Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Health Services

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

A career within PwC’s Consulting Healthcare team offers the opportunity to work with leading organisations across Ireland’s health system on their most complex strategic, operational and digital challenges. As a PwC Director, you will:

Play a key leadership role in PwC’s impact in in Ireland, driving business development practice growth, developing market offerings and strengthening PwC’s reputation as a leader in healthcare transformation.

Operate as a trusted advisor to senior healthcare leaders, guiding clients through strategic decisions, regulatory and policy change, digital transformation and organisational redesign.

Shape and lead large-scale transformation programmes, helping clients enhance patient / service users outcomes and system performance, and bring data-driven insight, strategic clarity and operational excellence to a rapidly evolving sector.

Within PwC, create a culture of quality, integrity, inclusion and commercial discipline, championing diverse perspectives, fostering wellbeing and collaboration, and helping develop the next generation of leaders.

Purpose-led work you’ll be part of

As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of solutions-driven and problem-solving individuals, apply your experience and stakeholder management, to drive forward projects and programmes from strategy to execution. Responsibilities also include:

Business Development & Growth

Drive personal and team business development, client relationship management and winning major healthcare contracts, and expanding relationships to develop sell-on and future opportunities.

Make significant contributions to the growth of our healthcare business through client relationship management and business development.

Inform the development of sector-wide strategy and account plans as aligned with the Consulting and firm strategy and lead implementation of these.

Drive PwC's go to market approach, offerings that differentiate PwC in the healthcare market.

Develop sector thought leadership and represent PwC as an expert in your specialist domains.

Client Leadership & Advisory

Lead end-to-end client engagements—from defining the win strategy to overseeing successful delivery of agreed outcomes and sustainable outcomes.

Act as a senior advisor to senior health system leaders, shaping transformation agendas across strategy, operations, digital enablement and service change and transformation.

Diagnose complex challenges and design practical, innovative solutions grounded in sector insight and evidence.

Delivery Oversight

Oversee a portfolio of multiyear complex transformation programmes, ensuring delivery quality, robust risk management and alignment with client objectives.

Provide subject matter expertise across service redesign, service transformation, operating model, operational excellence, health workforce, digital health, or health technology.

People Leadership

Build and lead high performing teams that embody PwC values of collaboration, inclusion and excellence.

Mentor and coach Senior Managers and Managers supporting their growth and capability development.

Take a leading role in practice development, identifying areas for capability improvement, retaining top talent and driving a culture of excellence.

Technical & Sector Expertise

Healthcare Directors must bring deep sector expertise in areas such as:

Strategic healthcare service planning, service redesign and transformation, care pathway design and implementation of new healthcare service models.

Operational, financial and performance improvement and productivity measures, with realisation of savings.

Health workforce with regard to broader health service or system transformation, change and implementation.

Technology-enabled transformation in healthcare with insight into change, adoption and benefits realisation of technology.

Healthcare sector procurement, transformation delivery, programme management or change management.

Healthcare capital and infrastructural planning, or capacity and demand modelling.

Your profile:

10-12+ years of experience in healthcare consulting with demonstrable success delivering complex transformation programmes.

Deep and demonstrable understanding of the Irish healthcare system, policy environment and sector‑specific challenges.

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate effectively in complex, multi‑layered organisations.

Strong commercial acumen, including pipeline building and proposal leadership.

Ability to translate complex issues into meaningful outcomes for healthcare clients.

Experience leading and developing cross-competency teams, leveraging, global networks and / or delivery chains.

Commitment to innovation, digital enablement and continuous improvement in healthcare.

Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

Track record of client relationship management and winning and delivering new work within a consulting practice.

Master's degree, MBA or relevant professional qualification

Existing network of senior leaders across Irish healthcare system

Unlock your potential with PwC Ireland

We believe that challenges are better solved together! We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams encouraged to collaborate and innovate in a way that creates powerful solutions and makes a positive impact. This purpose-led work, and our continuous development and encouragement, will help unlock your potential and take your career to the next level.

Enjoy PwC’s perks

We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at Life@PwC. (https://www.pwc.ie/careers-ie/life-at-pwc.html).

Being appreciated for being you

Our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Elevate Pledge. (https://www.bitc.ie/the-leaders-group-on-sustainability/inclusive-workplace-pledge/)

You can learn more about our culture of belonging and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more at www.pwc.ie.

Avoid the confidence gap; you do not have to match all the listed requirements exactly to apply, we’d love to hear from you!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please email us at ie_experiencedhireteam@pwc.com for more information.

PwC Ireland is committed to creating an environment that promotes equality and dignity at work. Working together in an inclusive environment enables us to harness the collective and complementary skills, knowledge, background, and networks of our people.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Budgetary Management, Business Analysis, Business Development, Business Process Improvement, Business Transformation, Change Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Strategy, Embracing Change, Emerging Technologies, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Management, Inclusion, Industry Trend Analysis, Influence, Innovation, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 24 more}

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

Health Transformation Director - Health Consulting - Advisory

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