Vice President of Administrative Operations - Healthcare Consulting/ M&A

About the Role

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a Vice President of Administrative Operations who will assume both a strategic and tactical role to transform and continuously improve the Firm’s systems and business processes to enable growth, business intelligence, and client success. As the Vice President of Administrative Operations, you will be responsible for organizing and leading the organization’s efforts around business and process integration of newly acquired companies. You will also be responsible for collaborating with the regional leadership teams, product leaders, and corporate functional area leaders to understand the needs of their operations and provide the required support to accomplish the firm’s goals and execute the strategic and operational plan, and lead and mentor a growing team and dotted-line regional operations staff. This role is responsible for sharing and teaching subject matter and functional expertise. Travel is anticipated to be approximately 25%. This position is remote but will require travel to our Philadelphia office and other locations based on business needs.

Key Qualifications

• Develop strategies to transform and leverage our processes and technology to enable growth. Set up and work with ePMO and other internal teams to execute these strategies. Understand and prioritize technological and process barriers to growth, work with stakeholders from across the firm to use and maximize technology to improve sales and account management.
• Provide direction and leadership to the ePMO office to support project execution and delivery, change management to encourage adoption of new processes and technology, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Develop, implement, and refine ePMO processes, policies and standards to ensure consistency. Oversee the tracking of timelines, deliverable and milestones. Provide regular reports and updates to the Chief Administrative Officer on project status, risks, and opportunities. Develop and manage assigned budget ensuring optimal use of funds.
• Drive standardization and consistency in business processes and standard operating procedures across all practices and corporate functions to maintain operational excellence and increase scalability. Facilitate and lead discussions with operations leads across the firm to share information, best practices, and processes. Oversee the refinement, regular reviews, and execution of the Authority Matrix to continuously improve decision making across the firm while mitigating risk. Establish, evaluate, and enhance operating systems, policies, and procedures to maximize efficiency and effectiveness across the enterprise.
• Integration Planning and Execution: 1) Establish integration protocols across the firm’s functions. 2) Serve as the primary leader for post-acquisition integration activities, working to ensure seamless integration and assimilation of newly acquired companies into the firm’s operations. Drive the successful onboarding of acquired companies. 3) By collaborating with our Corporate Development Department, develop and execute integration plans focused on cultural alignment and operational alignment and overall business goals and objectives. 4) Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth transitions and minimal disruption to operations.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, master's in business or similar advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of business experience, of which 3-5 years is in a comparable senior role in a growing consulting environment.
• M&A integration experienced is required for this role.
• Strong experience in the Professional Services industry is required. Healthcare experience is a real plus.
• Experience in Finance (including run rates) and Human Resources is required.

Other Requirements

• Ability to successfully lead and manage people to achieve the firm’s goals as well as to advance individuals’ professional development.
• Ability to design and develop strategies and plans to accomplish objectives through collaboration with business leads, and oversee tactical implementation of those strategies and plans, ensuring desired outcomes and goals are achieved.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with practice leaders and practice operational leaders at the firm and other staff.
• Ability to work with and manage vendors, suppliers and partners outside the firm to ensure those entities successfully deliver contracted services to meet the firm’s needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. The position requires frequent written communications and oral presentations. Ensuring key stakeholders are informed ongoing corporate operational projects is key.
• Experience organizing, overseeing and managing the work of others, both direct reports and others.

Compensation & Benefits 

The anticipated salary range for candidates is $170,000/year to up to $225,000/year. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, the candidate’s education, and the candidate’s market location. Typically, candidates are not hired near the top of the range and compensation decisions are made based upon Sellers Dorsey’s Total Compensation Policies & Guidelines. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in our annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP) that can range to up to 20% of annual salary. 

Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents, the successful candidate (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, and vision and for insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life. Employees are also able to enroll in Sellers Dorsey’s 401k plan provided they meet plan requirements.  Sellers Dorsey offers a Flexible Time Off that allows employees to use what they need. Additionally, we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, paid time off for qualifying medical leave, and up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave. The foregoing benefits and paid time off, including an employee’s eligibility therefore, will be controlled by applicable plan documents and Sellers Dorsey policy. 

This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies. 

Sellers Dorsey is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at HumanResources@sellersdorsey.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

This position requires that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Requests for reasonable accommodation on the basis of disability and/or sincerely held religious beliefs will be provided subject to undue hardship.

Sellers Dorsey maintains a Drug-Free workplace.