Director, Growth Strategy

About ParetoHealth

ParetoHealth is redefining the way employers fund healthcare. As the largest and fastest-growing benefits captive in the United States, we help thousands of small and midsize employers take control of healthcare costs through a smarter, more sustainable model.

Our mission is simple: give small and midsize employers the scale and protection they need to eliminate volatility and lower healthcare costs.

By combining data-driven insights, innovative risk management, and the collective purchasing power of our community, we enable employers to reduce volatility, improve long-term outcomes, and reinvest savings into their businesses and their people.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, ParetoHealth is growing rapidly and transforming one of the country's largest industries. Our success is fueled by talented people who are united by our four core values: Fire in the Belly, For the Greater Good, See the Field, and Get It Done Right. These values shape how we innovate, collaborate, make decisions, and deliver exceptional results for our clients and one another.

If you're energized by solving complex challenges, thrive in a high-growth environment, and want to help reshape the future of healthcare, we'd love to meet you.

Please note that ParetoHealth does not provide employment visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship both now or in the future.

Position Summary:

The Growth team at Pareto plays a central role in shaping the company’s growth strategy, enabling commercial success, and supporting executive team decision-making. We partner closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to explore new growth opportunities, evaluate strategic partnerships, and translate complex analysis into clear, actionable direction.

The Director, Growth Strategy will play a pivotal role in advancing Pareto’s growth strategy and supporting top-priority strategic initiatives with high executive visibility. This role is ideal for a highly analytical, structured thinker with strong executive presence who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys both identifying key business and market insights and partnering with the internal team to operationalize and drive impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Leveraging prior experience in management consulting, banking, corporate development, and/or corporate strategy, you will help define strategy, support execution, and drive measurable business outcomes.

You will work closely with executive leadership, commercial teams, and cross-functional partners to evaluate opportunities, align teams, and operationalize decisions. Key responsibilities include:

• Support executive leadership and Board of Directors discussions, including preparation of high-quality analyses and board slides
• Lead and support enterprise-level strategic initiatives, including regional growth initiatives, partnerships, and new opportunities
• Independently scope strategic problems, develop structured workplans, and drive projects from analysis through recommendation and execution
• Partner closely with commercial, product, and operations teams to ensure alignment and execution of strategic priorities
• Size opportunities and business impact using rigorous quantitative analysis and financial modeling.
• Develop clear, compelling executive narratives and presentations, simplifying complex topics for senior stakeholders
• Monitor outcomes, build reporting, and manage performance metrics to ensure strategies translate into results. Partner closely with Rev Ops team to operationalize insights and align to Sales processes and tracking.
• Mentor and develop more junior team members as a colleague, fostering structured thinking and high-quality delivery. Opportunity to grow into people manager role with direct reports.

Required Qualifications / Skills:

• 8-10 years of experience in a dynamic, fast-moving environment, with background in management consulting, investment banking, corporate development, and/or corporate strategy
• Strong preference for candidates who have consulting or banking experience followed by in-house experience
• Exceptional structured problem-solving and quantitative skills, including ability to derive insights from complex data
• Demonstrated expertise in storyboarding, executive storytelling, and presentation development, including facilitating live executive discussions
• Strong executive presence with the ability to listen, synthesize, influence, and communicate clearly
• Comfort operating in ambiguity; ability to simplify complex, cross-functional challenges into clear strategic direction
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and work effectively in a matrixed organization
• Experience leading significant workstreams or owning projects end-to-end, especially in coordination with go-to-market / commercial team
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Experience in healthcare, specifically healthcare insurance, benefits, or payer-related segments preferred
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; strong attention to detail and polish

Perks & Benefits:

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible PTO
• 401k company contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development allowance
• Transportation allowance and daily parking reimbursement 
• Engaging hybrid work environment

We are guided by our values:

Fire in the belly

The drive to learn, to improve, and to deliver outstanding value every day.

See the field

The ability to see the big picture and prepare to meet tomorrow’s needs.

Get it done right

The passion to produce at higher rates and to the highest standards.

For the greater good

A united community creating better health benefit solutions for all.

Please note that any communication from our recruiters and hiring managers at ParetoHealth about a job opportunity will only be made by a ParetoHealth employee with an @paretohealth.com address. ParetoHealth does not conduct text message or chat-based interviews. Any other email addresses, agencies, or forums may be phishing scams designed to obtain your personal information.

We will not ask you to provide personal or financial information, including, but not limited to, your social security number, online account passwords, credit card numbers, passport information, and other related banking information until we begin onboarding activities, which will be coordinated by a member of the ParetoHealth People Ops Team with an @paretohealth.com email address.

Disclosures:

ParetoHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

California Applicants:  See Pareto’s CCPA Notice of Collection for California Employees and Applicants for information about how Pareto Captive Services, LLC, Pareto Health, LLC, and Pareto Underwriting Partners, LLC, together with their respective subsidiaries (collectively, “Pareto”) collects and uses personal information submitted by employment applicants.