**Strategic Business Leader**

5 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States AArete Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Strategic Business Leader to join our team at AArete. As a key member of our Healthcare Payer practice, you will be responsible for driving projects to success and helping to manage a team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Proactively lead the team in understanding client needs and problems, driving forward initiatives to solve issues and accomplish goals according to specified timelines.
  • Lead analytical approaches, integrate multiple analyses, and develop a comprehensive understanding of client problems, identifying issues and opportunities to motivate client action.
  • Work closely with senior leaders to set project strategy.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and teammates to find creative solutions to business problems.
  • Create client communications, present analytic findings and recommendations, and field client questions with minimal support.
  • Draw upon healthcare knowledge, trends, and experiences to highlight relevant impacts for clients.
  • Gather and refine complex data sets and diverse data sources, including medical claims, pharmacy claims, and financial data sets, to enable accurate and robust quantitative analyses.
  • Lead teams and coach team members on client and internal projects.
  • Proactively work to create an energizing team environment.
  • Manage projects effectively by collaborating with both internal and client stakeholders.
  • Support implementation of client or internal solutions, including active involvement in internal solution development, from the ground up.
Requirements
  • 6+ years of consulting experience.
  • 4+ years of experience with the healthcare industry, specifically on the payer side.
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data sets and provide actionable insights.
  • Advanced skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Strong project/process management skills; ability to balance and prioritize competing responsibilities.
  • High self-motivation, accountability, and encouragement toward others.
  • Exceptional independent judgement and leadership skills.
  • Creative and innovative mindset.
  • Cultural flexibility/adaptability.
  • Direct client interaction, including possible travel to client location.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
Preferred Requirements
  • Experience with AArete's other focus industries: Healthcare Providers, Financial Services, Education, Retail & Consumer, Transportation, Logistics, & Distribution, Public Sector, and Technology & Professional Services.
  • Proficiency with SQL.
  • Based in Chicago, IL and flexible to work from our Chicago office as needed.
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO, monthly half-day refuels, volunteer time off, 10 paid holidays.
  • Own Your Day flexible work policy.
  • Competitive majority employer-paid benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match.
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
  • Generous maternity/paternity leave options.
  • Completely employer paid Life Insurance, STD, LTD.
  • Charitable contribution matching program.
  • New client commission opportunities and referral bonus program.
  • Video-free Fridays.
  • Bike share discount program.

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