Rural Health Performance and Transformation Manager

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives.

From strategy to execution, this team delivers integrated, end-to-end support and advisory services covering valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, government operations modernization, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability.

Work alongside clients every step of the way, helping them navigate new challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and provide practical solutions at every stage of their journey, before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions.

Work you'll do

As a Manager, Strategy, Growth, and Transformation on the Operations Transformation team, you will:

Lead data analysis, performance reporting, evaluation, and program implementation activities for state healthcare clients and other healthcare organizations.

This role serves as a key link between healthcare policy, program requirements, data, and operations, helping clients translate complex information into actionable insights and effectively implement and monitor healthcare transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings experience supporting state or federal healthcare programs, performance reporting and evaluation, policy implementation, and data-informed program management, with the ability to work across policy, operational, and analytical teams.

Experience with Medicaid, Medicare, CMS initiatives, rural health, or other publicly funded healthcare programs is particularly relevant.

Role responsibilities include:

•Lead and oversee the use of healthcare program, provider, population, utilization, quality, access, and performance data to identify trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement

•Design and support program performance measurement and reporting, including development of key performance indicators (KPIs), measures, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that enable state and program leaders to monitor implementation and outcomes

•Support state and healthcare clients in interpreting and operationalizing federal and state program requirements, including requirements associated with CMS programs, funding initiatives, performance measures, and reporting

•Evaluate program implementation and performance, synthesizing quantitative and qualitative information to assess progress, identify barriers, and recommend corrective actions or program improvements

•Translate complex analytical findings and policy requirements into clear, actionable recommendations for program leaders, policymakers, and healthcare stakeholders

•Support the development and implementation of program policies, operating processes, governance structures, and performance management approaches

•Analyze healthcare utilization, access, service delivery, provider capacity, and population-level trends to inform program strategy and ta...