Project Manager

POSITION TITLE: 62426- PROJECT MANAGER

LOCATION: HONOLULU, HI 96813

WORK TYPE: W-2

CONTRACT DURATION: 8 MONTHS (STRONG POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION)

Provides leadership to project team achieving specified goals of project. Provides project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for broad array of issues. May lead projects that impact functional or service area. Works on projects of moderate to broad scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

Essential Functions:
Leads and provides technical leadership to projects. Sets strategic direction of projects. Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required. Designs processes to address identified problems.
Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation. Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams. Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings. Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator. Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors. Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis. Actively participates or may lead in analysing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
Is accountable for development of project documentation for leadership and clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices. Plans and facilitates meetings. Makes formal presentations to various audiences.
Assesses project impact on workforce. May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.

BASIC Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business administration, public health, economics, management or industrial engineering, or related field
Three years consultant, analyst, management experience, or equivalent related education.
Project management experience.
Working knowledge and business acumen of health care industry.
Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, project management, quality management, results orientation, systems thinking, team building, teamwork, and written communication.
Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in business administration, public health, economics, management or industrial engineering, or related field.
Project management experience in healthcare.

SERVICE/QUALITY/COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS:
In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.
This position consistently 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 the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable) and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Minimum number of years of experience required: 3

Top 3 - 5 Daily responsibilities: Support the End to End process work team projects. Facilitate meetings, create project plan & timeline, assure contributors complete their assigned work on time, track milestones and process outcomes.

Top 3 - 5 Required Skills: Organization, Responsive, Project Management,