Health care - senior director

Ankura
Chicago, IL

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Practice Overview:

A recognized leader in healthcare litigation support, Ankura's Healthcare Disputes team combines unparalleled clinical, technical, and operational experience with the financial, economic, analytical expertise that healthcare clients and their legal counsel rely upon to successfully navigate complex matters. Our team has developed unparalleled expertise of the specific processes, systems and data used by the healthcare industry's largest payers and providers. We offer unique insights and complex analytical offerings for our clients that reveals how this information impacts legal disputes that these companies may be facing. We combine in-depth operational, compliance, and clinical industry knowledge with exceptional data analytics, information-gathering, and forensic skills - enabling us to help client and counsel assess and quantify the potential impact of a dispute.

Role Overview:

Senior Directors support the Healthcare Disputes team within Ankura's Disputes & Economics practice - one of seven practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm. Senior Directors will use data analytics skills, industry knowledge and project management capabilities to develop custom solutions for clients facing high-profile and complex investigations and commercial disputes in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred locations include DC, Chicago, NY, LA and Phoenix.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate would be assigned to various projects where he/she would perform the following types of activities:?

  • Direct and review the development of complex analytical models leveraging relational database software, high level programming languages, complex spreadsheets, and other analytical tools.

  • Supervise and conduct data gathering activities, document review, and quality control of data assessment.

  • Apply innovative techniques to healthcare engagements including those related to Risk Adjustment.

  • Expand and build new products in a collaborative team environment.

  • Be a key contributor to Go to Market strategies and campaigns designed around key industry issues that contribute to the firm and practice's growth.

  • Be an Industry thought leader in healthcare topics like predictive analytic applications, risk adjustment, and value-based care.

  • Develop, supervise, and motivate a team of highly performing consultants.

  • Responsible for engagement planning and managing/building client relationships.

  • Prepare client communications, both written and oral, for senior level review; and,

  • Act as a mentor and supervisor to Associate and Senior Associate professionals.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in business, finance, economics, data analytics, or related discipline.

  • 7-10 years of experience in litigation/disputes consulting, or other data driven consulting roles providing forensic and disputes work.

  • Strong understanding of the legal and regulatory issues that could affect an organization.

  • Familiarity with the analysis of healthcare financial / operational data sets.

  • Strong proficiency in using database and data modeling tools (e.g., SQL, Python, R, SAS, etc.)

  • Ability to understand the importance of and maintain the privilege and confidentiality of attorney-client communications.

  • Experience supervising junior consultants or entry-level professionals.?

  • Strong project management skills.

  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.

  • Commitment to quality and working within a team.

  • Effective oral and written communication skills; and,

  • Ability and willingness to travel.

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, Colorado, or New York, Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $85,000 to $200,000; this range is not a promise of a particular wage.

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Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email [email protected] or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Delivers??, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value??. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.

Posted 2025-10-06

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