Director, Healthcare Disputes (Litigation

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

A recognized leader in healthcare litigation support, Ankura’s Healthcare Disputes team combines deep clinical, technical, and operational experience with the financial, economic, and analytical expertise that healthcare clients and their legal counsel rely upon to navigate complex matters. Our team has developed extensive expertise in the processes, systems, and data used by the healthcare industry’s largest payers and providers.

We provide unique insights and sophisticated analytical solutions that help clients understand how healthcare operations, financial arrangements, and data affect the legal disputes they may be facing. We combine in-depth operational, compliance, and clinical industry knowledge with exceptional data analytics, information-gathering, and forensic capabilities, enabling us to help clients and counsel assess and quantify the potential impact of a dispute.

The Director will support the Healthcare Disputes team within Ankura’s Disputes & Economics practice. The Director will use data analytics skills, healthcare 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.

The Director will manage significant engagement work streams, direct day-to-day analytical activities, supervise junior professionals, and translate complex analyses into clear and defensible findings. The Director will also work closely with senior engagement leaders to support client relationships, business development initiatives, and the continued growth of the Healthcare Disputes practice.

Ideally this role will be hybrid 2-3 days per week, based out of one of our offices in NY, DC, LA or Chicago.

The Director will perform the following types of activities:

• Manage significant engagement work streams, including work planning, staffing, budgeting, deadline management, and coordination with clients and counsel.

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

• Interpret analytical results in the context of relevant healthcare, economic, regulatory, and legal issues.

• Ensure that analyses are accurate, reproducible, appropriately documented, and suitable for use in litigation, investigations, and other high-stakes matters.

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

• Apply innovative analytical techniques to healthcare engagements, including matters involving risk adjustment, claims reimbursement, managed care, and value‑based care.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of analytical methodologies, tools, and client offerings.

• Contribute to business development initiatives, thought leadership, and go‑to‑market efforts focused on emerging healthcare industry and litigation issues.

• Develop subject‑matter expertise in healthcare topics such as predictive analytics, risk adjustment, value‑based care, healthcare claims, and reimbursement.

• Prepare and review client communications, reports, presentations, and other written and oral deliverables for senior‑level review.

• Communicate analytical findings clearly to clients, counsel, experts, and senior engagement leaders.

• Develop, supervise, and motivate teams of high‑performing consultants.

• Mentor and supervise Associate and Senior Associate professionals.

• Support senior team members in developing and maintaining client relationships.

• Manage multiple concurrent engagements and work streams while maintaining high standards of quality and client service.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business, finance, economics, data analytics, statistics, computer science, or a related discipline.

• Six or more years of experience in healthcare litigation consulting, economic consulting, or a data‑driven disputes advisory role.

• Direct experience supporting complex healthcare litigation, investigations, damages calculations, expert reports, or other high‑stakes legal engagements is required.

• Experience analyzing healthcare claims, reimbursement, eligibility, enrollment, provider, clinical, risk‑adjustment, or other payer and provider data.

• Strong hands‑on proficiency in SQL and relational database environments, with the demonstrated ability to review and direct work performed using these tools.

• Familiarity with additional analytical tools or programming languages, such as Python, R, or SAS.