Job: Managing Consultant - Federal Health Practice

Jobing Description

The Managing Consultant will directs and manages the planning, design and implementation of projects and teams. Serves as the primary client contact for methodological and technical expertise and translates client needs and/or objectives into specific deliverables in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Ensures that all research projects are conducted with sound methods and approaches.

The candidate must consistently demonstrate the following over time and across multiple engagements to be considered for promotion:

• Assumes lead role in the development of new business through the contribution of substantive expertise and technical advice.


• Ability to work directly with clients to assess needs and take active role to formulate projects to meet needs.


• Candidate must demonstrate potential to contribute to and support of profitable projects.


• Candidate must demonstrate, and be recognized for, professional achievement and skill in consulting or policy research and for contribution to the advancement of knowledge, technique, or new ideas in his or her field.


• Candidate must instill confidence in his/her sponsor that (s)he is sufficiently knowledgeable, confident, and poised to independently represent the firm and its work to the public.


• Candidate must demonstrate the ability to build, lead, and fully utilize a cohesive team of dedicated staff. Candidate must serve as a role model and mentor to staff, guide their professional development, and undertake reasonable measures to retain staff.


• Expertise in Federal health policy and knowledge of the programs and missions of federal agencies required. Experience working with CMS, ONC and AHRQ particularly valuable.

The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human services consulting and policy analysis firm with 40 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

• Improve policy and expand knowledge of health care and human service systems


• Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of health care and family services


• Deal with shifts in health care practice, technology, and regulation


• Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes


• Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations governments, and people to make health care and human services systems more effective

Skills / Requirements

• Master's Degree or Ph.D. with approximately 7+ years of relevant experience


• Managed a staff of 4+ individuals


• Lead cross-functional project teams


• Client engagement and development


• Business development including writing proposals and/or grants


• Work with federal health policy and programs

OptumInsight is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.

What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.