What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager or Associate Principal, Medical Group Optimization position at ECG Management Consultants?
Overview
ECG, the most experienced healthcare consulting firm working in the U.S., is ranked as a Best Small Firm to Work For 2024 by Consulting Magazine. At ECG, our primary emphasis is on quality—in our people as well as our services—and we’re seeking others who appreciate our high standards of excellence.
About ECG
With knowledge and expertise built over the course of 50-plus years, ECG is a national consulting firm that is redefining healthcare together with its clients. ECG offers a broad range of strategic, financial, operational, and technology-enabled consulting services. ECG is an industry leader offering specialized expertise to clients across the full continuum of care, including hospitals, health systems, medical groups, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers, investors, and payers/health plans.
At ECG, our consultants are working to create a healthier future for every patient. By creating partnerships with our clients and asking the tough questions, we provide honest, tailored solutions that empower them to maximize their resources. Together with our clients, we’re making healthcare more accessible, sustainable, and effective for the patients and communities they support. We’re looking for leaders to join our passionate team, combining experience and courage to make impactful changes in healthcare. ECG is committed to ensuring a supportive, inclusive, and equitable work environment that embraces DEI, where we recognize performance, communicate openly and transparently, and value work-life balance.
Join Our Medical Group Optimization (MGO) Division
ECG’s MGO Division works with providers to design strategies that drive alignment while being sustainable, scalable, and adaptable. As part of our team, you’ll help independent organizations to improve the performance of medical groups, with a focus on governance and leadership, operations, integration, infrastructure, and provider compensation (design, administration, valuation, and compliance).
Our team develops solutions for improving performance in medical groups, hospitals, and their affiliated organizations. We partner with our clients in the development and design, implementation, and administration of physician and advanced practice provider strategies and tactics to improve organizational performance, financial sustainability, alignment with hospitals and regulatory compliance. We also provide transformational implementation support specific to medical group management.
Your Opportunity with ECG: Senior Manager, or Associate Principal
As a senior manager or associate principal at ECG, you’ll be a critical member of our consulting team and firm leadership. You will partner with some of the industry’s best, make a real difference in people’s lives, and grow personally and professionally while doing so.
A senior manager or associate principal at ECG is a significant leadership position within the firm, a stepping-stone to the role of partner, and an opportunity to own equity in the firm. A senior manager or associate principal is on the path to becoming, or has already emerged as, an industry thought leader capable of managing and selling complex engagements with superior client relationship-management skills.
ECG is the sum of its people, and we seek excellent leaders who are dedicated to the firm’s recruitment, professional growth, and engagement of exceptional talent. We expect our associate principals to champion our culture focused on quality, inclusion, collaboration, and growth through innovation.
Your Responsibilities May Include
Full time/exempt
What You Can Expect Of Us
To reward our driven, innovative, and passionate employees, we’ve built a company culture that’s centered on performance. We offer an attractive compensation package, challenging work, and an entrepreneurial environment where you can take ownership of your career—and get out as much as you put in.
The estimated base salary range for this job is $205,000 - $252,000 annually. It represents a good faith estimate of the range that ECG reasonably expects to pay at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, special skills, and market changes. This job is eligible to participate in ECG’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects ECG’s pay-for-performance philosophy. The job is also eligible to participate in ECG’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) matching program; unlimited PTO; and other wellness programs.
Apply now and make an impact for years to come.
To begin the recruitment process, please submit your resume via our career site at https://careers.ecgmc.com.
ECG provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. People of color are encouraged to apply. We participate in E-Verify as part of our onboarding process. Having the permanent legal right to work in the United States is a condition of employment. ECG is not currently able to provide assistance to candidates requiring sponsorship or a visa.
ECG, the most experienced healthcare consulting firm working in the U.S., is ranked as a Best Small Firm to Work For 2024 by Consulting Magazine. At ECG, our primary emphasis is on quality—in our people as well as our services—and we’re seeking others who appreciate our high standards of excellence.
About ECG
With knowledge and expertise built over the course of 50-plus years, ECG is a national consulting firm that is redefining healthcare together with its clients. ECG offers a broad range of strategic, financial, operational, and technology-enabled consulting services. ECG is an industry leader offering specialized expertise to clients across the full continuum of care, including hospitals, health systems, medical groups, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers, investors, and payers/health plans.
At ECG, our consultants are working to create a healthier future for every patient. By creating partnerships with our clients and asking the tough questions, we provide honest, tailored solutions that empower them to maximize their resources. Together with our clients, we’re making healthcare more accessible, sustainable, and effective for the patients and communities they support. We’re looking for leaders to join our passionate team, combining experience and courage to make impactful changes in healthcare. ECG is committed to ensuring a supportive, inclusive, and equitable work environment that embraces DEI, where we recognize performance, communicate openly and transparently, and value work-life balance.
