Service Line Advisor - Spine & Neurosurgery

What you will be doing:

As a Service Line Advisor, you will serve as part of the Lumere Advisory Services Team, where you will pair your subject-matter expertise with evidence to formulate and deliver actionable recommendations for medical device use in health systems. You will be responsible for maintaining a current and comprehensive perspective on sourcing strategies,device spend and utilization trends, and Lumere's research and evidence library for your assigned service lines.  You will put your expertise into action in order to advise health system leadership and physicians on opportunities to reduce unwarranted variation and unnecessary device costs and improve patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience serving in a healthcare setting with knowledge of healthcare operations and deep expertise in spine and neurosurgery device use, strategic sourcing strategies and the US vendor landscape, share a passion for learning and understanding medical device technology, and be excited to use evidence-based solutions to transform healthcare. Additionally, a successful candidate will be a collaborative, energetic problem solver with a successful track record of leading medical device utilization and cost-reduction projects, with a focus on driving both business impact and stakeholder satisfaction. 

Responsibilities include:

• Be the go-to expert in health system Spine and Neurosurgery device sourcing strategy (Spine Hardware, Osteobiologics, Neurostimulators); apply medical device industry expertise to proactively build a knowledge base of market trends, best practice product selection and utilization, vendor landscape, and reimbursement

Become a trusted advisor

• Analyze and interpret clinical and financial data to inform value-based device spend decisions
• Maintain up to date knowledge of Lumere's research, evidence insights and recommendations as well as market dynamics and device trends in relevant service lines
• Combine quantitative analysis and subject-matter expertise to tailor and present actionable sourcing and utilization strategies for health system leadership (e.g., CMOs, senior physicians, service line leaders, supply chain executives) to reduce costs and improve outcomes
• Manage multiple concurrent client engagements focused on using evidence-based strategies to significantly reduce cost and unwarranted variation in physician preference item (PPI) use
• Use expertise to engage with supply chain and clinician clients in informed discussions (e.g., scope of work, content deliveries, gathering feedback, current state and recommended best practices)

Advance innovation and operational efficiencies internally

• Collaborate with service line advisory team to build & maintain a scalable and relevant approach to presenting device/service line content to educate clients on evidence, device comparisons, strategy recommendations and align approach internally

• Educate and update internal stakeholders (leadership and relevant business unit) on latest device trends (spend and utilization), healthcare sourcing strategy
• Support Lumere's broader product development and research prioritization by providing thought leadership and communicating feedback from clients
• As needed, serve as a liaison to Lumere's sales and marketing teams to represent our clients' needs and the value Lumere delivers

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in business or healthcare administration, supply chain or clinical-related field (or equivalent work- or education-related experience)
• Minimum of five to seven years of direct experience in a healthcare setting, medical device manufacturer, or healthcare consultancy with deep focus in spine and neurosurgery devices (spine hardware, osteobiologics, neurostimulators)
• Understanding of device sourcing strategies and vendor/device utilization and standardization initiatives
• Experience analyzing and interpreting clinical and financial healthcare data to derive actionable insights
• Obsessed about impact -- ability to quickly identify underlying drivers of problems, develop hypotheses, and execute on a path to solve
• Experience and ability to effectively influence and communicate complicated ideas and present to senior leaders in health system, especially physician and other clinical leadership, with minimal guidance
• Strong customer service focus; ability to demonstrate good judgment, tact and diplomacy in dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent project management skills, including attention to detail, ability to independently prioritize work, and ability to collaborate across multiple teams while managing multiple projects
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapts quickly and successfully manages ambiguity; doer mentality
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to travel to client sites as necessary (approximately 40% travel when safe to do so)

Compensation range: $105,000- $115,000.