Consultant or Senior Consultant, Healthcare: Advanced-Degree Students, Class of 2025 - ECG Management Consultants

ECG, the most experienced healthcare consulting firm working in the U.S., is ranked as a 2024 Best Firm to Work For - Small Firm by Consulting Magazine/ALM. At ECG, our primary emphasis is on quality—in our people as well as our services—and we’re seeking others who appreciate our high standards of excellence.

What’s in It for You: Consult with Purpose

At ECG, you can have a bigger impact than you ever imagined. You can draw a straight line between your work and the benefits to the healthcare services sector. We’re looking for collaborators to join our passionate team, combining experience and courage to make healthcare more accessible and patient-centric for everyone. ECG is committed to ensuring a supportive work environment that embraces DEI, recognizes performance, communicates transparently, and values work/life balance.

Join Us

As a consultant or senior consultant, you’ll be hired into our Healthcare Consulting Pool consisting of four Divisions (Strategy & Enterprise Growth, Payer Strategy & Contracting, Health System Performance, and Medical Group Optimization) and be part of a team that offers a comprehensive suite of innovative, yet practical, solutions to address the most complex and high-stakes challenges that impact national healthcare. Small project teams allow you access to client executives as well as regular contact with and coaching from highly seasoned senior consulting leaders. We are unique in that we offer consultants and senior consultants visibility within our firm and the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across all Divisions, servicing clients on strategy, finance, and performance improvement.

Strategy & Enterprise Growth

Develop and support strategies, planning, organizational design, transactions, and partnerships that reposition health systems, academic health systems, physician groups, and medical and health sciences schools for impact and growth.

Payer Strategy & Contracting

Optimize strategies, relationships, terms, and methodologies related to revenue and market position for healthcare providers, disrupters, and payers.

Health System Performance

Lead comprehensive performance improvement and clinical program optimization across the full continuum of care, supporting high-quality care while driving operational and financial results across all care settings.

Medical Group Optimization

Work with health systems and independent organizations to improve the performance of medical groups, with a focus on governance and leadership, integration, infrastructure, and provider compensation (design, administration, valuation, and compliance).

For more details, please visit https://www.ecgmc.com/services.

Your Opportunity with ECG: Consultant or Senior Consultant

As a consultant or senior consultant at ECG, you’ll be an important part of our consulting team. Not only will you partner with some of the industry’s best to reach your highest goals, but you’ll also make a real difference in people’s lives and grow personally and professionally while doing so. Here, no two days or projects are alike, which means you’ll have a lot to learn and plenty of support to help you succeed.

Your Responsibilities May Include:

• Analyzing, synthesizing, and interpreting data to inform client recommendations.
• Using financial modeling to conduct in-depth analyses and recommend executable strategies.
• Conducting stakeholder interviews.
• Leading information-gathering efforts.
• Assisting in developing and managing work plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Defining project analyses and deliverables.
• Communicating project progress and seeking input.
• Developing deeper technical expertise.
• Identifying follow-on opportunities and helping scope and close such engagements.
• Assisting in the design and implementation of recommended solutions.
• Working closely with multiple project teams and ECG senior consulting leaders.
• Taking responsibility for project outcomes.
• Communicating effectively with management and executive-level client staff.
• Learning about ECG’s breadth of solutions and identifying those that reflect your personal and professional interests.
• Participating in peer and junior staff knowledge development and career advancement.
• Demonstrating the ability to excel at consulting while balancing work and your personal life.
• Acting as an ECG ambassador within personal, professional, and alumni networks.

Our Expectations of You

• Graduating with the class of 2025 with a master’s degree in business administration and/or a health-related field
• Three or more years of applicable professional experience prior to graduate school (e.g., healthcare consulting and/or hospital administration or operations) or a strong business background in strategic operations, finance, or consulting
• Strong knowledge of and passion for the healthcare industry
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Proven track record of solving complex problems and completing challenging projects
• Demonstrated diagnostic, analytical, and quantitative skills
• Track record of strong client service
• Demonstrated career progression with increasing responsibilities
• Strong written and verbal presentation skills
• Ability to travel as needed

Job Locations

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle, or Washington, DC. Locations may be limited based on the needs of the Division.

Schedule

Full time/exempt

What You Can Expect of Us

To reward our driven, innovative, and passionate employees, we’ve built a company culture that’s centered on performance. We offer an attractive compensation package, challenging work, and an entrepreneurial environment where you can take ownership of your career—and get out of it as much as you put in.

The estimated base salary range for this job is $110,000 - $138,000 annually. It represents a good faith estimate of the range that ECG reasonably expects to pay at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, special skills, and market changes. This job is eligible to participate in ECG’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects ECG’s pay-for-performance philosophy. The job is also eligible to participate in ECG’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, and other wellness programs.

About ECG

With knowledge and expertise built over the course of 50-plus years, ECG is a national consulting firm that is redefining healthcare together with its clients. ECG offers a broad range of strategic, financial, operational, and technology-related consulting services. ECG is an industry leader, offering specialized expertise to hospitals, health systems, medical groups, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, investors, and payers/health plans. As an affiliated partner of Siemens Healthineers, ECG’s subject matter experts have a proven track record of delivering results fueled by top talent and technology. ECG’s national presence includes offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, DC.

Apply now and make an impact for years to come.

To begin the recruitment process, please submit your resume via our career site at https://careers.ecgmc.com.

ECG provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. People of color are encouraged to apply. We participate in E‑Verify as part of our onboarding process. ECG is not currently able to provide assistance to candidates requiring sponsorship or a visa.

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