Clinical Post Acute Care (PAC) SME

Role: Clinical Post Acute Care (PAC) SME

Duration: 5 months

Experience : 5 years

Travel to Wisconsin 50%

Job Description: The PAC Manager will serve as a contract Post-Acute Care subject matter expert within Optum’s Inpatient Case Management and Clinical Variation solution, supporting strategic client partnerships through the design, implementation, and optimization of Post-Acute Care programs.

• This role is focused on providing hands-on advisory leadership, bringing deep operational expertise to help clients improve care delivery and post-acute performance.
• The successful consultant will thrive in fast-paced client environments, collaborate effectively with cross-functional Optum and client teams, and engage confidently with senior leaders, providers, and operational stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes.
• In this role, the PAC Manager will provide program and engagement management support, guiding Optum and client teams through targeted initiatives to improve care efficiency, post-acute utilization, and health system financial sustainability.
• As a client-facing consultant, this individual will ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across Optum business units, align solutions to client priorities, and support the successful execution of defined project objectives over the course of the engagement.
  
  
  

Required skills:

• 5 years of experience in healthcare consulting and/or management consulting and/or hospital operations and/or project management
• Proficient with MS Excel and PowerPoint for creating presentations
• Demonstrated planning, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven self-guided, motivated, and able to simultaneously manage multiple activities with little direction
• Proven solid strategic thinking and business acumen with the ability to align clinical strategies and recommendations with business objectives
• Proven solid presentation, written and verbal communication skills, including communicating with senior leadership
• Proven track record of working collaboratively with internal business partners and stakeholders across a large matrixed organization
• Proven ability to develop relationships with clinicians and business leadership
• Proven adaptable and flexible style; able to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous situations
• Ability to travel regionally up to 50-80%
  
  
  

Desired skillset:

• Licensed Nursing Home Administrator certification preferred
• Self-guided, motivated and able to simultaneously manage multiple activities with little direction in a fast-paced environment
• Experience building project/program deliverables with ability to manage 3 workstreams across complex internal and external stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and mentor team members
• Proven track record of working collaboratively with internal business partners and stakeholders across a large matrixed organization
• Ability to develop, build and maintain relationships with clinicians and business leadership
• Experience with project turnaround/remediation and change management methodology
• Experience in clinical transformation implementation resulting in significant recurring financial benefit
  
  
  

This is a remote position.