Kaiser Permanente
Program Manager III - Impact Spending
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, United States, 94616
Program Manager III - Impact Spending
The Program Manager III will lead and manage various projects within the Impact Spending department. This role requires a strong focus on project management, supplier relationship management, and diversity initiatives. The Program Manager III will be responsible for driving and supporting Kaiser Permanente's affordability agenda, enhancing supplier diversity, and contributing to economic impact goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage multiple projects, ensuring timely completion and quality deliverables. Manage relationships with Kaiser Permanente suppliers, hold suppliers accountable for meeting defined goals, and capture and report program efforts. Manage and expand Kaiser Permanente's Prime Supplier Program, develop strategic plans, and support special projects throughout the year. Lead efforts that enhance the capability of small and local suppliers, support impact hiring programs, and impact the social determinates of health in Kaiser Permanente's communities. Contribute to job creation, cost savings, and connecting small and local businesses to resources and technical assistance in Kaiser Permanente communities. Essential Responsibilities: Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Manages small-to-medium sized projects/programs or components with multiple workstreams and strategic business goals across departments, functions, or regions with responsibility and accountability for achieving program outcomes from initiation to close-out in an extended or open-ended time frame. Leads the work of project/program team members. Requests and coordinates internal and/or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and program demands. Promotes program vision and objectives with project/program team. Monitors and identifies project/program risks, issues, and trigger events by executing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate. Monitors adherence of project/program activities to policies and procedures by ensuring plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures. Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and management; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders. Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders. Ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included. Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Supports the contract negotiation process with vendors and reviews project/program invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum three (3) years project management experience OR Minimum six (6) years experience in project management or a directly related field. Additional Requirements: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Applied Data Analysis; Financial Acumen; Conflict Resolution; Managing Diverse Relationships; Project Management Tools; Risk Assessment; Quality Assurance Process; Service Focus; Strategic Program Management; Change Management Preferred Qualifications: One (1) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports. Three (3) years experience in business analysis. Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, supplier relationship management, and diversity initiatives.
The Program Manager III will lead and manage various projects within the Impact Spending department. This role requires a strong focus on project management, supplier relationship management, and diversity initiatives. The Program Manager III will be responsible for driving and supporting Kaiser Permanente's affordability agenda, enhancing supplier diversity, and contributing to economic impact goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage multiple projects, ensuring timely completion and quality deliverables. Manage relationships with Kaiser Permanente suppliers, hold suppliers accountable for meeting defined goals, and capture and report program efforts. Manage and expand Kaiser Permanente's Prime Supplier Program, develop strategic plans, and support special projects throughout the year. Lead efforts that enhance the capability of small and local suppliers, support impact hiring programs, and impact the social determinates of health in Kaiser Permanente's communities. Contribute to job creation, cost savings, and connecting small and local businesses to resources and technical assistance in Kaiser Permanente communities. Essential Responsibilities: Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Manages small-to-medium sized projects/programs or components with multiple workstreams and strategic business goals across departments, functions, or regions with responsibility and accountability for achieving program outcomes from initiation to close-out in an extended or open-ended time frame. Leads the work of project/program team members. Requests and coordinates internal and/or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and program demands. Promotes program vision and objectives with project/program team. Monitors and identifies project/program risks, issues, and trigger events by executing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate. Monitors adherence of project/program activities to policies and procedures by ensuring plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures. Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and management; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders. Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders. Ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included. Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Supports the contract negotiation process with vendors and reviews project/program invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum three (3) years project management experience OR Minimum six (6) years experience in project management or a directly related field. Additional Requirements: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Applied Data Analysis; Financial Acumen; Conflict Resolution; Managing Diverse Relationships; Project Management Tools; Risk Assessment; Quality Assurance Process; Service Focus; Strategic Program Management; Change Management Preferred Qualifications: One (1) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports. Three (3) years experience in business analysis. Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, supplier relationship management, and diversity initiatives.