Senior Analyst, Strategy and Corporate Development (Healthcare Education)

Location: Chicago, IL, USA; hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week, Monday–Thursday

Salary: $61,721.00–$111,584.75 per year

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare education organization serving more than 97,000 students through five accredited institutions, including medical, veterinary medicine, and university programs.

What you will do

• Monitor competitor activity, market trends, business dynamics, and technology developments, and convert findings into strategic insights.
• Support the enterprise annual strategic planning process, including timelines, project management, financial modeling, Board materials, and leadership communication.
• Track organic and inorganic growth initiatives, maintain strategy scorecards, monitor KPIs, and support execution.
• Analyze portfolio opportunities such as market entry, expansion, new offers, pricing, partnerships, repositioning, and divestitures.
• Build business cases and C-Suite or Board-level presentations for strategic initiatives.
• Support corporate development through market mapping, buy/build/partner analysis, investment theses, valuation, due diligence, risk assessment, transactions, and post-acquisition evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, or a related discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in top-tier management consulting, investment banking, a research organization, or an equivalent corporate strategy group.
• Experience with growth-oriented projects, target company and competitor analysis, market research, segmentation, market entry, or strategic acquisition analysis.
• Superior quantitative, qualitative, analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, written, and oral communication skills.
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, secondary research, project management, and information synthesis skills.
• Ability to collaborate across functions, work autonomously with modest direction, prioritize conflicting objectives, and travel intermittently.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment focused on collaboration, communication, creativity, and innovation.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement program with a 6% employer match.
• Flexible Time Off policy and 12 paid holidays.
• Annual incentive program subject to individual and organizational performance.