<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.</p> <p>The Strategy & Operations Program Manager leads cross-functional planning, program execution and operational excellence to drive organizational priorities forward. In this role, you will translate strategic vision into actionable plans, oversee program performance and ensure effective coordination across teams, partners and leadership stakeholders. By bridging vision and execution, you will ensure teams remain aligned, informed and equipped to deliver against organizational goals.</p> <p>As the Strategy & Operations Program Manager you will:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Develop and refine strategic plans, frameworks, and roadmaps to support organizational goals and long-term priorities</p> </li><li> <p>Lead day-to-day program operations, including scheduling, tracking milestones, managing budgets, and monitoring performance</p> </li><li> <p>Establish and manage governance structures, facilitating decision-making, risk identification, and issue escalation</p> </li><li> <p>Drive operational efficiency by assessing existing workflows, identifying process gaps, and implementing improvements</p> </li><li> <p>Coordinate across business, technical, and leadership stakeholders to ensure alignment and smooth delivery</p> </li><li> <p>Prepare executive-ready materials, including status reports, strategic briefs, dashboards, and leadership updates</p> </li><li> <p>Facilitate change management efforts and ensure organizational readiness during transitions or new initiatives</p> </li><li> <p>Support workforce planning, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement across multiple workstreams</p> </li><li> <p>Use data and insights to inform recommendations, evaluate program effectiveness, and guide strategic decisions</p> </li><li> <p>Champion collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams</p> </li><li> <p>Lead a cross-portfolio team to support the implementation of an electronic health record system for a federal client</p> </li><li> <p>Develop processes and products to facilitate effective coordination across four portfolios supporting key program areas</p> </li><li> <p>Drive the development and implementation of project management tools, including multiple Power BI dashboards, to promote project execution, reporting, and leadership decision making</p> </li><li> <p>Create streamlined business processes and playbooks to document critical program functions</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for process modeling and building national-to-local initiatives, including roadmaps</p> </li></ul> <p>Requirements:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA) or equivalent experience are valued</p> </li><li> <p>8+ years of experience in program management, strategy execution, or operations management in complex, matrixed environments</p> </li><li> <p>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations</p> </li><li> <p>Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and senior-level stakeholder expectations</p> </li><li> <p>Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive-level presentation capabilities</p> </li><li> <p>Experience with governance frameworks, performance management, and strategic planning</p> </li><li> <p>Certifications such as PMP, Agile/Scrum, Lean/Six Sigma, or change management highly desirable</p> </li><li> <p>Previous Federal consulting or experience working within the DoD, Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) or Military Hospital System (MHS)</p> </li><li> <p>The ability to travel is an essential function of this role and may vary based on client, enterprise or project needs, with up to 75% travel to client sites nationwide</p> </li><li> <p>Candidates must comply with applicable client requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates</p> </li><li> <p>US Citizenship required</p> </li></ul> <p>Position Level</p> <p>Consultant</p> <p>Country</p> <p>United States of America</p>