Managing Consultant HRO Healthcare

This is a senior-level management consulting role at a well-funded, publicly traded SaaS company (Qualtrics) within its healthcare advisory practice. The $126K–$153K base is competitive for healthcare consulting at this experience level, though top-tier strategy firms (McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte) may pay higher at the MD/Principal level. The inclusion of RSUs and a sign-on bonus meaningfully improves total compensation.

• Exposure to C-suite executives at major health systems builds rare executive presence and a high-value network in the healthcare sector.
• Mastery of HRO, RCA, and Fair and Just Culture frameworks positions you for leadership roles in healthcare safety, risk management, or hospital operations.
• Business development responsibility at this level accelerates your path to Principal or Partner-equivalent roles.
• The team is ~20 people — a boutique environment within a larger company, meaning you'll have high visibility and significant ownership over engagements.

Work-Life Balance: The 50–75% travel requirement is a significant lifestyle consideration. This is a high-intensity consulting role, and burnout risk is real without strong boundary-setting. The Career Action Planning perk and coaching culture are genuine green flags.

Green Flags: 100% premium-paid healthcare, RSUs, strong mission-driven work, cross-industry team, clear growth path toward practice leadership.

Red Flags: Heavy travel, high-pressure client expectations, and business development targets can create sustained pressure. Confirm the pipeline of client engagements before accepting.

At Qualtrics , we create software the world's best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.

When you join one of our teams, you'll be part of a nimble group that's empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won't have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they'll find you.

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Managing Consultant, Safety and Reliability

Why We Have This Role

At Qualtrics, we partner with health systems to build resilient, safety-first cultures where clinical care and patient trust thrive. As a Managing Consultant, you will lead multi-hospital engagements and guide healthcare organizations through complex, system-wide transformations using High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles, psychological safety, Root Cause Analysis and Fair and Just Culture frameworks. Partnering directly with health system executives, physician leaders, and our internal consulting team, you will turn complex analytics into high-impact operational improvements, drive business growth with clients, and keep patients and healthcare workers safe.

How You'll Find Success

• Leads Engagement Teams & Delivery: Oversees end-to-end consulting engagements across multi-hospital systems, effectively leading consultants, balancing budgets, and managing scope.
• Exerts Executive Influence: Communicates with high credibility to influence healthcare C-suite executives,…