities include leading and managing projects from start to execution; establishing and maintaining senior client relationships; providing strategic advisory services to clients related to designing and executing enterprise-wide strategies, advancing delivery system transformation, and optimizing reimbursement and policy engagement.

Additional responsibilities include in-depth qualitative and quantitative research and analysis on health care business and policy issues, process design, and strategic planning; presentation development and delivery; and oversight of mid-level and junior-level consultants’ project work and professional development. Deep knowledge of and experience working with health systems is required.

Prior management consulting experience and experience working on health systems with strategic planning is required. The ability to be a business developer by sourcing new clients or significantly expanding existing relationships is preferred.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, public health, health administration, health care management, or other related areas.

  • 10+ years of health care experience with a health system or hospital or as a consultant working in the provider space.

  • Financial and practical experience running programs in large, complicated health systems, preferably in one or more of the following areas: oncology, neuroscience, cardiovascular care.

  • Prior experience as a management consultant, preferably with a role in leading or co-leading successful health systems projects.

  • Demonstrated client management, project management, and supervisory experience, with proven accountability in project strategy and execution, from interaction with client through to deliverable.

  • Strong working relationships with current clients and a proven capacity to cultivate new clients.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills tailored to a variety of audiences, as well as confidence in presenting to groups.

  • Strong analytic skills with the ability to evaluate health care data to generate descriptive statistics and conduct more complex analyses that address strategy and policy questions.

  • Excellent computer skills, including expert-level knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

  • A self-starter with the ability to juggle multiple, diverse projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and develop creative solutions to meet client and team needs.

Salary: 

The base annual pay range for this role is between $210,000-$275,000. The base pay to be offered will vary and depend on skills and qualifications, experience, location and will also take into account internal equity. Additional medical, financial and/or other benefits will be offered dependent on the position.

Join Us

If you want to join a future-thinking, entrepreneurially minded team of passionate and driven professionals, we strongly encourage you to apply. All candidates must apply through our online application portal (apply here). Required application materials include a cover letter, resume, transcript and writing sample (two to three pages from your academic or work experience of which you are the sole author).

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

Fostering diversity and inclusion is one of Manatt’s core values and is fundamental to our organization’s continued progression. We believe a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live, work and serve enriches Manatt’s culture and enhances our ability to understand our clients’ needs and develop better, more impactful solutions. In collaboration with Firm leadership, our Diversity and Inclusion department drives the Firm’s efforts, engaging our legal, consulting, business, and administrative professionals to create and sustain a culture where we celebrate each of our unique experiences and contributions.  

About Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is a leading professional services firm, providing integrated legal and consulting services to a global client base. With offices strategically located in California (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Silicon Valley), New York (New York City and Albany), Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston, the Firm represents sophisticated clients — including Fortune 500, middle-market and emerging companies — across a range of industry sectors such as health care; financial services; entertainment; digital and technology; and energy, environmental and real estate. For more information, visit www.manatt.com.

EEO/AA EMPLOYER/Veterans/Disabled

Manatt is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex or gender (including gender identity, gender expression, status as a transgender or transsexual individual, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age (over 40), genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, sexual orientation, political activity or affiliation, genetic or and any other protected classes or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the American Disabilities Act, applicants may request accommodations needed to participate in the application process.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips does not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, headhunters or vendors who are not part of our preferred vendor list. If an unsolicited resume is sent to an employee of Manatt, outside of a blind submission directed to our StrategicGrowth@manatt.com  mailbox, Manatt will not be bound by that search firm’s terms or otherwise be obligated to pay any compensation in connection with the submitted candidate.

Privacy:  https://www.manatt.com/privacy-statement  CCPA: If you are a California resident, please click here to view our California Job Applicant Privacy Notice. 

This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. 

Employers may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, this employer uses E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that your employer has violated its responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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About Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is a Los Angeles-based law firm of more than 450 attorneys and other professionals founded in 1965. The firm earned revenues of $316.9 million in 2017. Donna L. Wilson is the firm's Chief Executive and Managing Partner.

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