Health Industries Research Manager

Position/Program Title Health Industries Research Manager
PwC/LoS Overview Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading firm that services Fortune 500 companies, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career? If you are, then PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (www.pwc.com/us) is the firm for you. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC US) is well placed to help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and advisory. We offer the perspective of being part of a global network of firms combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. More than 169,000 people in over 158 countries across the PwC network are committed to deliver quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. People across the PwC network share knowledge, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and deliver practical advice.
At PwC US, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a flexible career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career. We provide unparalleled coaching, mentoring, and career development programs; global opportunities; and state of the art technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients.
At PwC US, you will find Advisory professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology, and customer relationship skills. Our Advisory professionals help companies anticipate, create and manage change. In short, we help companies to: (1) respond to crises, (2) improve business processes, and (3) transform their business. Note that across all of these solutions, we embed sustainability into our approach. This also includes helping clients to sustain prior changes that may have been undertaken to address a crisis.

Members of our PwC US Advisory practice provide a valuable service to our clients and strive to differentiate PwC by executing the following:

We put our clients first: Each client situation is unique, and we tailor our approach to every relationship and engagement;

We view the world from a client's perspective: From the initial client meeting onward, we listen first, and then assemble a hand-picked team from across the firm;

We create lasting value for our clients: We bring together the precision, structure, and deep analytical capabilities of audit and tax and the creative mindset and problem-solving skills of consulting; and

We focus on action, impact, and value: We don't just assess and recommend; we also help our clients implement with agility and flexibility.
Job Description The Health Industries practice comprises professionals with deep health industry expertise, including physicians, nurses, information system specialists, health policy analysts, actuaries, financial advisors, and data analysts. Their multidisciplinary and multi-industry approach enables our professionals to collaborate with clients to help them manage strategic initiatives, deliver financial performance and operational improvements, manage risk and compliance programs and to align core business processes with health information technology.
With a focus toward capabilities in innovation and growth, operations improvement, sustainability and quality, information technology, financial management, and governance, risk, and compliance, the practice has served clients in the following sectors:

Healthcare providers: hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, community providers, outpatient and freestanding ambulatory centers, and physician practices

Payers: focused on both commercial health plans and public governmental insurers

Employers: this area works with corporations from a broad range of industries concerned about employee healthcare coverage and costs

Pharmaceutical companies: branded and generic manufacturers and drug research organizations

Life sciences companies: biotech, diagnostic and medical device organizations
The Health Industries strategy focuses on our capabilities and bandwidth in the following areas: Health Information Technology, Risk and Regulatory, Personalized Medicine, Pharma and Life Sciences Research and Development and Sales and Marketing, and Medical Device.

Whether our healthcare clients want to grow market share, develop strategies to decelerate rising healthcare costs, streamline business operations, maximize return on IT investment, improve the efficiency of compliance programs AC/a!a or all of the above AC/a!a PricewaterhouseCoopers help clients overcome their toughest challenges. Our Healthcare Services include:

AC/a!AC/ Integrated Service Delivery: Coordinating healthcare services centered on the needs of patients/clients and specific population groups
AC/a!AC/ Shared Back-Office Services: Integrating human resources/payroll, supply chain and information management and IT across health organizations and regions to improve efficiencies
AC/a!AC/ Digital Backbone: Utilizing technology to better integrate, standardize and transfer knowledge of administrative and clinical information
AC/a!AC/ Quality and Safety Standardization: Defining and enforcing clinical standards while establishing consistency of care and a mechanism for accountability and transparency
AC/a!AC/ Strategic Resource Deployment: Finding more effective ways to allocate resources to control costs and provide sufficient access to quality care
AC/a!AC/ Adaptable Delivery Roles and Structures: Creating flexible care settings and expanding clinical roles that are centered on patient/client needs
AC/a!AC/ Incentive Realignment: Facilitating and manage access to care while supporting accountability and responsibility for healthcare decisions
AC/a!AC/ Innovation: Improving treatment, efficiency and outcomes through technology, innovation and process changes
AC/a!AC/ Infrastructure and Service Delivery: Balancing public and private interests in health care infrastructure investments as well as health care delivery

Position/Program Requirements Knowledge Preferred:

Thorough knowledge of long term strategic planning, business development and market demand service line analysis for healthcare providers.

Thorough understanding of market analysis including census data, zip code data, and demographic analysis.

Thorough knowledge of clinical and financial functions including: contracts, financial pro forma analysis, and financial projections.

Skills Preferred:

Thorough experience in a progressive Healthcare Provider consulting environment.

Considerable experience identifying and addressing client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.

Considerable experience as a team leader: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:

7

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:

Masters of Science or Masters of Art degree in Hospital Administration or Public Health required.

Travel requirements: 100%

Additional Information
Additional requirements: Medical school/research institutute Administration and finance experience. Prior dean's office member and 7+ years progressive management responsibility.
Line of Service Advisory
Industry Health Industries
State & City DC-Washington
IL-Chicago
MA-Boston
NY-New York
PA-Philadelphia
Travel Requirements 81-100%
Position Type Full Time
Auto req ID 32238BR

 

Auto req ID: 32238BR
Industry: Health Industries
Department: Advisory

Country: USA, State: Dist of Columbia, City: Washington, Company: PwC.
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