Healthcare Consulting Senior Manager -Value Based Care

This role offers a front-row seat to the transformation of healthcare. You will work directly with CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, physician executives, managed care leaders, and ambulatory operations teams to solve some of the industry's most pressing challenges while helping build a nationally recognized value-based care practice.

The position is based in Chicago, Illinois, and requires candidates to be within commuting distance of the office. Regular in-office presence is expected to support cross-functional collaboration, mentorship, and team effectiveness.

Your role.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Leading complex healthcare transformation engagements across value-based care strategy, network optimization, ambulatory operations, physician compensation, and clinical integration.
• Advising executive leadership teams on strategies to improve network integrity, manage risk, optimize performance under value-based payment arrangements, and strengthen market position.
• Helping clients expand patient access and improve financial performance through ambulatory optimization, template redesign, care model transformation, and site-neutral care strategies.
• Guiding physician compensation and alignment initiatives, including productivity assessment, incentive design, compensation benchmarking, and provider engagement strategies.
• Collaborating with healthcare analytics professionals to translate complex data into actionable strategies that improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.
• Managing and mentoring a team consultants and managers while fostering professional development and project excellence.
• Building trusted relationships with health system executives, physician leaders, population health teams, ambulatory operations leaders, and managed care stakeholders.
• Identifying new business opportunities, developing proposals, and helping grow a market-leading value-based care and ambulatory transformation practice.
• Partnering across Plante Moran service lines, including revenue cycle, reimbursement, strategy, analytics, and operational improvement teams, to deliver integrated client solutions.

The qualifications.

• Bachelor's degree in a health-related field is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 10+ years relevant experience in healthcare industry/operations

• Clinical licensure (RN, RPh, PharmD, etc.) is a plus
• Clinical leadership experience (manager, director, or above) is strongly preferred

• 5+ years of professional consulting experience with a history of selling work
• 5+ years’ experience with an Electronic Health Record system is preferred (Cerner, Epic, Meditech, or Allscripts, etc.)
• Frequent travel throughout the region, with approximately 50%-75% overnight travel

This is an exempt position and may require working hours beyond the standard 40-hour work week.

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What makes us different?

On the surface, we’re one of the nation’s largest audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll see what makes us different: we’re a relatively jerk-free firm (hey, nobody ‘s perfect) with a world-class culture, consistent recognition as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and an endless array of opportunities.  At Plante Moran, diversity, equity and inclusion means that all staff members have equitable and fair opportunities to succeed, in an inclusive environment, with their individual, unique identities. So, what are you waiting for? Apply now.

Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.  

Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace. We strive to create a culture where each person feels accepted and valued. We believe that each person’s ultimate potential begins with first acknowledging their inherent dignity. When we can recognize — and celebrate — our many human differences, we’re able to create a workplace where all staff feel a sense of belonging and an opportunity to succeed. This allows us to attract and retain the best talent, serve clients through diverse thinking, and better represent and support the various communities in which we live and work. Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.

Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of interest in our positions, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Plante Moran.   

The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.

We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staff can take advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expenses, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.

The compensation range reflects the base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent.

Under Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act, you have the right to redact, from any documents that you submit in connection with your application, information that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Should you wish to exercise your right to redact such information, please redact it prior to submitting documentation.

The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is: $150,000-$185,000, plus bonus opportunity.

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This deadline will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended.