Provides high quality and cost effective project management, management consulting, and analytic support services or technical expertise and has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.
Essential Functions:
- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.
- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely and valuable results.
- Sets the strategic direction of projects.
- Determines goals and priorities w/ management team sponsors.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, and work plan.
- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.
- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Assists, as needed, in planning and coordinating w/ other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.
- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, and other departmental activities.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Typically 4 or more years of consulting/project management experience in healthcare or related field.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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