Consultant III - Technology Integration (Consultant III)

Kaiser Permanente • Pasadena, CA

195d

About The Position

KPIF line of business is leading an organizational wide program that is a top strategic priority to drive membership growth and retention and create a positive experience for these channel partners. This position will support the technology workstream and serve as the business point of contact on all technical integration meetings with the identified business partners, provide key decisions, follow up on action items, and closely track status of the integrations. Successful candidates have experience working in a matrixed environment and collaborating with cross functional teams and various business partners. Given the new and innovative aspects of this role, the ability to work independently and problem solve will also be critical. Job Summary: Serves as part of a consulting team to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects. Provides insight and supports the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Supports strategic planning and organizational alignment and prioritization of business initiatives. Manages moderately complex projects or project components, participates in change management activities, and performs data analyses in support of business initiatives. Supports vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and Minimum three (3) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field OR Masters degree in Business, Public Health, or a directly related field and Minimum one (1) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Negotiation; Creativity; Applied Data Analysis; Conflict Resolution; Risk Assessment; Service Focus; Requirements Elicitation & Analysis; Business Acumen; Managing Diverse Relationships

Responsibilities

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members.
• Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members.
• Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples.
• Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes.
• Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information.
• Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations.
• Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Serves as part of a consultant team to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects within a functional track or workstream.
• Develops requirements for business, process, or system solutions within assigned business domain(s) by interfacing stakeholders and cross-functional teams as appropriate.
• Provides insight and supports the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state.
• Supports strategic planning and organizational alignment and prioritization of business initiatives by defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods.
• Serves as an advocate of continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks.
• Manages moderately complex projects or project components by coordinating stakeholder contacts.
• Participates in change management activities associated with business initiatives by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes.
• Performs data analyses to support business initiatives by using appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess business performance.
• Supports vendor management as required by assisting with reviews of vendor performance levels.
• Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree