Associate Director – Technology, AI, & Digital Solutions – Healthcare

We Do Consulting Differently

The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice at Berkeley Research Group (BRG) provides end-to-end advisory support to healthcare providers, payers, investors, and other stakeholders navigating complex strategic, operational, financial, and clinical challenges. Led by seasoned healthcare executives, operators, and clinicians, IHS partners with organizations to drive sustainable performance improvement and long-term growth through strategic growth design, operating model transformation, technology, AI, and digital enablement, clinical quality and patient care optimization, and revenue strategy—helping clients build resilient, future-ready healthcare enterprises in an increasingly complex environment.

Our five core service offerings include: 

• Strategic Advisory
• Revenue Management
• Operational Excellence
• Clinical & Quality Transformation
• Technology, AI, & Digital Solutions

BRG Technology, AI, & Digital Solutions delivers analytics and technology solutions that improve decisions, automate manual processes, and scale performance across the enterprise. BRG supports financial, operational, and clinical use cases through advanced analytics, automation, dashboards, and responsible AI. We also assess AI readiness and help build the data, governance, and operating foundations needed to develop and scale high‑impact AI use cases.

Position Summary:

The IHS Technology, AI, & Digital Solutions team is seeking an Associate Director to lead complex healthcare technology and digital transformation engagements. This role directs day-to-day delivery, manages project economics and risk, and works with senior client leaders to translate strategic, operational, financial, and clinical priorities into practical technology roadmaps and solutions. The Associate Director develops teams, maintains rigorous quality standards, and contributes to solution development, client relationships, and business growth.

Travel Requirements:

Willing to travel consistently (25%), depending on project requirements and client expectations, is required for this position.

Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day delivery of technology, AI, analytics, automation, and digital transformation engagements, including planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery; often serve as a key client contact.

• Manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders concurrently; set expectations, track dependencies, and drive closure on decisions and action items.
• Own project economics for assigned engagements and workstreams, including budgeting, burn management, and forecasting, and proactively identify and escalate delivery risks.
• Collaborate with business, clinical, operational, and technology leaders to identify high-value opportunities and translate them into practical solution roadmaps.
• Direct the development of standardized and custom solutions and client deliverables, including complex analyses, technology recommendations, implementation plans, and executive-ready presentations.
• Maintain rigorous quality control across analyses, requirements, solution designs, dashboards, models, and written deliverables through structured review and documentation standards.
• Manage staff through consistent delegation, supervision, feedback, and coaching; support career development and readiness for increased responsibility.
• Manage vendor and platform relationships, evaluate relevant capabilities, and incorporate applicable industry practices into client solutions.
• Support business development by identifying follow-on opportunities, contributing to proposals and scopes, and developing client-ready methodologies and content.
• Contribute to practice development through recruiting, training, thought leadership, and the creation of reusable tools, templates, and delivery methods.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of consulting and/or industry experience in healthcare technology, digital transformation, analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, or related disciplines is required.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, data science, healthcare administration, business administration, or a related discipline is required.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex consulting or technology engagements, developing project approaches, estimating budgets and timelines, and monitoring project economics is required.
• Experience translating business, clinical, operational, or financial needs into technology strategies, requirements, roadmaps, and implementation plans is required.
• Experience developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with executive clients and communicating technical concepts to business audiences is required.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements or workstreams simultaneously and lead teams through ambiguity with disciplined execution is required.
• Experience reviewing complex analyses and technology deliverables for accuracy, clarity, and practical application is required.
• Ability to train and support the professional development of staff in project-management and technical dimensions is required.
• Knowledge of healthcare provider or payer operations, data, and technology environments is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, is required.

Salary Range:  $150,000 - $250,000 per year

Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Candidate must be able to submit verification of legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.  

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking.  When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. 

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.