Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

If you are considering sending an application, make sure to hit the apply button below after reading through the entire description. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. At Huron, we help healthcare organizations transform and optimize their workforce operations, partnering with Huron and client leaders to create sustainable solutions that drive meaningful results. As a Director AI / Automation Advancement Leader within our Healthcare team, you will lead complex performance improvement engagements, creating high-performing environments and ensuring successful client outcomes. You will play a critical role in leading our team to provide tech-enabled strategies and implement performance improvement tactics to support our clients. This role is ideal for a data-driven leader who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about driving change using digital technologies, AI, and automation. Your role will foster a supportive, inclusive environment, empowering team members and creating a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued. You will build strong executive-level relationships, lead change processes, and identify new business opportunities, leveraging Huron's capabilities to meet client objectives. This allows you to make an impact and provides career opportunities both within and beyond your areas of expertise. As the Healthcare Consulting Director Lead in Workforce AI / Automation Advancement you will: Identify, shape, and scale innovative technology-enabled service offerings within a consulting firm environment, leveraging emerging tools such as AI, automation, and digital platforms to broaden the firm's capabilities, drive operational efficiency, and enhance value delivery for healthcare clients Serve as the accountable leader in the design and delivery of our most complex performance improvement engagements by creating collaborative, high performing work environments while continually addressing issues, removing barriers, and ensuring successful client outcomes Manage engagement-wide economics, including budgets, revenue forecasting, margins, invoicing, and billing. Apply analytical and critical thinking skills to quantify benefits, identify risks, and develop solutions for performance improvement initiatives. Communicate effectively to understand client challenges, create customized solutions, and manage client expectations, delivering impactful presentations and proposals supporting both sales and engagement delivery. Build strong executive-level relationships, lead change processes, and identify new business opportunities, leveraging Huron's capabilities to meet client objectives. Requirements: Bachelor's degree required 8-10 years of consulting and/or healthcare experience Extensive healthcare operations experience directing a large hospital department and / or team-based projects with a focus on process engineering / performance improvement initiatives and broad-based change management optimization Expertise in driving operational change through digital and AI technologies, supporting clients in developing and implementing technology-enabled strategies (e.g., ambient listening AI/scribing, AI driven workforce intelligence, virtual nursing) to optimize operations in the healthcare setting; technical expertise not required. The ability to travel based on client, enterprise, or project needs is an essential function of this role. While travel requirements may vary based on business need, the current average travel in the Healthcare practice is less than 50%, annually. Direct Supervisory experiences of both individuals and large, complex teams Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) US Work Authorization required The estimated base salary range for this job is $170,000 - $215,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. Huron is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

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