Description
BerryDunn is seeking a Senior Manager, Health Policy to lead complex client engagements and contribute to the continued growth of our Health Analytics Practice Area. This role serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare leaders, translating policy and regulatory complexity into actionable insights that inform financial, operational, and strategic decisions. The Senior Manager will work closely with client executives, BerryDunn actuaries, economists, data professionals, and firm leadership. This position also plays an important role in mentoring staff, shaping policyrelated service offerings, and supporting business development efforts.
BerryDunn is a nationally recognized professional services firm providing consulting, assurance, and tax services to missionfocused nonprofit and government organizations. Our Health Analytics Practice Area supports healthcare leaders as they navigate complex policy, financial, and datadriven challenges that directly affect access, affordability, and sustainability.
We combine health policy expertise with actuarial, economic, financial, and data analytics to help clients make informed decisions around payment, risk, delivery system transformation, and strategic planning. Our culture is collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and focused on getting to the right answer. We value evidenced-based, unbiased judgment, clear communication, and thoughtful debate, and we support our teams in maintaining a healthy balance while doing meaningful work.
The healthcare system is undergoing significant change, driven by evolving payment models, consolidation, regulatory complexity, and increasing financial pressure on providers and payers. BerryDunn is well positioned to help organizations respond to these challenges, and we are seeking an experienced professional to join our team in a Senior Manager role.
You Will:
- Lead health policy engagements for state agencies, health systems, payers, and other missiondriven healthcare organizations
- Partner with client leadership to frame complex policy questions and design analytical strategies that support executive decisionmaking
- Research, interpret, and apply federal, state, and private healthcare policies, including statutes, regulations, and subregulatory guidance
- Analyze healthcare payment models, delivery system changes, and emerging policy issues, including selected clinical subject areas
- Direct and coordinate work with actuaries, economists, analysts, and technical programming staff to ensure highquality analytical outputs
- Translate policy analysis into cost, utilization, and risk implications in collaboration with actuarial and economic teams
- Communicate findings clearly to executivelevel audiences and public forums through written reports and presentations
- Lead or support market oversight work, especially policy and regulatory analysis related to healthcare mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and other material change transactions
- Provide quality oversight and mentorship to staff, supporting professional development and technical growth
- Contribute to thought leadership, proposal development, and the strategic growth of BerryDunn’s health policy services
Requirements
You Have:
- Deep health policy expertise, strong leadership skills, and a proven ability to deliver highimpact work.
- Master’s degree or PhD in health policy, health management, public health, law, or a related field
- Experience applying legal and regulatory analysis in healthcare settings
- Ten or more years of experience in health policy, healthcare consulting, or related fields
- Experience supporting or analyzing healthcare mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, or system integration, including regulatory or policy considerations
- Strong understanding of Medicare and Medicaid programs
- Experience with commercial health insurance and multipayer environments
- Knowledge of healthcare payment methodologies, financing, and health data
- Ability to translate complex legal, regulatory, and policy concepts into clear guidance for nonlegal and executive audiences
- Demonstrated experience leading teams and coordinating work across disciplines
- Exceptional writing and communication skills
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
- Training or coursework in economics and statistics
