Executive Consultant II
National Patient Care Services
Oakland, CA
Kaiser Permanente is seeking an Executive Consultant to provide leadership and facilitation in the resolution of highly strategic and sensitive issues or projects of regional, statewide, cross-entity or cross-functional and reports directly to senior leadership. The incumbent acts as an advisor and thought partner by leading teams to identify, track and measure issues, project plans and associated risks for resolution and consolidation, providing expert level consulting capabilities to the functional area to realize leaders' strategic agendas. Lead teams to gather data, researching and consolidate issues, summarizing information and making recommendations with relevant stakeholders to advance the senior leaders' agenda. Incumbent routinely and proactively represents the executives' positions in meetings, committees and in developing integrated functional projects, communication plans and scorecards to measure effectiveness of initiatives. On behalf of the executive, oversees the functional area operations including budget and strategic planning. Maybe responsible to manage other executive/internal consultants and staff to proactively identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the company.
Essential Functions:
- Provides consultation and analysis regarding performance and strategic opportunities.
- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.
- Facilitates committees and task forces.
- Manages the meeting and work groups of program-wide nursing leadership bodies to successfully achieve their goals (NNLC, CNE).
- May lead projects or oversee regional programs.
- Delivers high quality results on time.
- Acts a communication liaison between the office and direct reports and outside clients.
- Represents the executive's point of view and makes decisions on behalf (within established parameters).
- Prepares communications scripts and presentations for the executive as well as papers and public statements.
- Develops and administersthe VP's budget.
- Administers human resources initiatives, including compensation, executive search, succession planning, and management continuity.
- Works with HR Consultants to facilitate resolution of any problems.
- Impacts the achievement of department and/or functional objectives.
- Involves interpreting and analyzing established administrative or technical concepts.
- Judgment is required to make decisions for less defined issues.
- Requires moderately complex decision making.
- Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors.
- Requires a moderate amount of analysis to consider all alternatives for identified, yet complex problems.
- Follows operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions.
- Information to solve the problem comes from a variety of sources which may or may not be readily available.
- Interaction requires the ability to gain cooperation of others and conducting presentations of functional information concerning specific projects or schedules.
- Provides professional/technical guidance and influences others.
- Assignments are often self-initiated and virtually self-supervisory.
- Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.
- Assume other duties as directed.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum: Eight (8) plus years of experience in consulting, operations or project management in a health care setting.
- Preferred: Three (3) to five (5) years of management experience and eight (8) plus years of related experience.
- Experience with business process improvement and the tools and data requirements for supporting an effective business process improvement project.
- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated performance in strategic/operational analysis and planning, analytical techniques, financial and market assessments.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Demonstrated ability to structure, drive and execute complex multi-disciplinary issues to closure with minimal direction.
- Proven ability to effectively manage in ambiguous situations with minimal direction.
- Proficient in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills required.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
- Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.
- Viewed as expert in field within KP.
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.