[Remote] Senior Consultant (Enterprise Activation) Advisory Services - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum hires a Senior Consultant for its Advisory Services practice. The role manages client engagements, develops analytical approaches and solutions to healthcare business challenges, and coaches junior team members while supporting strategic planning and practice initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as overall day-to-day engagement manager across various engagement types
• Demonstrate ability to accurately diagnose client-facing issues and determine the appropriate analyses and evaluations to develop solutions
• Determining overall analytical approach and structure for engagement and workstreams
• Build consensus among client stakeholders about the accuracy of the solutions and aid them in successful implementation
• Spend time coaching team members to develop approaches for their individual responsibilities, reviewing and validating their work for accuracy and effectiveness
• Serve as the main point of contact for clients and client stakeholders
• Establishes optimal communication cadence with client and demonstrates sufficient executive presence to lead onsite presentations
• Assigns workstreams to team members and self that meet needs and timelines of client
• Closely monitors actual vs. expected team utilization
• Effectively and appropriately apply both deductive and inductive thinking
• Provide subject matter expertise to other Optum Advisory Services business units related to strategic planning and specific client issues
• Communicate effectively and accurately in writing and verbally
• Demonstrate solid relationship management skills and ability to handle challenging interpersonal situations
• Contribute to practice-level initiatives including business development and thought leadership beyond client project work

Skills

• Relevant industry knowledge
• 4+ years of healthcare industry experience
• 2+ years of external client/customer facing experience at a consulting firm (McKinsey-BCG-Bain/Big 4/Boutique) environment
• 2+ years of experience utilizing formal industry strategy consulting frameworks within a payer or life sciences environment
• 2+ years of experience with project management, developing and presenting deliverables to C-suite executives
• 1+ years of experience mentoring and upskilling junior staff
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite - Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Proven analytical reasoning and solutions-focus problem solving
• Proven ability to drill down to the root cause of issues and develop actionable solutions
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, generative AI platforms, AI-driven analytics) as part of day-to-day delivery and team workflow
• Experience supporting end-to-end sales and business development life cycle in a consulting environment (e.g., lead generation, proposal development, RFP response)
• Payer experience in both consulting and/or a direct industry role
• Demonstrated background in healthcare consulting
• Demonstrated creative in problem solving approach

Benefits

• Remote work from anywhere within the U.S.; hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area are required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• Development for other roles you may be interested in

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