Partner, Compliance, High Reliability Care

About Chartis

Chartis comprises 1,350 professionals who value working for a purpose-driven organization, people who have committed their careers to helping providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors create and embrace solutions that reshape healthcare for the better. We work with over 900 clients annually to help make US healthcare more affordable, accessible, safe, and human.

Through our family of brands—Chartis, Jarrard, Greeley, and HealthScape Advisors—we have created a culture that prioritizes respect for our clients, commitment to each other, and unwavering integrity. From physicians, nurses, healthcare executives, and community health leaders to strategists, digital advisors, transactions experts, and healthcare futurists, we bring a diverse set of perspectives to assess healthcare challenges from every angle.

Believing in what we do helps us attract and retain the best and brightest because the work we do every day makes a meaningful impact. This theme of believing in a better way forward is woven into our brand, Believe in better.

Chartis has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., and Nashville.

Remote work is allowed.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Partner to join our High Reliability Care (HRC) practice, which is aligned with our Clinical Transformation line of business. Within our HRC practice, we have several offerings, all focused on improving clinical quality, safety, and reliability. One long-standing offering is clinical compliance/regulatory affairs, and Chartis has been a trusted partner for many years to help clients meet regulatory challenges. We are seeking a Partner with deep clinical compliance, regulatory, quality, and patient safety experience.

Partners are integral members of our firm’s leadership team providing leadership capital – both internally and externally – to sustain the firm’s rapid growth and ultimately allow it to have a greater impact on the healthcare system. Partners provide leadership across multiple dimensions – thought leadership, consulting engagement delivery, client service, business development, and cultural stewardship. As a member of the leadership team, a Partner is responsible for advancing the firm’s impact by leading the execution and delivery of large, complex consulting engagements and expanding new and potential business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of client engagements within Chartis’ High Reliability Care practice, including directing the activities of the engagement team, leading the problem-solving process, and overseeing team analysis and deliverables.
• Serve as the leader of regulatory and clinical compliance offerings and mentor associate partners, senior consultants, and consultants specializing in this work.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with existing and prospective clients, drawing upon healthcare knowledge and insights to surface and discuss issues within and beyond the scope of specific consulting engagements.
• Lead the development of high-quality proposals in response to client requests for proposals (RFPs), ensuring alignment with client needs and company capabilities.
• Advance the firm’s thought leadership in the industry through the development of distinctive insights and new service offerings.
• Attend industry events, conferences, and networking functions to represent the company and identify new business opportunities.
• Embody the role of people leader by cultivating strong relationships with colleagues, as well as mentoring and developing consulting colleagues.
• Foster collaboration within engagement teams, across practices, and at all levels of the firm.
• Help maintain a collaborative culture that attracts world-class, passionate, and mission-driven consultants.

Qualifications And Desired Skills

• At least 15 years working with healthcare providers on strategic or operational initiatives in quality, nursing, infection control, or other similar initiatives.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, accreditation, and clinical compliance, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission, and similar regulatory agencies (e.g., DNV).
• Solid track record of developing and managing strong client relationships and leveraging those relationships into high-impact engagements.
• Proven experience in developing successful proposals and winning new business.
• At least 5+ years managing others in a professional services environment.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree in healthcare or another field (e.g., MBA) preferred.
• Advanced clinical training, certification, or additional degrees preferred (NP, CIC, Lean, CPHQ, HAP-CMS, etc.).
• Well-regarded personal brand; a senior leader who brings a strong and compelling point of view.
• Intellectual horsepower that drives distinctive consultation to clients and enduring contributions to the firm.
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Superior communicator able to convey insights in a way that motivates clients to action.
• Outstanding people leader, adept at attracting, motivating, and developing consulting professionals and blending them into high-functioning teams.
• Motivated and driven by mission; genuinely seeks to materially impact healthcare for the better.

Key skills/competency

• Clinical compliance
• Regulatory affairs
• Patient safety
• Quality improvement
• Healthcare consulting
• Business development
• Client relationship management
• Leadership
• Strategic initiatives
• CMS regulations