Associate Director – Project Management – Healthcare

We do Consulting Differently The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice at Berkeley Research Group (BRG) provides end-to-end advisory support to healthcare providers, payers, investors, and other stakeholders navigating complex strategic, operational, financial, and clinical challenges. Led by seasoned healthcare executives, operators, and clinicians, IHS partners with organizations to drive sustainable performance improvement and long-term growth through strategic growth design, operating model transformation, AI and digital enablement, clinical quality and patient care optimization, and revenue strategy—helping clients build resilient, future-ready healthcare enterprises in an increasingly complex environment. Our four core service offerings include: Business Transformation Advisory Margin & Operational Improvement Clinical & Quality Transformation AI & Digital Solutions Our project management group works across all our core service offerings; helping to lead engagements that are complex in nature. The Associate Director is a single point of accountability for engagement delivery, owning execution quality, timeline integrity, and financial impact realization across complex, multi‑workstream healthcare engagements. This role combines hands‑on delivery leadership with senior client engagement and governance ownership. The Associate Director is a **delivery leader—not an administrative project manager—**who ensures strategy is translated into measurable results. Responsibilities Own end‑to‑end delivery of healthcare engagements, ensuring alignment to scope, timelines, and outcomes Translate strategy into clear, executable initiatives with defined ownership and sequencing Develop and manage integrated, multi‑workstream workplans and delivery dependencies Serve as the primary interface with senior client executives and Steering Committees Establish and enforce governance structures, including stage gates, escalation paths, and approvals Manage scope, risk, and change control to maintain alignment with engagement objectives Ensure benefits tracking and realization tied to EBITDA, cost savings, revenue improvement, or quality metrics Proactively identify and address risks to financial and operational outcomes Lead, coach, and oversee PMO and project support staff Act as a recognized subject matter expert across margin and/or quality improvement disciplines, including workforce productivity, supply chain, revenue cycle, managed care, physician enterprise, strategy, and care transformation Qualifications 9–15+ years of experience in healthcare consulting, operations, or enterprise transformation Proven track record leading complex, multi‑workstream engagements with measurable financial impact Experience working directly with C‑suite and senior health system leaders Strong program and project management, governance, and execution capabilities Advanced financial acumen related to margin and performance improvement Strong leadership, judgment, and executive communication skills Salary Range: $150,000 - $250,000 Candidate must be able to submit verification of legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship. About BRG BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead. At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.