Perficient · 7 hours ago
Healthcare Transformation Expert/Strategist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $210K/yr
8+ years expPerficient is a global AI-first consultancy seeking a Healthcare Transformation Expert/Strategist to join their Healthcare and Life Science team. This role involves advising clients on value-based care and population health while providing strategic and tactical support across various healthcare domains.
ConsultingInformation TechnologyInternetMarketing
Responsibilities
Help payers and providers design and refine value-based and population health programs (ACOs, bundles, shared savings, capitation) that balance financial performance and quality outcomes
Translate regulatory and market changes into clear implications and options for clients
Partner with account and sales teams to shape proposals, respond to RFPs, and represent SME expertise in pursuit client meetings and oral presentations at the executive level as needed
Contribute to scoping, solution narratives, and estimates for engagements
Serve as the domain lead on client projects, ensuring scope, approach, and deliverables align client needs and industry best practices
Work with project managers and analytics leads to prioritize use cases and guide recommendations
Define the key questions, metrics, and segmentation needed to evaluate performance (e.g., cost, utilization, quality, risk)
Interpret outputs from analytics teams (claims, EHR, population health platforms, etc.) and convert them into actionable guidance for business and clinical leaders
Maintain working knowledge of major federal and state programs and regulations affecting value-based care/population health (e.g., CMS programs, MACRA/MIPS/APMs, Medicare Advantage, basic Stark/Anti-Kickback considerations)
Partner with internal or client compliance/legal teams to ensure recommendations are implementable and appropriately reviewed
Work with clinical leaders, finance, operations, IT, and population health teams to align strategies and support practical implementation
Help teams design realistic workflows, governance, and operating models for value-based and population health initiatives
Develop client-facing presentations, offerings, playbooks, and training sessions on value-based care, population health topics and related topics
Contribute to internal or external white papers, webinars, and conference content
Qualification
Required
8–12+ years of experience in one or more of: healthcare consulting, payer or provider strategy, population health management, or value-based care program leadership
Demonstrated success in leading strategic initiatives and supporting sales/RFP efforts
Demonstrated experience leading or materially contributing to at least one of the following: Launch or scaling of a value-based contract or program; Population health or care management initiative with measurable outcomes; Provider engagement or performance improvement program tied to value-based incentives
Deep understanding of value-based care concepts, payment models, contract design, and population health strategies, with hands-on experience implementing or improving such programs
Experience working with claims and/or clinical data outputs and population health or analytics platforms, in partnership with technical teams (you guide, they build)
Comfort interpreting dashboards and analyses (e.g., cost/utilization trends, risk segments, quality metrics) and shaping recommendations
Working knowledge of key healthcare regulatory and policy topics affecting value-based arrangements, with the ability to know when to bring in legal/compliance specialists
Possesses a strong understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and ethical considerations
Proficient in leveraging AI technologies to drive innovation, support strategic initiatives, and enable data-driven decision-making
Strong communication skills, able to explain complex programs and analytics in simple, executive-ready language
Strategic and structured thinker, comfortable framing problems, options, and trade-offs
Credible presence with senior payer and provider leaders; able to influence and build consensus
Collaborative, low-ego style, able to partner with project managers, data teams, clinicians, and compliance/legal
Comfortable working in an evolving environment and balancing multiple clients or initiatives
Bachelor's degree in healthcare, business, technology or related fields
Expectation for some travel and local-office on-site may be required (depending on location & requirements)
Preferred
Experience working with both payer and provider stakeholders is highly desirable; deep expertise in at least one side is required
Hands-on experience with tools like Tableau, Power BI, or SQL is a plus but not required for day-to-day work
Master's degree in healthcare, business, technology or related fields
Company
Perficient
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that helps companies adapt their systems to third party software products that use internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.3M2024-05-05Acquired
2024-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $4.44M
2022-10-17Post Ipo Equity· $5.18M
Leadership Team
Ed Hofffman
Senior Vice President, North America Business Operations
Hari Madamalla
Vice President
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