Insights from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

About Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Industry: Non-profit health services  
Location: Canton, Massachusetts  
Company size: 1,000 employees
Website: www.harvardpilgrim.org

Meet Chayim Herzig-Marx, Director at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

“We have hired D'Amore-McKim MBAs for corporate residencies since 2005, and several have gone on to become full-time employees,” says Chayim Herzig-Marx, Director for the Center for Distributed Analytics and Informatics Systems at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Why hire D'Amore-McKim MBA students? “Because they're really smart, energetic, and have solid analytical and management backgrounds,” says Herzig-Marx.

Chayim Herzig-Marx is the Director at the Center for Distributed Analytics and Informatics Systems at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC) is a non-profit regional health plan operating in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut that is currently providing medical insurance or administering insurance benefits for over 2.7 million members

Bill Forbes, Senior Director of Global Supply Chain at Raytheon

“When you hire externally, there's always a risk. But with Northeastern residents, we already know the quality of their work and the caliber of their education. We've challenged them, pressure-tested them, and given them tough assignments over six months on corporate residency, and found out where their strengths and weaknesses are. It just makes so much sense to hire them, and it makes for a smooth transition.”

Sue McPoland, Former Director of Global Consumer Insights at Hasbro

“We need the right people, so that's where we turn to our Northeastern residents…They're involved in all phases and they get the complete experience of seeing a project through from start to finish.”

Ben Ghosh, Head of Revenue at ButcherBox

“The residency provides us a source of talent to hire, and it gives both the MBA student and the hiring manager the ability to get familiar with each other first to see if the relationship will be a good long-term fit. There's simply less risk for hiring a resident that we already know. This workforce development model has been a big success for my company.”