Strategy Consultant IV, Strategic Planning & Analysis

Kaiser Permanente
Allen, Texas

Description : Job Summary :

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, this position is also responsible for managing business strategy and / or initiative planning by developing a new organizational strategy process and coordinating key players for leadership strategy conversations;

facilitating leadership decision making by leveraging advanced knowledge of the external marketplace and relevant tools (i.

  • e., dashboards to track metrics); coordinating strategy community of practices by facilitating knowledge sharing across functions and entities to identify the right strategic priorities;
  • developing frameworks to facilitate strategy development by leveraging Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat (SWOT) and gap analyses to ensure that strategic opportunities are correctly identified;
  • prioritizing strategic choices through enterprise processes and market operational plans to establish management incentives;

and providing ongoing initiative management and prioritization in real time through performance monitoring using relevant tools (i.

e., dashboards, scorecards, leader reviews).

Essential Responsibilities :

  • Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and / or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members;
  • builds relationships with cross-functional / external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback;
  • proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses;
  • leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities;

adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes.

Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.

  • Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions;
  • encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and / or externally to achieve effective business decisions;

provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results.

Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines.

Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.

Analyzes and interprets market data by : developing and implementing a plan to address moderately complex research questions and test hypotheses with advanced knowledge of data collection and analysis;

performing moderately complex quantitative and qualitative analyses and investigating alternative hypotheses; and ensuring interpretation of key findings, conclusions, and recommendations for the future.

  • Facilitates process improvement efforts by : ensuring the implementation of updated processes and beginning to identify opportunities to adapt processes to improve return on investment (ROI), operations, service quality, and results for initiatives across teams;
  • utilizing moderately advanced knowledge of business operations to ensure the implementation of best practices across teams;

and encouraging adoption of best practices and future innovations.

  • Effectively manages projects and programs by : assembling project moderately complex proposals, including establishing objectives, key stakeholders, milestones, projecting required resources and timelines;
  • ensuring progress on project deliverables in alignment with greater business strategy across a function; utilizing existing methodologies to complete initiatives with little support;

and ensuring the execution of project plan, contributing to high-quality outcomes.

  • Proactively maintains open streams of communication by : building and developing trusting relationships with stakeholders by navigating the organizational landscape;
  • identifying moderately complex issues or risks to strategic program implementation and ensuring that they are resolved or escalated;
  • fostering collaborative partnerships with inter / intraorganizational and external partners to develop and refine key priorities and strategy;

and proactively communicating strategic issues and recommendations to senior leadership and across their function.

  • Contributes to the development and execution of business strategy by : developing moderately complex strategic proposals based on business case and advanced knowledge of health care marketplace;
  • assessing the scope of the problem to be addressed and the resources needed; identifying strategic options based on problem scoping;
  • recommending challenging business goals and the processes and resources needed to accomplish them; ensuring alignment around the strategic plan and intended outcomes, and finding opportunities for collaboration and synergy within a function;

ensuring application of strategies to mitigate moderately complex barriers, constraints, and risks to execution; and assessing and adjusting strategic direction in response to a changing environment.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • Minimum two (2) years of experience in project management, forecasting, planning, consulting, strategy development and / or execution, or a directly related field.
  • Bachelors degree in Business, Health Care Administration, Public Health Economics, Finance, or related field AND minimum four (4) years of experience in strategic planning, strategy facilitation, execution of large-scope strategic projects or directly related field OR minimum seven (7) years of experience in strategic planning, strategy facilitation, execution of large-scope strategic projects or a directly related field.

Additional Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) : Business Acumen; Applied Data Analysis; Financial Market Research; Business Relationship Management;

Project Management; Risk Assessment; Time Management

Preferred Qualifications :

  • One (1) year of Health Care experience.
  • Master's Degree in Business, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Economics, Finance, or related field.
    • Hace 10 días