Managing Consultant, Advanced Analytics and Program Evaluation - Lewin Group - Full-time / Part-time

No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions. And you'll do your life's best work.(sm)
 
The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human services consulting and policy analysis firm with 40 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

Improve policy and expand knowledge of health care and human service systems
Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of health care and family services
Deal with shifts in health care practice, technology, and regulation
Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes
Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make health care and human services systems more effective
In the wide-ranging field of human services consulting, The Lewin Group provides both depth and breadth of expertise.  Currently, Lewin has more than 180 consultants drawn from industry, government and academia.  They all share a strong commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision and dedication to client satisfaction. 
 
At Lewin, the Federal Health and Human Services practice helps federal decision-makers strengthen health and human services programs and make informed policy choices. Lewin also works with foundations and associations to research and evaluate complex health care and human services needs. By delivering objective, data-driven research, technical assistance, and evaluations including access to proprietary data sets, Lewin is able to support current program activities, inform future program investments and support strategic decision processes.
 
As a Managing Consultant, you will direct and manage the planning, design and implementation of projects and serve as the primary Client contact for methodological and technical expertise and translates client needs and/or objectives into specific deliverables in a timely and cost-efficient manner. You will ensure that all research projects are conducted with sound methods and approaches. You will parlay your significant research experience in the specific content area, experience in business development, grant or proposal writing, and program evaluation.  Additionally, you will manage projects of different sizes, work directly with clients, and represent The Lewin Group at national conferences.
 
Key responsibilities may include:

Directing and managing large projects or a series of smaller projects
Responsibility for project budget management, deliverables, client relations, and staff supervision
Management of several direct reports

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree or Ph.D. with 10+ years of post-graduate relevant healthcare research and/or policy analysis, program evaluation and design and/or health care consulting experience
7+ years of experience managing mid-large-scale projects including staff, budget and subcontractor management, timelines, deliverables and client management, or 5+ years of experience working with federal or state health policy and programs and/or clients
Background in quantitative methodology
Expertise in any of the following areas: policy analysis, program evaluation, program integrity, informatics, strategic planning and process improvement
Proficient in leading cross-functional project teams
Proven client engagement and development skills including federal and/or state clientele
Proven business development experience including leading proposals and/or grants
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
 
 
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
 
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