Kaiser Permanente

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Experience working with health plans highly preferred. Position open to candidates within all KP Regions: WA, CA, OR, HI, GA, CO, MD, VA, D.C . The new National Health Plan Enablement & Integration team’s objective is to deliver immediate outcomes for the organization, while laying the groundwork necessary for Kaiser Permanente’s long-term, sustainable performance. This team will drive enterprise health plan process improvement and the implementation of business methodologies and best practices, with the outcome of operational effectiveness and high-reliability systems. Collaboration with KP’s markets and health plan teams is central to the approach towards modernization of health plan capabilitie • s. Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influences, mentors, and coaches team members. Practices self-leadership; creates, evaluates, and responds to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit or team members. Leads the adaptation to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Fosters open dialogue amongst team membe • rs.Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying member and operational needs; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; develops and updates new procedures and policies. Gains cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves highly complex issues; escalates and resolves issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences the completion of project tasks by othe • rs.Analyzes and interprets market data by: developing and implementing a plan to address highly complex or critical research questions and test hypotheses with expert knowledge in several areas of data collection and analysis; overseeing and conducting moderately or to highly complex or critical quantitative and qualitative analyses and investigating alternative hypotheses; and validating, interpreting and synthesizing key findings, conclusions, and recommendations for the future for senior leadersh • ip.Facilitates process improvement efforts by: identifying opportunities to adapt processes to improve return on investment (ROI), operations, service quality, and results for company-wide initiatives; utilizing expert knowledge of business operations to oversee and conduct the implementation of best practices across the organization; and leading the adoption of best practices and future innovatio • ns.Effectively manages projects and programs by: overseeing the development of highly complex project proposals, including establishing objectives, key stakeholders, milestones, and providing deep technical leadership across programs; overseeing progress on program deliverables in alignment with greater business strategy and key business outcomes across functions and organizations; demonstrating expert knowledge in, and identifying and implementing new methodologies to complete initiatives independently; and overseeing the execution of project plan, ensuring high-quality outcomes, and facilitating long term organizational learni • ng.Proactively maintains open streams of communication by: fostering trusting relationships to better navigate and act as a champion for the diverse and complex needs of stakeholders across the organizational landscape; identifying and resolving highly complex or critical issues or risks to strategic program implementation; fostering strategic partnerships with senior leadership to consult and influence the development and refinement of key priorities and strategy; and proactively and persuasively driving the communication of strategic issues and recommendations to senior leadership, and across and upward in the organizati • on.Contributes to the development and execution of business strategy by: developing and implementing state-of-the-art strategic plans based on business case and expertise in several fields of health care marketplace; providing expert consultation on complex problem scoping and overseeing the processes and resources needed; communicating and presenting the best identified strategic option(s) to senior leadership based on complex problem scoping, external marketplace research, and analysis of organizational and external strategic approaches; providing expert consultation on challenging business goals and overseeing processes and resources needed to accomplish them; integrating critical knowledge across areas to inform strategic plan and intended outcomes; developing and implementing state-of-the-art strategies to mitigate highly complex or critical barriers, constraints, and risks to execution; and overseeing strategic direction in response to a changing environme nt. Minimum Qualificat • ions:Minimum five (5) years of experience in project management, forecasting, planning, consulting, strategy development and/or execution, or a directly related f • ield.Minimum four (4) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct rep • orts.Bachelor's degree in Business, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Economics, Finance, or related field AND minimum nine (9) years of experience in strategic planning, strategy facilitation, execution of large-scope strategic projects or a directly related field OR minimum twelve (12) years of experience in strategic planning, strategy facilitation, execution of large-scope strategic projects or a directly related f • ield.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Business Acumen; Business Planning; Business Process Improvement; Applied Data Analysis; Financial Analysis; Financial Market Research; Business Relationship Management; Market Knowledge; Project Management; Risk Assessment; Time Management; Methodological Appropriateness; Business Strategy Leadership; Stress Tolerance; Presentation S kills