Practice Director

Job Title: Practice Director

Location City: Bengaluru/Gurgaon

Industry: Research and Advisory Services

Job Overview

The role requires creating differentiated intellectual property (IP), thought leadership, and

advisory frameworks that help large global healthcare organizations address strategic

technology adoption, digital transformation, and sourcing challenges. The individual will

deliver high-impact analysis and advice to senior executives, identify emerging market needs,

and shape research agendas aligned with healthcare IT services, digital health, engineering

services, and global sourcing trends.

The Practice Director will actively participate in business development, client advisory

engagements, executive presentations, and industry forums, while building a strong external

reputation in the HLS ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and expand firm IP focused on strategic healthcare technology, digital

transformation, and sourcing issues within the HLS domain

• Develop actionable insights by evaluating and analyzing information collected through

primary interviews, surveys, financial analysis, and market research

• Lead research initiatives covering healthcare IT services, payer/provider transformation,

pharma digital initiatives, value-based care enablement, and healthcare operations

• Collaborate across practices to deliver cross-domain research where healthcare

intersects with engineering, IT services, and global sourcing

• Work closely with the sales team to support business development and drive closure

and delivery of advisory engagements

• Engage at the executive level with healthcare enterprises, service providers, Private

Equity (PE) firms, and industry bodies to analyze strategy, positioning, and evolving

• Develop research-backed frameworks, toolkits, and scenario models to support client

decision-making

• Represent Everest Group in external forums, client meetings, webinars, and industry

events

• Manage multiple research and advisory initiatives from concept development through

client delivery

• Supervise team activities and actively mentor and develop team members within the

HLS practice

Education and Experience

• 7-9 years of experience in a professional services environment (management

consulting, business research, or advisory), preferably with exposure to healthcare

and life sciences

• Experience in:

• Healthcare IT services or digital health consulting

• Global sourcing or technology services advisory within healthcare

• Consulting organizations within Tier 1 IT or healthcare service providers

• Strong understanding of healthcare ecosystem dynamics (payer, provider, pharma,

medtech) and related technology transformation initiatives

• Experience building and evaluating business case models for healthcare technology

adoption and sourcing transformation

• Ability to develop diagnostics, frameworks, and scenario-based analyses for healthcare

transformation programs

• Strong relationship orientation and ability to work across internal and external

stakeholder ecosystems

• Strong executive presence and presentation skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Collaborative leadership style with experience mentoring teams

• MBA from a reputed B-school preferred; engineering or life sciences graduates with

strong consulting backgrounds may also be considered