Director - Management Consulting - State & Local Government (HHS)

Job Family:

Travel Required:

Clearance Required:

What You Will Do:

Client Relationship Management and Engagement Delivery

• Actively manage a portfolio of state, local, and federal 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 and human services agencies
• Drive quality and standards of work product; ensure superior engagement quality tailored to state health and human services technology-specific challenges such as infrastructure modernization, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain strong relationships with executives at state health and human services departments, including agency, 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 trusted advisor to health and human services agency staff, including Medicaid Directors and other health and human services leadership,

New Business Development

• Serve as a thought leader in the state health and human services agency consulting domain and assist in building the Guidehouse brand.
• Leverage the firm’s existing relationships to expand client relationships and develop new opportunities.
• Serve as the lead executive for new business opportunities, focusing on system modernization, digital transformation, and operational improvements with a specific focus on Medicaid.
• Serve as a content expert for client challenges, including funding strategies, technology integration, state and federal legislative engagement, reporting, provider oversight, and process optimization.
• Be personally engaged in and accountable for growing the consulting practice at a rate of $5M+ in annual new business for the firm.
Consulting Staff Leadership

• Direct line management for consultants assigned to state and local government health and human services 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 and human services

specific skills and expertise.
• Contribute to the development of a positive and performance-oriented culture across the practice.
What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably public administration, business administration, public health, healthcare, or a related field.
• 10+ years of total experience, including industry, research, or consulting experience, excluding internships, part-time roles, co-ops, fellowships, and academic research.
• 10+ years of experience leading state health and human services agencies.
• Existing strong relationships with health and human services 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 and human services sector.
• Well-rounded leadership skills to provide strategic, analytical, and operational direction to teams.
What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Master’s degree, preferably public administration, public health, healthcare, or business administration.

• Alumni and/or active status with national industry associations, such as National Association for Medicaid Directors (NAMD), HSFo, or ADvancing States.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• 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

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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