General Manager, Healthcare Leadership

The General Manager will lead HCL (Healthcare Leaders) as a focused growth platform and operating business. HCL is a curated leadership community and events platform that brings together senior healthcare investors, operators, advisors, and industry leaders through invitation-only conferences, receptions, dinners, and relationship-building experiences. WittKieffer acquired the HCL brand in January 2026. This is a hands-on role spanning strategy and execution, with a focus on growing revenue across multiple streams (e.g., events, sponsorship, membership), managing day-to-day operations, and ensuring integration with WittKieffer's brand and go-to-market priorities.

Responsibilities

Develop a practical multi-year strategy for HCL aligned with WittKieffer's mission and market strategy; Create and manage a financial plan supporting revenue growth, with assumptions, investment requirements, and performance targets; Identify and cultivate sponsors and partners; Manage the HCL P&L against budgets and plans; Lead planning and execution of HCL programs, including the Healthcare Leaders Conference, JPM Week reception, and executive dinner series; Manage event calendars, budgets, vendors, timelines, and sponsorship deliverables; Build a high performance team; Partner with WittKieffer market and solution leaders to integrate HCL into firmwide priorities and go-to-market strategies; Develop a clear brand architecture for HCL; Coordinate internal and external resources, including marketing, events, business development, operations, sponsors, speakers, and vendors; Create a reporting dashboard capturing revenue, expenses, sponsor pipeline, participant engagement, and business development contribution

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; Equivalent experience in business management, events, sponsorships, media, associations, professional services, or community-based commercial platforms will be considered; Ten or more years of relevant experience in business management, revenue growth, sponsorships, events, convening platforms, professional associations, industry communities, media, or professional services; Demonstrated ability to grow a small or emerging business, product line, program, and/or platform with disciplined resource management; Experience developing sponsorship, partnership, event, membership, or community-based revenue models; Strong project management and execution experience, including budget ownership, vendor management, and cross-functional coordination; Experience working with senior executives, investors, board members, sponsors, industry leaders, or professional services partners; Ability to travel regularly for HCL events, sponsor meetings, market engagement, and internal collaboration

Nice to have

Familiarity with healthcare, life sciences, higher education, academic medicine, emerging sciences, or investor-backed markets; Advanced degree

Benefits

Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life and disability insurances; Generous paid time off; Target bonus of 20% of base salary