Kaiser Permanente · 12 hours ago
Program Manager III - Surgical Cancer Care Program
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly organized, patient-centered professional for their Surgical Cancer Care Program. The Program Manager III will coordinate oncology care, manage projects, and ensure seamless collaboration among the care team to support patients throughout their surgical cancer journey.
Non ProfitHealthcareWellnessHospitalHealth CareMental HealthPersonal Health
Responsibilities
Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members
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
Manages small-to-medium sized projects/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
Develops, analyzes, and executes less complex project/program plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast
Manages project/program financials for small-to-medium size programs
Monitors project/program performance to ensure initiatives 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
Manages project/program activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the program
Allocates resources, establishes schedules, and makes task assignments
Leads the work of project/program team members
Requests and coordinates internal and/or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and program demands
Promotes program vision and objectives with project/program team
Monitors and identifies project/program risks, issues, and trigger events by executing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate
Monitors adherence of project/program activities to policies and procedures by ensuring plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures
Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and management; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders
Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders
Ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included
Provides insight to key stakeholders and project/program sponsors by developing 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 presentations, and providing reports to stakeholders
Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met
Supports the contract negotiation process with vendors and reviews project/program invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum three (3) years project management experience OR Minimum six (6) years experience in project management or a directly related field
Preferred
Two (2) years experience working with database software (e.g., Access)
Two (2) years experience working with data analysis software (e.g., Minitab, QI Macros, Tableau, etc.)
Company
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7.48M2018-07-17Grant· $0.08M
2014-08-05Grant· $7.4M
Leadership Team
Gregory Adams
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
James L. Robinson III
Senior Vice President/Area Manager
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