Kaiser Permanente
Senior Project Manager
Oakland or Burbank, CA
Kaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Project Manager in Oakland or Burbank.
Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.
- Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans.
- Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services for a broad array of issues.
- The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
- Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas.
- Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.
- Up to 50% travel.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years project management experience
- 4 year degree in related field or 4 additional years of equivalent experience
- Understand all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one (1) phase of the project delivery life cycle
- Understands and applies knowledge of change management process on projects
Preferred Qualifications:
- Has program/ project management experience working in a dynamic environment and is comfortable with frequent change
- Previous management consulting experience at a Big 4 firm
- Ability to travel overnight, range from 1-3 days/week - may be more (or less) depending upon program needs
- Ability to interface with all levels within the organization successfully and adapts communication style and approach to diverse audiences
- Strives to perform beyond minimum requirements, shows initiative and is self-motivated
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.