Consultant, Research and Insights

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO)

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The Company

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a global research, consulting, and technology firm helping hospital and university executives to better serve patients and students. We provide strategic guidance, actionable insights, web-based software solutions, and comprehensive implementation and management services. We combine the analytical, managerial, and technological expertise of our 1,600+ employees around the world with insights from the on-the-ground experience of our network of 125,000 leaders at 3,200 health care and higher education member organizations to find solutions to our partners’ most pressing challenges. We deeply appreciate the trust that our members place in us, and we seek to serve them with generosity—and beyond expectation—in all that we do.

Our current opportunity is based in Washington DC.

The position

Health care research staff members research, analyze, write and present two to four research studies per year. Studies identify and explore salient issues and industry trends that are of universal and vital importance to the membership. Studies typically examine the forces that have shaped the current state of the industry and offer projections regarding its evolution and future. By modeling best-demonstrated practices and organizational structures of the world’s most progressive organizations, studies provide our member institutions with a set of feasible practices and future vision.

Consultants assume an integral role in moving the substance of major research studies and speeches forward and provide intellectual leadership within teams. Consultants provide analytical direction and guidance throughout all stages of the nine to ten month development process, working through extensive primary and secondary research, hypothesis generation and testing, rigorous analysis of findings and the final presentation of ideas.

Key skills developed in the Consultant role include the following:

• Strategic and root cause analysis
• Inductive and deductive reasoning
• Hypothesis generation
• Ability to formulate and defend original points of view
• Synthesis of complex ideas
• Persuasive writing
• Effective use of graphics and visuals to communicate ideas and information

Examples of recent syndicated research initiatives include:

• Future hospital purchasing priorities
• Hardwiring patient service
• Best practices in recruiting and retaining hospital staff

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5-12 years of relevant experience

• Experience with at least one of the following:
  • Conducting long-term research (at least 3 months in duration)
  • Conducting primary and secondary research
  • Demonstrated interest in health care
  • Writing in-depth reports in an academic or professional setting

Ideal Qualifications:

• MBA, MPH, or other advanced degree
• Ability to quickly determine appropriate analyses and direct analysts to conduct them
• Experience working with clients in a consultative role
• Health care clinical experience

• Experience working in a team environment, as well as independently and autonomously
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with senior executives
• Experience conducting root-cause analysis
• Demonstrated experience meeting deadlines
• Experience with solution focused problem solving and thinking through problems creatively

Benefits:  Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, The Advisory Board Company offers a competitive benefits package, including a comprehensive health plan, a 401(k) plan, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a daytime leave policy for community service, a medical flexible spending account, and additional attractive benefits.

An Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer

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