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.
Provides consultation and facilitation regarding the design, development and implementation of the LMP for labor and management leaders at senior levels of the organization, including strategic planning. Work with local labor and management leaders, co-leads, Unit-Based Team implementation Consultants (UBTICs), and local resources to ensure implementation of high performing unit-based teams. Lead, create project plans and project manage high level complex, region-wide projects. Provide staff leadership to project teams. Assess skills of consulting staff, create development plans and provide mentoring and coaching in order to improve training, facilitation, communication skills and consulting skills of consulting team. Work jointly with manager to determine staff assignments. Design research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly. Contracts with internal and external resources for services.
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 3 or more years of experience in one of the technical areas such as project management, data and analytics, implementation of teams, Labor Management
Partnership.
- Demonstrated ability to drive performance.
- Ability to coach and mentor individuals and teams.
- Planning and project management skills involving stakeholders.
- Familiarity with performance improvement models and methods, including data interpretation.
- Ability to assess and design interventions to address barriers and conflicts.
- Superior relationship skills.
- Familiarity with both healthcare operations.
- Ability to work with labor and management as a neutral party.
- Familiarity with LMP principles and the National Agreement.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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