Public Health Director
Guidehouse
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: South Dakota • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $197,000 - $328,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Actively manage a portfolio of state and local government client engagements and consulting staff, ensuring all contractual targets and deliverables are met
- Strategize with consultant teams on project approach, facilitate communications, and manage risk across active engagements with state health agencies
- Drive quality and standards of work product; ensure superior engagement quality tailored to state health technology-specific challenges such as infrastructure modernization, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Maintain strong relationships with executives at state health departments, including division, branch, and program levels.
- Develop and instill best practices across consulting engagements.
- Maintain and promote compliance with contractual, regulatory, and internal policy requirements specific to state programs and initiatives.
- Manage the economics of client engagements, ensuring delivery aligns with approved financial parameters.
- Serve as a thought leader in the state health agency consulting domain and assist in building the Guidehouse brand.
- Leverage the firm’s existing relationships to expand existing client relationships and develop new opportunities.
- Serve as the lead executive for new business opportunities, focusing on system modernization, digital transformation, and operational improvements.
- Serve as a content expert for client challenges, including funding strategies, technology integration, and process optimization.
- Be personally engaged in and accountable for growing the consulting practice for the firm.
- Direct line management for consultants assigned to regional state and local government client engagements.
- Career development, advocacy for, recruitment of, and retention of members of the consulting team.
- Training and onboarding of new consultants with a focus on state health specific skills and expertise.
- Contribute to the development of a positive and performance-oriented culture across the state and local government practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
- Ten (10)+ years of total work experience, ideally in industry, research, or consulting experience
- Experience supporting state health agencies
- Experience leading consulting engagements
- Existing strong relationships with health agency leaders
- Demonstrated ability to lead new business pursuits and proposals
- Excellent program/project management skills with demonstrated experience leading large multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong business relationships with senior executive clients in the state health sector.
- Well-rounded leadership skills to provide strategic, analytical, and operational direction to teams.
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementproject managementconsultingrisk managementfinancial managementtechnology integrationprocess optimizationinfrastructure modernizationoperational efficiencyregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationrelationship managementstrategic thinkinganalytical skillsteam managementclient engagementadvocacytrainingculture development
Certifications
Bachelor's degree