Managerial Consultant III

Job Summary

Note:

Work location is on‑site with the flexibility to work remotely, the primary location will be in-office for meetings, per Kaiser Permanente‑s Authorized States Policy - Employees may be required to travel to a Kaiser Permanente or customer site. Residency is required in the primary location state: 9 Piedmont Center, 3495 Piedmont Rd., NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of strategic business initiatives and projects/programs across one or more functional tracks or work streams. Contributes to business strategy, organizational alignment, and prioritization of business initiatives. Leads the work of project/program team members by requesting and coordinating internal and/or external resources. Develops and implements business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state.

Manages moderately complex, cross‑functional projects/programs, and proactively monitors and identifies client, project, program, and/or business risks. Participates in and may lead change management plans associated with business initiatives. Performs assessments of strategic performance metrics to support business initiatives. Supports vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.

• 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. Pursues self-d development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work;
  
  helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• 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. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of strategic business initiatives and projects/programs across one or more functional tracks or work streams by identifying and ensuring representation and inclusion of appropriate stakeholders; building rapport and partnerships with stakeholder teams, third‑party vendors, and senior management; working with stakeholders to develop goals and set the prioritization of deliverables;
  
  developing a menu of solutions for ambiguous requests; discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for the delivery of business initiatives; communicating tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent perspective; and making formal presentations and providing reports to various senior level audiences.
• Contributes to business strategy, organizational alignment, and prioritization of business initiatives by working closely with senior leaders to facilitate the development, refinement, and articulation of the business strategy; defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish business success; developing strategic roadmaps for solution development and deployment; collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics;
  
  refining strategic plans and performance metrics as…