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Lead Business Consultant

HCSC

Downers Grove, IL · HybridFull-time$93–168K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$93–168K/yr
Location
Downers Grove, ILHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Lead Business Consultant will support HCSC’s new Individual and Family Markets team through requirements research, document drafting and maintenance, and cross-team processes. The role supports customer-specific document filings, quality and resource allocation across document-generation teams, and implementation strategies, projects, and initiatives. It requires substantial relevant experience, team leadership, and collaboration with senior leaders; the preferred qualifications include personalization experience and healthcare industry knowledge.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project Management, requiredBusiness Analysis, requiredProcess Improvement, requiredStrategic Planning, requiredTeam Leadership, requiredCoaching, requiredMentoring, requiredCommunication, requiredProblem Resolution, requiredStrategic Planning Techniques, requiredPresentation Skills, requiredDelegation, requiredMatrixed Collaboration, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredOrganization, requiredNegotiation, requiredAnalytical Skills, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredPersonalization, nice to haveImpact Tracking, nice to haveStrategic Thinking, nice to haveStrategic Execution, nice to haveDecision-Making, nice to haveHealthcare Industry Knowledge, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or 11 Years Experience, required5+ Years Relevant Experience, required

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Flex

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Full time

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At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.

Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.

Job Summary

This position will be supporting a new Individual and Family Markets (IFM) team responsible for requirements research, document language drafting, and cross-team processes. This position will be involved with document creation, maintenance/revision and supporting the filing of customer-specific documents for new/existing business in accordance with corporate guidelines, benefit specifications, and statutory requirements. Will support the performance, overall quality and resource allocation to support all IFM document generation teams. Will support implementation strategies, projects and initiatives.

Please note: Candidates who require current or future visa sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, TN, OPT, CPT, or other employment-based sponsorship) are not eligible for consideration for this position.

Required Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience OR 11 years of experience in project management, business analysis, process improvement, strategic planning, product administration or other relevant healthcare function

  • Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and mentoring teams and more junior resources

  • Experience communicating with senior management and leadership from multiple divisions.

  • Problem resolution experience and skills.

  • Knowledge of strategic planning techniques and industry trends

  • Verbal and written communications skills including establishing working relationships across departments, preparing presentations to senior management, and establishing team environment.

  • Experience managing and delegating assignments across multiple complex projects successfully in a matrixed environment.

  • PC proficiency to include MS Office products.

  • Organizational skills.

  • Problem resolution experience and skills.

  • Negotiations skills.

  • Analytical skills.

  • Detail oriented.

Preferred Required Job Qualifications:

  • Experience driving personalization efforts at a large organization.

  • Monitoring and tracking initiative impacts against the personalization maturity curve and connecting them to key enterprise outcomes.

  • Health insurance or healthcare industry experience.

  • Proven strategic thinking and execution.

  • Ability to drive decisions, create optionality and determine impacts of options.

  • Ability to clearly articulate and prepare presentations for all levels to share data, options and recommendations.

This position is expected to adhere to HCSC's hybrid flex policy of 3 days in office weekly.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at HCSC about our Employee Referral process!

Pay Transparency Statement:

At Health Care Service Corporation, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for employees. Learn more about our benefit offerings by visiting https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards .

The compensation offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plan subject to the terms and the conditions of the plan.

Flex employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days a week. Management will have discretion to modify an employee's weekly schedule for exigent circumstances.

HCSC Employment Statement:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of drug screening in accordance with applicable law.

Base Pay Range

$92,700.00 - $167,500.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

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For more than 80 years, HCSC has been dedicated to expanding access to high-quality, cost-effective health care and equipping our members with information and tools to make the best health care decisions for themselves and their families. As an industry leader, HCSC also has been helping to make the health care system work better for all Americans. To remain a leader, we offer compelling careers that encourage resourcefulness, strategic thought and empower you to make a difference in the lives of our members and their communities.

Today, with the industry at an important crossroad, HCSC is reimagining health care and looking for original thinkers who aren’t afraid to make innovative contributions. We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Learn more about HCSC, our commitment to our members and the opportunity you’ll have to improve health care delivery in an open, collaborative environment.

HCSC is committed to diversity in the workplace and to providing equal opportunity to employees and applicants.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and need an accommodation or assistance in either using the Careers website or completing the application process, you can call us at 1-866-977-7378 to request reasonable accommodations.

Please note that only requests for accommodations in the application process will be returned. All applications, including resumes, must be submitted through HCSC's Career website on-line application process. If you have general questions regarding the status of an existing application, navigate to "candidate home" to view your job submissions.

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How this job compares

Set against the 624 open Business Consultant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$93–168K/yr
  • Illinois median$92–167K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$92–167K/yr478 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is close to the Illinois median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Business Consultant salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 29 open Business Consultant jobs in Illinois and 624 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Business Consultant postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (501 postings).
Education
60 of the 624 open Business Consultant jobs (10%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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