This position provides analytical & project management leadership or support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for project management, team leadership, data analysis, research and collection, project status reporting, providing recommendations and presenting results.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for contributing high level analytical leadership and support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.
- This position contributes to a full range of project components.
- Assigned to lead at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a leader / member of a project team.
- Organizes and leads assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets time lines for completion of required tasks as directed.
- Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.
- Prepares various Excel, Word or PowerPoint reports, and works with access database software (or similar tools) to develop data extracts and management information reports.
- May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.
- Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists with preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.
- Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.
- Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.
- Assists with identification and development of training information.
Specific Department Duties:
Project Work for the Summer will be focused on redesigning the pregnancy journey for our members. You will use your leadership and facilitation skills to lead teams in improving the efficiency of our systems and enhancing the experience of our members. You will be a part of designing new and innovative approaches to providing prenatal care. Use your market research skills by listening to Mothers about what they want in their childbirth experience and help us to make it a reality. This Summer Internship is designed to introduce you to the project management and operational leadershipopportunities in The Permanente Medical Group in Santa Clara, CA.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum two years consulting or project management experience in Finance, Management, Management Consulting, Market Planning or Market Research.
- Strong project management skills and experience.
- Enrolled in or recent graduate of a MBA or other Masters or PhD level program with an accredited college or university.
- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work across teams and departments.
- Ability to present reports, findings, and results to senior leadership.
- Ability to utilize at a strong working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
- Knowledge of SQL or SAS highly desirable.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.