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Job Summary
The Senior Consultant is a senior strategic advisor who strengthens performance accountability and the culture of resource stewardship across Mass General Brigham. This role ensures that system-level resource stewardship strategies are translated into actionable plans and that teams operate with the discipline alignment and behaviors required to deliver measurable impact.Qualifications
Education
Bachelors Degree in Business Public Health or a related field of study required
Masters Degree in a related field of study preferred
Experience
3 years of experience in consulting finance corporate strategy or other equivalent healthcare role required
Experience in strategy execution enterprise transformation program or portfolio management or consulting within a large matrixed organization (healthcare preferred).
Proven experience advising senior leaders shaping strategic roadmaps and facilitating governance or executive decision-making.
Demonstrated experience in guiding cultural or operational change and strengthening leadership capability.
Top responsibilities:
Partner with senior leaders and executive sponsors to define resource stewardship strategies and multi-year roadmaps ensuring priorities align with system goals and stewardship principles.
Convert high-level enterprise objectives into clear actionable plans that guide domain focus and decision-making.
Evaluate competing priorities and recommend tradeoffs that maximize enterprise value while adhering to stewardship principles.
Lead discussions with senior leaders to clarify direction surface barriers and strengthen shared accountability for outcomes.
Apply program management discipline to link idea intake prioritization feasibility readiness implementation and sustainability into a coherent operating rhythm.
Monitor domain health across timelines impacts risks interdependencies and performance drivers to ensure balanced and achievable portfolios.
Coach teams on structured governance practices oversee quality of deliverables (charters feasibility assessments benefits plans) and support readiness checks for successful adoption.
Serve as a strategic advisor on communication and engagement plansensuring updates leadership materials and messaging are timely targeted and aligned with systemwide priorities.
Model stewardship behaviors foster psychologically safe environments and build capability in strategic thinking prioritization and collaborative problem-solving.
Collaborate with portfolio operations finance and other partners to align data and decisions and contribute to evolving governance frameworks and operating standards.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated ability to lead workstreams and work independently.
Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with Tableau SQL or other analytics/visualization tools preferred.
Knowledge of healthcare data sources such as claims/billing SG2 CMS datasets and others preferred.
Strategic and systems thinking; ability to link goals data decisions and operational realities.
Advanced facilitation coaching and relationship-building skills across senior audiences.
Strong capability in portfolio thinking prioritization and translating insights into action.
Deep understanding of governance change management and continuous improvement.
Exceptional communication and influence skills; ability to distill complexity into actionable direction.
Comfort navigating ambiguity while balancing strategic and tactical needs.
Working Schedule:
Hybrid onsite requirement 3x per month at Assembly Row in Somerville MA. Other onsite presence at MGB sites may be required due to business needs.
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Pay Range
$99465.60 - $141804.00/AnnualGrade
8EEO Statement:
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.