Global Health Advisory Consultant

Company:

Marsh

Description:

We are seeking an experienced Global Health Advisory Consultant with a clinical background to join Marsh’s Multinational Advisory team. The role combines clinical judgment, medical claims review, health data analytics, and strategic consulting to help multinational employers understand and manage health risks across the countries in which they operate.

This is a Hybrid role based in our Montreal Office.

You will translate medical and work-related population data into practical advice for clients, supporting the design, governance, and optimization of medical benefit plans around the world. You will work with international colleagues and senior client stakeholders to identify emerging risks, interpret claims and utilization patterns, assess local health system contexts, and recommend actions that improve health outcomes, employee experience, cost efficiency, and workforce productivity.

What you will do

Global health risk management and benefits strategy

· Support multinational employers in developing and implementing global health risk-management strategies delivered through their medical benefits plans.

· Advise on global health, mental health, wellbeing, prevention, chronic-condition management, and benefits-design priorities across diverse workforces.

· Interpret healthcare-system differences, public provision, regulation, infrastructure, epidemiology, cultural expectations, and local market practices when adapting global recommendations for individual countries.

· Develop and articulate strategic recommendations based on deep brokerage expertise, including insured, non-insured, and self-insured benefits; flexible benefits; and the international financial vehicles managed by Marsh to help multinational clients effectively manage health risks.

· Assess opportunities to use digital health, data platforms, automation, and responsible AI to strengthen benefits administration, health-risk identification, member support, and reporting.

Client leadership and business development

· Lead complex, large-scale consulting engagements for multinational clients, acting as a trusted advisor and guiding project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

· Build and maintain strong relationships with key client stakeholders, including human resources, reward, finance, risk, procurement, and health and wellbeing leaders.

· Identify and develop sales opportunities by shaping relevant solutions and proposals, providing specialized support for GBM RFPs, and developing points of view for global clients.

· Present findings and recommendations with clarity and confidence to senior audiences and represent Marsh at industry events, conferences, and appropriate professional channels.

· Share knowledge, coach colleagues, and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, and internationally connected team culture.

Clinical and medical claims advisory

· Review medical claims, utilization, cost, and care-pattern data from multinational benefit plans through a clinical, public-health, and epidemiological lens.

· Identify clinically significant trends, outliers, avoidable variation, high-cost and high-impact conditions, opportunities for earlier intervention, and potential gaps in care or care navigation.

· Assess the implications of claims findings for population health, plan design, vendor performance, clinical programs, and member outcomes while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and data-governance standards.

· Use Marsh studies, data trends, and published clinical research to identify emerging health risks that clients need to address in their global health risk strategies.

· Provide evidence-based, clearly documented advice to clients and internal teams; distinguish established evidence, professional judgment, and areas where further investigation is required.

· Conduct global cost-optimization and value analyses, linking medical spend, health outcomes, employee engagement, absence, productivity, and the broader value of benefits investment.

Analytics, research, and insight generation

· Design analytical approaches, define relevant measures, interpret datasets, and convert complex findings into concise, decision-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders.

· Develop health-risk profiles, benchmarking, dashboards, executive insights, and country-level comparisons that support multinational decision-making.

· Conduct specialized research and contribute to intellectual capital and solution development in global health, medical inflation, claims trends, health equity, mental health, global well-being, prevention, and emerging risks based on the needs of multinational clients and changes in the market.

· Monitor developments in clinical practice, public health, healthcare delivery, legislation, and technology, and communicate their potential implications for clients.

What you need to have

· A clinical qualification and professional background as a medical doctor, psychologist, nurse, or another relevant related health professional.

· A master’s degree in a relevant field health related fields such as health administration, public health, health policy, epidemiology, population health, healthcare management, or a health related discipline.

· More than five years of experience in the brokerage and insurance industry, with regional or multinational experience across multiple countries.

· Experience applying clinical, public-health, epidemiological, or health-services expertise to medical claims, healthcare utilization, benefits, population health, or related advisory work.

· Experience working with multinational organizations, international health benefits, global rewards, people strategy, or cross-border healthcare programs.

· Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret medical claims and health data, identify meaningful patterns, and explain their implications to non-clinical audiences.

· Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior client stakeholders and internal teams.

· A proactive, solution-oriented approach and the ability to manage complex, dynamic requirements while delivering high-quality work.

What would make you stand out

· PhD or advanced research experience in public health, epidemiology, health services research, outcomes research, or a health related field.

· Experience leading clinical reviews, claims analytics, health-risk assessments, medical-management programs, or global benefits optimization initiatives.

· Strong understanding of the brokerage industry and insurance advisory practices.

· Knowledge of healthcare systems, regulatory environments, and health risks across multiple countries or regions.

· Experience using data visualization, statistical analysis, benchmarking, or business-intelligence tools to communicate health insights.

· Experience evaluating digital health, AI-enabled healthcare, virtual care, or benefits technology with attention to clinical value, ethics, privacy, and implementation.

· A track record of leading project teams, managing large-scale projects, prioritizing multiple deliverables, and working effectively with virtual and global teams.

· A growth mindset, commitment to continuous learning, and the ability to build trust across clinical, analytical, commercial, and client-facing environments.

Why join our team:

• We support your professional growth through development opportunities, engaging work, and supportive leadership.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where talented colleagues collaborate to create innovative solutions and make a meaningful impact on our people, clients, and communities.
• Our global scale provides a wide range of career opportunities, benefits, and rewards designed to support your overall well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In accordance with applicable legislation, Marsh will provide a reasonable accommodation to employees and prospective employees to the point of undue hardship upon request and as required in respect of the individual’s particular restrictions and limitations. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or medical need please contact [email protected] is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.