Program Manager V - Community & Social Health

Kaiser Permanente•Oakland, CA

11h

About The Position

The national Community and Social Health team is seeking professionals who are dedicated to fostering health equity and addressing social determinants of health. This role requires innovative thinkers who can lead and contribute to outcome driven projects, enhancing the well-being of our members and the communities we serve. Our team consists of individuals who can operate effectively in a fast-paced environment, can see the broader perspective, and manage multiple projects while identifying connections among them. The ideal candidate should be collaborative and prioritize team success; adaptable and able to perform well in uncertain situations; self-driven and willing to learn; maintain a high level of professionalism; and foster an inclusive, team-centered culture. The Community and Social Health team operates in a matrixed environment; projects and portfolios may be adjusted and assigned based on the changing needs of the team and department, offering opportunities to work with and report to various leaders within the team. The team is dedicated to equity, inclusion, and diversity, and supports the diverse experiences, backgrounds, and skills present within the team.

Requirements

Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum eight (8) years experience in project management or a directly related field, including minimum four (4) years program management experience OR Minimum eleven (11) years experience in project management or a directly related field including minimum four (4) years program management experience.

Responsibilities

Manages large-scale programs or components with multiple workstreams and strategic business goals across departments, functions, or regions with responsibility and accountability for achieving program outcomes from initiation to close-out in an extended or open-ended time frame.
Leads the work of large program teams by leading others in coordinating and monitoring internal and/or external resources.
Proactively monitors, identifies, and mitigates program risks, issues, and trigger events by developing mitigation plans and strategies.
Monitors compliance of program activities by ensuring program plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.
Ensures the alignment, buy-in, engagement, and support of diverse program stakeholders.
Reviews vendor performance levels, ensures service level agreements are met, and participates in contract negotiations with vendors.
Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members.
Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit.
Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback.
Models team collaboration within and across teams.
Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies.
Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results.
Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals.
Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
Develops, analyzes, and manages highly complex program plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast.
Manages and monitors the program financials of large-scale programs.
Monitors program performance to ensure programs effectively deliver maximum long term value or benefit to the organization, and makes adjustments as needed in an uncertain environment where scope may be fluid.
Leads program activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the program.
Drives allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure established program management practices are in place.
This role may perform project management duties in addition to program management responsibilities.
Leads the work of large program teams by monitoring internal and external resources.
Leads others in requesting and coordinating internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and program demands.
Communicates a clear vision of program goals and objectives to the team.
Delivers performance feedback to team members supervisors.
Proactively monitors, identifies, and mitigates program risks, issues, and trigger events by developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
Monitors adherence of program activities to policies and procedures by ensuring program plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
Ensures the alignment, buy-in, engagement and support of diverse program stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships as well as communicating appropriately with internal customers, third party vendors, senior management, and business leaders; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders.
Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders based on their level of influence and decision making and ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included.
Provides insight to key stakeholders and program sponsors by developing program goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. program change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for program delivery.
Communicates tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent opinion, providing recommendations, delivering formal presentations, and providing reports to various senior audiences.
Engages with senior stakeholders to identify long term value to the organization and define success.
Partners with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate.
Participates in contract negotiations with vendors and reviews program invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy.