Coral Health Advisors Director – Government and Policy Remote · Full time

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We founded Coral Health Advisors to make our health care system better. After decades of experience leading transformation in population health and health policy, we are committed to bringing the best of those lessons to continuously improve the health care we all depend on to live full, thriving lives. Coral understands the decisions facing health care executives and policymakers every day and how those decisions ripple throughout patients’ lives and the health care ecosystem. We partner with clients and colleagues to design health policy solutions and accelerate on the ground transformation in the private sector, creating conditions where all can drive success in health outcomes, equity, and cost.

About Coral Health Advisors

Coral Health Advisors is a health care consulting firm focused on helping leaders navigate complexity and turn policy and market change into confident action. We work at the intersection of health policy, value-based care, and health care delivery, partnering with public and private sector clients to design strategies and support real world implementation.

We are a small, growing firm that values curiosity, clarity, collaboration, and impact. Our work spans Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial markets, with a particular focus on value-based payment models, population health, and rural health care transformation.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Director to join our Government and Policy practice, lead complex client engagements, and serve as a senior leader within the firm. This role focuses on Medicaid, Medicare, and rural health policy and programs, helping clients interpret federal and state requirements, develop actionable strategies, and implement and assess health care programs and payment initiatives.

This role is designed for someone who can independently own high stakes client work, manage teams, and advance projects with minimal oversight. Directors at Coral are trusted advisors to clients and critical partners to firm leadership. The right candidate will help ensure excellent delivery while meaningfully reducing day-to-day project management demands on Partners.

This is not purely a strategic oversight role. Directors develop, lead, and deliver client work.

This Role May Be a Good Fit If

• You are comfortable owning outcomes and operating with limited oversight.
• You can bring structure to ambiguity and move work forward decisively.
• You are confident advising senior leaders and representing your team.
• You value and effectively balance analytical rigor and practical execution.
• You enjoy mentoring others and strengthening the quality of work around you.

What You Will Do

Directors at Coral lead complex client engagements and contribute to firm strength.

Responsibilities may include:

• Leading multi-workstream Government and Policy engagements from early scoping through delivery, including policy analysis, program design and implementation, technical assistance, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Interpreting federal and state policy, regulations and program guidance, and advising on implications for payment, program participation, operations and care delivery.
• Leading collaboration across government agencies, contractors, health plans, and care delivery organizations to resolve implementation challenges and advance client objectives.
• Serving as primary day to day client lead on major accounts.
• Structuring workplans, allocating resources, and ensuring projects stay on time and on budget.
• Developing and overseeing executive-ready deliverables grounded in policy, operational, and financial analysis.
• Interpreting utilization, quality, and financial performance data to inform strategy.
• Managing and mentoring Consultants, Senior Consultants, and Managing Consultants.
• Leading proposal development, including scope design, pricing contracts, and drafting.
• Identifying opportunities to expand existing client relationships.
• Collaborating on firmwide initiatives that strengthen resourcing, drive growth, enhance service excellence, and support the firm’s strategic positioning.
• This role emphasizes subject matter expertise, judgment, and leading teams.

Government and Policy Expertise

Directors in our Government and Policy practice bring substantive policy knowledge and practical experience helping clients navigate public health care programs. We are seeking demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Medicaid policy and programs: Medicaid managed care, state plan amendments, and Section 1115 demonstration waivers, including program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Medicare transformation and payment policy: Medicare payment policy, value-based payment models, and delivery system transformation, including advising organizations on participation and operational implications.
• Rural health payment and policy: Rural payment approaches, care delivery, and provider sustainability, including implementation of initiatives such as the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Program implementation and stakeholder leadership: Leading work with federal and state government agencies, government contractors, health plans, providers, and other care delivery organizations to support program implementation, participation, monitoring, technical assistance, and evaluation.

Successful candidates will have depth in at least one of these areas and the ability to lead work across related topics with support from colleagues. They should be able to translate complex policy requirements into clear recommendations, implementation plans, and useful client deliverables. Experience in every area is not expected.

What We Are Looking For

• Significant professional experience, typically 8 or more years, in health policy, government programs, health care consulting, or related operations, including substantive experience in Medicaid, Medicare, or rural health.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex engagements and managing teams.
• Strong executive communication skills, with ability to advise senior leaders.
• Comfort working with health care data, including claims, quality measures, and financial performance metrics, and translating insights into strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to translate federal and state policy requirements into practical strategies and lead implementation with government or health care partners.
• Advanced proficiency in developing executive-ready materials using modern productivity tools, including responsible and effective use of AI.
• Experience scoping work, managing budgets, and maintaining delivery discipline.
• Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

How We Work

Coral Health Advisors is a fully remote team with occasional travel for client meetings, conferences, and team retreats. We value flexibility, accountability, and clear communication, and we expect leaders to operate with ownership and initiative.

Compensation and Benefits

The starting salary for this position is $140,000 to $175,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and demonstrated leadership experience, with eligibility for performance-based bonus.

Benefits include an employer funded health care reimbursement arrangement, 401k, paid time off, and a supportive, flexible work environment.