Title: Managerial Sr Consultant
Location: Oakland, CA
Managerial consulting supports senior leadership by addressing strategic issues including determining the problem definition & structuring the problem solving approach, generally where no precedent currently exists. Issues span several topics & are not restricted to one functional area. Examples include strategy development, market assessments, policy issues, profitability assessments, & major implementations. Issues support senior leadership in the definition & attainment of organizational goals. Managerial Sr. Consultant provides consulting, project management, analytic support services, or technical expertise for a broad array of issues. Has sole responsibility for large complex multi-dimensional analytical projects.
Essential Functions:
- Leads, makes significant contributions, &/or provides technical leadership to high visibility management projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance
- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results
- Sets the strategic direction of management projects
- Determines goals & priorities w/ management team sponsors
- Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resources
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, & work plan
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when used
- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis & developing action plans accordingly
- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives & other key clients
- Plans & facilitates meetings
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences
- Assists as needed in planning & coordinating w/ other ongoing teams & projects to maximize effectiveness
- Participates in the development & management of the department including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts & other departmental activities
Secondary Functions:
- Organizes and facilitates processes and groups of clinical and operational leaders to define scope of technology solutions to meet clinical/operational needs, including defining product features and business requirements.
- Partners extensively with clinical and operational leaders to understand needs and ensure strategic and operational alignment of technology solutions.
- Manage multiple workstreams of the product development lifecycle.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically 5 or more years of experience required
- Health care experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field
- Master's degree strongly preferred
- Ability to determine the key business issues & develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives
- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis
- Advanced computer skills & knowledge of data systems
- Proven leadership skills in project management & consulting
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation
- Understanding of the operations &/or business of KP, health policy trends, & any applicable regulations related to the responsible practice area
Preferred Qualifications:
-Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or related technical area
- Demonstrated ability to lead technology-driven solution development efforts.
- Experience with software development lifecycle preferred.
