SVP, Area Manager- San Diego Service Area

DescriptionJob Summary:The Senior Vice President and Area Manager works within the overall context of Southern California Regional and National strategy to assure that Kaiser Permanente is positioned to optimize performance in terms of quality, service, and affordability. The ability to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction and member retention is the key performance focus of the local market. At the same time, in order to maintain market leadership, the Senior Vice President must ensure to maintain a fiscally sound enterprise capable of generating required financial returns.The Senior Vice President must develop and execute customer-focused business and operations strategies that respond to unique market factors such as size, demographics, competitors, employer characteristics and segmentation strategy, and targeted consumer expectations. These plans must effectively integrate with, influence, leverage, and be consistent with Regional and National strategies, investments, approaches, processes and capabilities. The plans also must support Community Benefit and other community outreach and support activities in the market area.A key driver of local market success is the ability of the Senior Vice President to partner with The Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) in Southern California and Labor. SCPMG is the sole provider of medical services and medical office/key ancillary department management in Southern California. The local market is the focus of efforts to improve member services and directly impacts economic viability and market sustainability. The Senior Vice President must work closely with SCPMG and Labor to establish mutual performance expectations. These expectations need to be based on local competitive benchmarks and targeted for market-leading performance. These performance expectations will drive the strategy and requirements of numerous operational areas including medical service operations, external provider affiliations and relations, quality and service initiatives, and medical services and provider contracting.The Senior Vice President is also charged with assessing local market opportunities and needs and then utilizing, communicating, and sharing this information so that these opportunities are realized. The position is the primary interface with local government and community bodies; the Senior Vice President must develop strong, positive relationships with these key stakeholders.Essential Responsibilities:Ensures high levels of customer satisfaction and member retention by investing in, structuring, and directing operations to meet customer needs and by reinforcing a culture of excellence in customer serviceEnsures the integration of quality, service and efficiency improvements into day-to-day operationsEnsures the delivery of high quality, integrated patient care and the effective use of resources by building strong, performance-based relationships with SCPMG and LaborMaintains a fiscally sound enterprise that generates financial returns at targeted levels through effective business practices and sound financial arrangementsEnhances Kaiser Permanente’s social contribution by effectively guiding direct and indirect community benefit investments and by building a strong community presence to meet health care needs of the membersAssures effective execution of business strategies by aligning human resource strategies with business needs, by recruiting and developing a high-performance leadership team, and by developing a climate which builds employee commitment and reinforces high performance and customer service, and supports diversitySupports the success of the enterprise by effectively contributing to and utilizing national strategies and capabilities, actively sharing new learning and innovation, and by assuring business practices are consistent with Kaiser Permanente’s Business FundamentalsEnsures the successful implementation of, promotes and operationalizes the Labor-Management Partnership throughout the organization. Achieves key LMP initiatives and ensures the demonstration of LMP behaviors throughout the organization. Ensures Labor participation in appropriate decision making forums and committeesParticipates in Regional and sometimes National committeesConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and proceduresQualificationsBasic Qualifications:ExperienceMinimum seven (7) years experience in managing a complex organization through a transition in its technology or business environmentMinimum ten (10) years in Sr. Leader in Hospital Operations with at least five (5) years as a chief executive and managing in an integrated health care delivery system.EducationA graduate degree in business administration, health care administration, or a related fieldLicense, Certification, RegistrationN/AAdditional Requirements:Strategic understanding necessary to deal with the health care delivery systems of the futureThorough understanding of financial issues and delivery systems trendsUnderstanding and commitment to diversityUnderstanding of integrated management modelsDemonstrated success in managing in a complex, managed care environment is desirableDemonstrated experience working collaboratively in a business partnership with clinical, business, physician, and labor leadersExperience with integrating systems and services to more efficiently maximize service and to support the organizations mission and goalsDemonstrated experience with both strategy and operationsDemonstrated experience working with physicians in a managed care environment. Specific experience with PHOs, IPAs, group practices, and foundation models would be of great valueExperience managing with physicians who have joint accountabilitySuccessful management experience in business outside of the direct health care delivery system environment is acceptable and will be given serious considerationExperience managing in a diverse environment (internally and with our members)Demonstrated strategic and program planning skills in a managed care environment is desirableFinancial planning and management skills are necessaryThe ability to balance strategic development and day-to-day operation responsibilitiesDemonstrated skills in team building and organizational developmentCommunication skills characteristic of an executive who excels in communicating in a variety of formal and informal presentation settings, large and small, both inside and outside the organization, and issuing cogent and consistent written messages that build confidence and achieve desired outcomes.Excellent problem solving and negotiating skillsDemonstrated ability to impact outcomes using influencing skillsDemonstrated ability to function collaboratively in a multi-entity partnership environmentJob Field: Health Care OperationsJob Type: StandardSchedule: Full-timeJob Level: Executive/VPTravel: Yes, 15 % of the TimeEmployee Status: Regular