Director, Special Projects

Seattle Children's Hospital•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Special Projects Director manages and executes key partner initiatives affecting Seattle Children’s operational, clinical, financial, and partnership activities. Reporting to the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, the Director works closely with senior leadership and other stakeholders and is accountable for executing significant organization-wide initiatives. The position synthesizes subject matter expert input into cohesive recommendations for leadership and supports the analysis, development, and implementation of strategic initiatives and relationships with high institutional impact. The Director identifies and builds alignment, obtains approvals, resolves highly complex or unusual problems, and may serve as program director during planning and implementation of selected strategies and tactics.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a healthcare-related field.
At least eight years of experience working in a complex healthcare setting.
At least five years of experience working with partner or external organizations.
Demonstrated successful experience working with executive teams, third-party providers, governmental agencies, health plans, external vendors, consultants, and other purchased services.
Experience working with and managing cross-functional teams, including joint leadership committees, to accomplish shared goals.
Experience reporting and presenting to executives and other key stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across internal and external stakeholders in a highly matrixed environment to advance organizational priorities.
Institutional understanding of decision-making processes and ability to navigate ambiguity to achieve organizational goals and deliverables.
Professional presence with executive leadership, internal stakeholders, and partners.
PMP credential.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a healthcare-related field.
Vast working knowledge and expertise in leading complex change management in a multifaceted organizational setting.
General knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, CPI, and/or Kaizen.

Responsibilities

Manage and execute key partner initiatives with impacts across operational, clinical, financial, and partnership activities.
Execute significant initiatives across the organization in collaboration with senior leadership and other stakeholders.
Synthesize subject matter expert input into cohesive organizational recommendations for leadership.
Support leadership in analyzing, developing, and implementing strategic initiatives and high-impact relationships.
Identify and gain alignment, obtain approval, and resolve highly complex or unusual problems.
Serve as program director as needed during the planning and implementation of selected strategies and tactics.
Work with and manage cross-functional teams, including joint leadership committees, to accomplish shared goals.
Report and present to executives and other key stakeholders.