Managing Director, Advanced Analytics (Oakland, CA)
Kaiser Permanete, Oakland, CA
Summary:
This position is responsible for the the delivery and management of consulting and analytic services for KP HealthConnect /kp.org value realization and other strategic areas.Supports leadership in the definition and attainment of organizational goals.
This position is also responsible for two key functions: Analytics (building and designing studies that can be published) and Reporting/Programming (going into databases to extract data and create programs that generate data for studies).
Essential Functions:
- Provides consultation, leadership and client management; responsible for sharing best KP HC / kp.org practices and communicating new insights across the regions to operations leaders
- Leads a complex, highly skilled group of managers that oversee statisticians, analysts, consultants, and programmers as a primary resource, expert consultants to senior leadership and staff major and complex program wide health initiatives with strategic importance to KP (e.g., KP HealthConnect Oncology evaluation study and The Joint Commission regulatory data abstraction automation)
- Provides leadership and management to Analytics & Evaluation group responsible for creating new knowledge on the impact of KP HC and kp.org on Quality of care, Member service, and Affordability
- Provides leadership and management to Care Reporting and Consulting group responsible for providing new views and insights on quality / patient safety / service reporting on coding / extraction from complex databases in KP HealthConnect, kp.org and other KP databases.
- This area also provides leadership for data architecture and data infrastructure in partnership with IT.
- Part of the leadership team for HIT (Health Information Technology) Transformation and Analysis and National Quality and Care Delivery Excellence organizations.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
-Minimum of 10years in health care industry, seven of which in health care consulting, strategy, planning and project management.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Skilled at senior leader communication and organizational influence.
- Substantial knowledge in one or more of the following: quantitative analysis, financial analysis, information systems, organization development, decision science, operations research, health care delivery systems, or project management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration.
- Proficient in team building, critical thinking, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management.
- Demonstrated ability to define the strategy of and provide overall direction to a specified practice area.
- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, planning, project management, change management, and group process.
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral appropriately gauged to a broad range of audiences from the most senior of KP leadership to front-line physicians and staff to peers in various disciplines.
- Understanding of KP operations and competitors, and economic, social, and legal environment. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, Biostatistics or other related field. PhD a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in working with senior leaders and consulting
- Experience with care delivery operations
- Experience with KP HealthConnect and or kp.org
- Experience in data extraction
- Experience in advanced analytics and research
- Experience in project management and performance improvement
- Green belt or Black belt in performance improvement preferred
- Kaiser experience is a plus.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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