Senior Consultant/Project Manager

Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Oakland
Posted on: April 6, 2021

Job Description:

Important Update: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Permanente is moving to a virtual recruitment process including telephone and video interviews to help ensure the health and safety of our employees, candidates, and communities. Also, some hiring activities may be delayed or suspended in certain geographic areas and job categories. For more information on Kaiser Permanente's response to COVID-19, visit our Resource Center . Consulting Services & Project/Program Management (Non-IT) Driving Care Initiatives From designing and leading complex programs to analyzing and translating business capabilities into powerful solutions, your expertise helps shape the future of health care. Senior Consultant/Project Manager Location: Oakland, CA Job Number: 941035 Date posted: 03/31/2021 Submit Interest Description:
Who We Are

Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Regional Delivery System Strategy Group consist of Strategic Planners and Consultants with a broad array of healthcare, strategic, financial, capital, and facility planning backgrounds. We provide the following services that support the Northern California Region and the local medical center areas:



The Delivery System Strategy Department:

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• Provides expert consultation on the design, development, and implementation of plans and projects related to medical center and regional service distribution and capital planning.
  
• Assesses needs and develops options and recommendations for operational and capital projects.
  
• Develops high quality business cases for Medical Center and Regional capital projects. Partners with executive leadership to develop investment priorities and capital project plans.
  
• Reviews functional and space programs in adherence with approved business case approvals.
  
  
  
  Includes the planning and tracking of projects both (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Identifies and resolves issues related to projects. Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.
  
  
  
  Essential Functions:
  
  --- Manages large complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.
  
  --- Provides consulting for business partners for business case development
  
  --- Demonstrates understanding of and knowledge in methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project.
  
  --- Applies the risk management process.
  
  --- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.
  
  --- Demonstrates knowledge of and provides continuous feedback for improvement of approved project management methods and business methods to projects.
  
  --- Determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.
  
  --- Works on significant and unique assignments of diverse and complex scope.
  
  --- Addresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change.
  
  --- Requires more complex planning and direction setting with diverse and multiple stakeholders.
  Basic Qualifications:
  Experience
  - Minimum--seven (7) years--of project management experience.
  Education
  - Bachelor's degree in related field, OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
  - High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
  License, Certification, Registration
  - N/A
  
  Additional Requirements:
  - Demonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business.
  - Manages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects.
  - Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  - N/A
  Primary Location: California,Oakland,1950 Franklin Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01-NUE-Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Category: Consulting Services / Project/Program Management (Non IT) Department: Po/Ho Corp - Rgnl Del Sys Strat & Plng-NCAL - 0308 Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
  
  External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
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