Healthcare Practice Leader & Solution Architect

Ascendum is seeking a senior, entrepreneurial Healthcare Practice Leader & Solution Architect to build and scale our healthcare consulting, technology implementation, managed services, and staffing practice.

This executive-level role will have end-to-end responsibility for developing the healthcare business, identifying market opportunities, establishing senior client relationships, architecting solutions, developing commercial models, mobilizing delivery teams, oversee execution, and building profitable and scalable practice.

The ideal candidate combines the executive presence and commercial capabilities of a healthcare client partner with the technical credibility of a solution architect and the firsthand mentality of an entrepreneur. This individual must be equally comfortable engaging with CIOs and other healthcare executives, shaping complex technology solutions, developing proposals and Statements of Work, assembling multidisciplinary teams, and remaining actively involved throughout delivery.

The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, an established professional network, strong healthcare technology and solution architecture experience, and a demonstrated ability to convert client challenges into executable and commercially viable engagements.

Location: Cincinnati, OH.

Key Responsibilities

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• Own and scale Ascendum’s healthcare services practice across consulting, technology implementations, project delivery, managed services, and staff augmentation.
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• Develop and execute the healthcare practice strategy, including target markets, offerings, capabilities, partnerships, talent requirements, revenue goals, and investment priorities.
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• Develop business with healthcare software companies, payers, pharmacies, healthcare data organizations, and other healthcare enterprises.
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• Leverage existing healthcare relationships while developing new client relationships and external revenue opportunities.
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• Establish repeatable processes for business development, solutioning, recruiting, pricing, delivery governance, and account expansion.
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• Define, develop, and articulate Ascendum’s healthcare capabilities, industry expertise, delivery models, and client value proposition.
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• Develop differentiated healthcare solutions, accelerators, frameworks, and reusable service offerings.
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• Partner directly with Ascendum’s executive leadership, Sales, Recruiting, Engineering, and Delivery teams to mobilize resources and convert opportunities into successful engagements.
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• Build the operating model, governance structure, partnerships, and talent ecosystem required to support sustainable practice growth.
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• Represent Ascendum as a credible healthcare industry and technology leader in client meetings, industry forums, partner discussions, and executive presentations.
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• Healthcare Industry Expertise
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• Bring deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, including:
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• Health plans and commercial payers plans and commercial payers’ plans and commercial payers
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Our Culture

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• We believe successful healthcare solutions are built through a combination of industry expertise, technical excellence, commercial discipline, and a genuine commitment to improving client and member outcomes.
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• Our leaders are expected to operate with an ownership mentality, earn the confidence of clients, develop people, mobilize teams, and remain accountable for results from the initial opportunity through successful delivery.
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• We value integrity, entrepreneurship, customer focus, collaboration, accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement. Success in this role will be measured not only by revenue growth, but also by the strength of our client relationships, quality of delivery, profitability of the practice, development of our people, and the long-term healthcare capabilities created for Ascendum.
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Salary Range: $170-$200 plus Annual Performance Bonus