Director, The Health Equity Alliance

About The Health Management Academy:  

The Health Management Academy brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.    

The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, The Health Management Academy could be the right place for you!  

Position Summary:  

Reporting to the Executive Director over the Health Equity Alliance (HEA), the Director leads HEA’s strategic research, market analysis, and deliverable production from conception to completion. The Health Equity Alliance serves as a resource and peer group for Health Systems and leaders as they seek to drive equitable outcomes. As leaders hardwire equity across the breadth of their organizations, they need tools, resources, advocacy, and help measuring success in a close-knit network of peers and thought partners.  

The Director provides intellectual leadership and analytical direction across projects that range in scope and complexity. These projects may include written deliverables, analytic models, presentations, and in-person events. The Director also serves as a subject matter expert, advising member health systems. 

Primary Job Duties:  

• Project leadership, design, and management 

• Lead the execution of multiple deliverables simultaneously with varying levels of complexity 

• Develop and apply knowledge related to health care operations, finances, and care delivery based on the strategic priorities of large health systems and healthcare companies 

• Manage and develop Associates and Analysts and Senior Analysts 

• Apply primary and secondary research skills, including hypothesis generation, root cause analysis, inductive and deductive reasoning 

• Ability to formulate and defend original points of view 

• Synthesis of complex ideas into actionable insights for our members   

• Creation of client deliverables using persuasive writing and graphics/visuals to communicate ideas and information 

• Build qualitative and qualitative survey instruments; conduct rigorous analysis 

• Relationship management, both internal and external   

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree  

• 5+ years of relevant experience in a graduate research, business research, or health policy setting 

• Strong project management experience: plan, organize, and manage multiple, complex projects simultaneously with limited supervision or direction 

• Demonstrated quantitative and qualitative skills researching and analyzing healthcare issues; ability to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue 

• Creative, strategic thinking  

• Excellent customer and client service skills, with a track record of building trust and confidence among a wide range of stakeholders 

• Comfort with a high degree of ambiguity 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Public Policy, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or equivalent 

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to build relationships across difference 

• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment related to culturally sensitive topics 

• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with tact and poise 

Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:  

• Strategic mindset 

• Excellent relationship management skills 

• Ability to work independently and as a team member  

• Ability to influence others at senior levels  

• Excellent meeting facilitation skills 

• Excellent communication and client facing skills  

• Process oriented 

• Attention to detail 

• Collaborative 

• Customer-focused  

• Self-directed and resourceful  

Physical Demands:  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, and distance vision. Ability to travel long distances including air travel.   

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:  

The Health Management Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Health Management Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Health Management Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities in our organization.  

 Compensation:  

Pay starts at $105,000 per year and up plus benefits 

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