Consulting Associate

Job Description Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. Position Summary Associates play an indispensable role at Huron. Our dynamic Associates lead one or more project work streams utilizing Huron approaches, methodologies and tools to implement impactful and innovative solutions to address our clients business challenges. Skilled relationship builders, our Associates collaborate with clients while simultaneously managing junior Huron staff. Everyone works in symphony to achieve a common objective: create and implement sustainable solutions. Through our varied projects, Associates gain valuable, hands-on consulting and change management experience, while positively impacting mission-driven healthcare organizations. External Job Title: Consulting Associate, Healthcare Practice: Healthcare Level: Associate Location: Bangalore Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Position Summary Associates play an indispensable role at Huron. Our dynamic Associates lead one or more project work streams utilizing Huron approaches, methodologies and tools to implement impactful and innovative solutions to address our clients business challenges. Skilled relationship builders, our Associates collaborate with clients while simultaneously managing junior Huron staff. Everyone works in symphony to achieve a common objective: create and implement sustainable solutions. Through our varied projects, Associates gain valuable, hands-on consulting and change management experience, while positively impacting mission-driven healthcare organizations. Required Skills: - Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively. - Proven critical thinking skills in both data collection and complex analysis; ability to identify gaps and risks, summarize findings, and develop conclusions - Effective at delegating tasks to junior staff while managing the overall quality of project deliverables - Execution against project workplans, escalating risks and barriers, and coordinating client communication to ensure project delivery schedule is achieved - Collaboration with internal team members during the project, including presenting key takeaways, communicating project updates, and organizing overall project logistics - Ability to apply proven methodologies and best practices to unique client situations; skilled at collaboration with project team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions to complex business problems - Direct supervisory experience including coaching, mentorship, and providing feedback through performance management Core Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree required - Proficient in Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) - Excellent communication skills; strong written and oral English skills - 3 to 5 years relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment - Preferably 1 -2 years experience within consulting - Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills - Direct supervisory experience - Located in or near Bangalore; role requires individual in office PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (Revenue): - Relevant hospital or physician revenue cycle experience supervising a department and/or team-based projects with a focus on process improvement initiatives and change management, OR - Project leadership and workplan management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus on hospital or physician revenue cycle, denials management, revenue integrity, or patient access services PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (Supply Chain): - Relevant Supply Chain consulting experience within the healthcare sector, focusing on cost reduction, efficiency improvements, and compliance with industry standards OR - Relevant Hospital Supply Chain operations experience supervising a department and/or team-based projects with a focus on process re-engineering/process improvement initiatives OR - Project leadership and workplan management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus on cost reduction, process improvement and/or supply chain services PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (Pharmacy): - Relevant pharmacy experience supervising a department and/or team-based projects with a focus on process improvement initiatives and change management, OR - Project leadership and workplan management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus on pharmacy operations, 340B program management, specialty pharmacy operations, or retail pharmacy experience in a hospital setting Position Level Associate Country India