Join Our Medical Group Optimization (MGO) Division
ECG’s MGO Division works with providers to design strategies that drive alignment while being sustainable, scalable, and adaptable. As part of our team, you’ll help independent organizations to improve the performance of medical groups, with a focus on governance and leadership, operations, integration, infrastructure, and provider compensation (design, administration, valuation, and compliance).
Our team develops solutions for improving performance in medical groups, hospitals, and their affiliated organizations. We partner with our clients in the development and design, implementation, and administration of physician and advanced practice provider strategies and tactics to improve organizational performance, financial sustainability, alignment with hospitals and regulatory compliance. We also provide transformational implementation support specific to medical group management.
Your Opportunity with ECG: Senior Manager, or Associate Principal
As a senior manager or associate principal at ECG, you’ll be a critical member of our consulting team and firm leadership. You will partner with some of the industry’s best, make a real difference in people’s lives, and grow personally and professionally while doing so.
A senior manager or associate principal at ECG is a significant leadership position within the firm, a stepping-stone to the role of partner, and an opportunity to own equity in the firm. A senior manager or associate principal is on the path to becoming, or has already emerged as, an industry thought leader capable of managing and selling complex engagements with superior client relationship-management skills.
ECG is the sum of its people, and we seek excellent leaders who are dedicated to the firm’s recruitment, professional growth, and engagement of exceptional talent. We expect our associate principals to champion our culture focused on quality, inclusion, collaboration, and growth through innovation.
Your Responsibilities May Include
- Leading engagements and assuming ultimate responsibility for high-quality client deliverables
- Working with the client to articulate complex issues requiring attention and strategizing with consultant teams on project approach
- Leading project teams by executing work plans; providing direction, timeline, and budget management; and facilitating data-gathering and problem-solving processes
- Leading meetings and presentations for client leadership
- Overseeing the design and implementation of recommended solutions
- Coaching and mentoring staff, writing and delivering performance reviews, and assisting with recruiting new consultants
- Associate Principal level: contributing to firm growth by identifying and pursuing follow-on and new business opportunities targeting $1 million in revenue per year
- Senior Manager level: contributing to firm growth by identifying and pursuing follow-on and new business opportunities targeting $500,000 in revenue per year
- Managing the preparation of complex proposals
- Establishing and sharing thought leadership and deep subject matter expertise
- Being a leader within the firm and contributing to the firm’s culture and success
- Strong knowledge of and passion for the healthcare industry
- Master’s degree in business administration and/or master’s degree in a health-related field; bachelor’s degree in business or a health-related field preferred
- Seven to ten plus years of progressive leadership experience in medical group/department/service line operations, organizational design, or medical group advisory consulting; consideration will be given to years of experience as a hospital senior executive combined with consulting experience
- Demonstrated record of solving complex problems, directing and managing individuals, and completing challenging projects
- Track record of managing multiple engagements, including work plans, deliverables, budgets and schedules, and accounts receivable
- Demonstrated record of achievement in selling and managing engagements
- Recognized as a thought leader through marketing activities such as networking with potential clients, participating in professional societies, and publishing and presenting thought leadership (whitepapers, speeches, and articles)
- Demonstrated focus on staff development, coaching, and retention, with a refined ability to provide constructive and timely feedback
- Strong written and verbal presentation skills
- Ability to travel at least 50% - 80% of the time
- Hybrid - with an expectation to be in the office two days per week
- Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington, D.C.
- Chicago or Dallas preferred
Full time/exempt
What You Can Expect Of Us
To reward our driven, innovative, and passionate employees, we’ve built a company culture that’s centered on performance. We offer an attractive compensation package, challenging work, and an entrepreneurial environment where you can take ownership of your career—and get out as much as you put in.
The estimated base salary range for this job is $205,000 - $252,000 annually. It represents a good faith estimate of the range that ECG reasonably expects to pay at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, special skills, and market changes. This job is eligible to participate in ECG’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects ECG’s pay-for-performance philosophy. The job is also eligible to participate in ECG’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) matching program; unlimited PTO; and other wellness programs.
Apply now and make an impact for years to come.
To begin the recruitment process, please submit your resume via our career site at https://careers.ecgmc.com.
ECG provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. People of color are encouraged to apply. We participate in E-Verify as part of our onboarding process. Having the permanent legal right to work in the United States is a condition of employment. ECG is not currently able to provide assistance to candidates requiring sponsorship or a visa.
Salary : $205,000 - $500,000
