Consultant - Data Operations & Technology (Women and Infants)
*no travel required for this position
The Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified data operations and technology team to deliver performance improvement to women and infants collaborative. The role of the Consultant is to actively participate with an engagement team to determine our client’s needs; take the lead in analyzing data and interpreting data; forming initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews; drafting deliverables for various audiences; and assisting in the implementation of recommended improvements.
The Consultant participates in all aspects of the engagement including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning, and participating in interviews, leading analyses, and data interpretation, synthesizing, and forming conclusions into recommendations, drafting deliverables, and helping to implement change. This position will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project. They may be asked to oversee the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.
Consultants are required to participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required, and approved educational opportunities throughout the year, and learn the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. Additionally, the Consultant should:
Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects
Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects
Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice related activities aimed at growing and enriching the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines within the Practice
Analytics Focused Roles
Consultants on the Analytics team will have some expertise in Premier and Premier's Quality Enterprise databases and methods of connecting existing and new datasets together to create enriched content used for analytics. This role interacts with clients, Premier internal product teams, and Advisory counterparts across all the service lines; and is expected to build working relationships within the Premier/Client team. They will lead production and quality assurance of client analytics deliverables and provide data-driven insights and solutions. Additional responsibilities include:
Build and maintain dynamic and interactive data models based on Premier and client needs
Lead process standardization efforts.
Lead efforts to standardize and automate client deliverables and internal tools
Troubleshoot Tableau workbooks, SQL scripts, Excel analyses, etc.
Key Responsibilities
60%
Obtain data, execute/direct/oversee analyses, initiate interpretations, and conclusions, and prepare verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards.
Assist in determining client needs by effectively participating in client interviews and utilizing various tools and analytical methods. Summarizes analytical findings in a coherent manner and draws insight from observations, interviews, and data analyses. Develops accurate conclusions from findings. Drafts recommendations for team leadership review.
Effectively executes on project plans in accordance with engagement statements of work and to client satisfaction.
Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes.
Generate billings revenue by conducting assigned analyses, writing, and preparing reports, and assisting clients in implementing desired changes.
Actively listens for market opportunities on current engagements and collaborative networks and communicates potential leads to managers.
20%
Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice overall or for the Service Lines within the Practice.
15%
Learn Premier based technologies and services.
5%
Complete all required training requirements on an annual basis
Required Qualifications
Work Experience:
Years of Applicable Experience - 2 or more years
Education:
High School (Required)
Preferred Qualifications
Skills:
Awareness of: Market trends and key competitor’s activities; negotiation skills; effective approaches to closing the sale; networking; client and healthcare industry
Understand risk management practices; identifies, communicates, and responds to risks and issues to manager
Assist in determining client needs by gathering and researching data, utilizing common tools and analytical methods
Statistical tools (R. Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.), Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence
Strong analytical skills, SQL skills preferred
Analytics Focused Roles
Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma Green/Black belt
Experience:
Experience in healthcare, business, or finance
Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management
Demonstrated capability to lead and show value from their efforts
Analytics Focused Roles
Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations and presentations to support data-driven recommendations
Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis
Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving skills
Education:
Bachelor’s degree
*no travel required for this position
Education:
Bachelor’s degree
Additional Job Requirements:
Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
Attention to detail
Operate computer programs and software
Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
Making independent decisions
Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions
Working Conditions: Remote
Travel Requirements: Travel 61-80% within the US
Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $72,000 - $120,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.
Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits:
Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
401k retirement program
Paid time off
Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Premier at a glance:
Granted World's Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere, 2008-2026
Named U.S. News & World Report, Best Companies to Work For (2023, 2024, 2025)
Accredited by Forbes: America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2024-2025
Given Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultants- Healthcare Management
Awarded Cigna Workforce Designation Gold Level Recipient (2016,2017,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2025)
For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.
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Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.
Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.
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