Associate Director - Project Management - Healthcare
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. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job