Product-Strategic Program Delivery Consultant

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POSITION PURPOSE

Participates in business short-term and long-term planning sessions to ensure understanding of business goals direction and business requirements; provide input from an IT operations perspective.

Strategic Partnership & Product Leadership

• Under the direction of the triad Product Manager serves as a relationship manager and trusted advisor to clinical operational and executive leaders for assigned product portfolios.

• Supporting the development of product strategies roadmaps and multi-year investment plans aligned with organizational priorities.
• Participates in strategic planning sessions from a program and strategy execution perspective and translating business objectives into actionable product and technology initiatives.
• Continuously assess market trends vendor capabilities emerging technologies regulatory requirements and industry best practices to inform product strategy.
• Identify opportunities to standardize technology workflows improve patient care optimize operations and create measurable business value

Portfolio & Program Management

• Responsible for all initiatives projects and requests from a program perspective for all assigned product lines.
• Manage the intake prioritization and governance process for all requests within assigned product lines.

• Maintain visibility into all active planned and proposed work across the portfolio.
• Balance competing priorities and make recommendations regarding resource allocation sequencing scope and investment decisions.
• Ensure project and product activities align with strategic objectives and approved roadmaps.
• Monitor dependencies risks issues milestones budgets and expected outcomes across the portfolio.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Knows understands incorporates and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission Vision and Values in behaviors practices and decisions.

2. Serves as a liaison between business areas the IT organization and vendors in coordination with project managers to ensure solutions meet operational constraints. Creates innovative solutions to difficult situations.

3. Recognizes current actions may have unintended consequences and anticipates and resolves a broad range of issues. Determines the need for process development/refinement recognizes strategic opportunities for success independently evaluates situations and outlines ramification of multiple solutions/options. Challenges others to think in innovative ways. Recommends goals and understands when intervention in work processes must occur to ensure successful delivery of services.

4. Cultivates relationships with cross-functional teams including Clinical Revenue Finance and IT business lines in order to operationalize strategic initiatives. Provides coaching support to IT leaders to achieve change management outcomes. Under general guidance oversees and is accountable for daily activities of assigned colleagues. Provides training and development for staff estimates personnel needs assigns work and ensures adherence to deadlines. Interprets and ensures consistent application of organizational policies. Develops general processes/procedures within general scope of operational plans and goals for area. Adapts rapidly to changing situations and priorities and communicates benefits and opportunities to staff. Anticipates barriers/issues and works with staff to overcome. Uses a direct and positive approach to communicating change initiatives and implements change processes to monitor acceptance and implementation. Conducts appropriate conversations with staff whose roles are impacted by change.

5. Researches best business practices within the organization to identify operational improvement opportunities for specific business units. Determines operational objectives by studying business functions gathering information and evaluating output

6. Leverages qualitative observations to perform research and identify quantitative data in order to drive decision-making.

7. Leads facilitation develops content best practices and monitors progress of one or more IT Centers of Excellence. Executes prioritized business plans and improvement opportunities that deliver high value to business customers.

8. Develops and maintainsextensive relationships across system office and RHM business and IT leaders. Responsible for maintaining effective communication on operating initiatives to ensure customer need and business outcomes are achieved. Applies understanding of interpersonal communications to gather and exchange information on factual matters. Develops and maintains relationships with internal and external customers/stakeholders. Engages in negotiation and resolution of standard issues.

9. Other duties as needed and assigned by the manager.

10. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal State and local laws and regulations Trinity Healths Organizational Integrity Program Standards of Conduct as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest ethical and professional behavior.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelors degree in healthcare information technology business administration or a related field and a minimum of five (5) years of consulting or relevant leadership experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Foundational knowledge of IT operations or IT project management required. Masters degree and people management experience preferred.

2. Proficient knowledge in four or more (4) business operations disciplines and supported business processes with expert level knowledge in at least two disciplines. Business operations disciplines include but are not limited to financial management contract performance management process improvement vendor management and change leadership.

3. Ability to exercise judgment in meeting reasonable expectations particularly when differences of opinion on needs and services unanticipated contingencies or divergent ideas and perspectives exist. Strong leadership organization integration and execution skills and abilities. Some experience in planning formulating and executing strategies as well as the ability to define program process or business objectives and scope. Demonstrated proficiency and expertise to identify evaluate and articulate operational opportunities business needs and gaps plan and implement steps understand stakeholder interest and provide authoritative consultation.

4. Strong interpersonal consultative and relationship building skills in order to initiate and develop productive working partnerships with all levels of management/leadership and staff along with effective vendor interface/management experience. Ability to effectively facilitate teams/groups of people and influence people through strong leadership communication and negotiation skills. Ability to influence results garner support and tactfully manage complex relationships and influences within and across the organization. Ability to read the subtle nuances of situations and react/plan accordingly. Strong oral and written communication persuasion and negotiation skills in order to translate technical matters to clinical and operations staff and vice versa to facilitate communication between diverse groups to effectively identify assess and facilitate improvements and resolutions and to present advisory persuasive and authoritative recommendations to all levels of the organization.

5. Must possess a willingness to learn and develop skills as well as give and receive constructive feedback.

6. Demonstrated ability to lead in an ambiguous and highly collaborative matrixed organizational structure. Minimum two (2) years of formal or informal leadership experience in a highly autonomous self-directed manner under frequently changing structures requirements and work priorities.

7. Certification in PX Essentials and Root Cause Analysis training or equivalent required. Enrollment and completion of A3 Thinking for Leaders certification or equivalent completed within first twelve (12) months in this role. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent preferred.

8. Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative shared leadership environment.

9. Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy mission vision goals and values of Trinity Health.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

1. Must be able to set and organize own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently. Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles.

2. Must be able to travel to the various Trinity Health sites (10%) as needed.

3. Must possess the ability to comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties so assigned.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives experiences and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

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