Manatt Health Overview

Manatt Health integrates consulting and legal expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the health care system. Combining legal excellence, firsthand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 260 consultants and attorneys from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead health care into the future. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/health.

Position Overview

As a part-time employee at Manatt, you will work with a team of passionate and driven professionals. You will provide subject matter and consulting expertise for our clients with a particular focus on developing or implementing governmental strategy. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in healthcare strategy, governance, and health information technology, with a proven record of leading large-scale public - private initiatives, statewide partnerships, and cross-sector collaborations spanning government agencies, health systems, and provider organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in statewide health information exchange (HIE), health IT, and digital health strategy across multi-agency and cross-sector engagements, guiding initiatives from strategic design through implementation and execution.

• Advise state leadership, health systems, and public-sector partners on large-scale health IT transformation, organizational governance, and funding strategies to advance interoperability and healthcare quality outcomes.

• Conduct policy and program analyses to inform legislative reports, state planning documents, and strategic roadmaps, translating complex technical and financial data into actionable insights for executive and policymaker audiences.

• Collaborate with health systems, payers, technology vendors, and public health agencies to design and implement data-sharing frameworks and partnerships that improve connectivity and care coordination across North Carolina’s healthcare ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in healthcare strategy, governance, and health information technology, with over a decade of experience consulting on statewide and federal health policy initiatives and digital transformation programs.

• More than 15 years of providing executive advisory support spanning public, private, and nonprofit health sectors, including integration and development efforts for statewide health systems and government-led health IT infrastructures.

• Proven success in designing and executing large-scale partnership and governance models across hospitals, provider networks, payers, and state agencies to advance interoperability and coordinated care delivery.

• Skilled in the development of economic and strategic planning documents, including federally approved Health Information Exchange (HIE) Advance Planning Documents (I-APDs).

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with extensive experience developing strategic reports, funding proposals, and executive presentations that support data-driven decision-making.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Fostering diversity and inclusion is one of Manatt’s core values and is fundamental to our organization’s continued progression. We believe a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live, work and serve enriches Manatt’s culture and enhances our ability to understand our clients’ needs and develop better, more impactful solutions. In collaboration with Firm leadership, our Diversity and Inclusion department drives the Firm’s efforts, engaging our legal, consulting, business, and administrative professionals to create and sustain a culture where we celebrate each of our unique experiences and contributions. 

About Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is a leading professional services firm, providing integrated legal and consulting services to a global client base. With offices strategically located in California (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Silicon Valley), New York (New York City and Albany), Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston, the Firm represents sophisticated clients - including Fortune 500, middle-market and emerging companies - across a range of industry sectors such as health care; financial services; entertainment; digital and technology; and energy, environmental and real estate. For more information, visit www.manatt.com.

Join Us

If you want to join a future-thinking, entrepreneurially minded team of passionate and driven professionals, we strongly encourage you to apply. All candidates must apply through our online application portal (apply here). Required application materials include a cover letter, and resume.

EEO/AA EMPLOYER/Veterans/Disabled

Manatt is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex or gender (including gender identity, gender expression, status as a transgender or transsexual individual, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age (over 40), genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, sexual orientation, political activity or affiliation, genetic or and any other protected classes or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the American Disabilities Act, applicants may request accommodations needed to participate in the application process.

Salary

The pay range for this role is between $90 - $115 per hour. The base pay to be offered will vary and depend on skills and qualifications, experience, location and will also take into account internal equity.  Additional medical, financial and/or other benefits will not be offered for this position.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips does not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, headhunters or vendors who are not part of our preferred vendor list. If an unsolicited resume is sent to an employee of Manatt, outside of a blind submission directed to our StrategicGrowth@manatt.com mailbox, Manatt will not be bound by that search firm’s terms or otherwise be obligated to pay any compensation in connection with the submitted candidate.