Project Leader, Behavioral Health

Principal Accountabilities

• Oversee and support multiple, complex projects based on the overall enterprise strategy and resource capabilities.
• Track and manage all project action items to timely resolution.
• Oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of mental health programs, ensuring they meet clinical standards and address community needs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Work to improve the overall quality and accessibility of mental health services.
• Support department executive in executing business strategy, enhancing organizational culture, team development and process improvement.
• Actively lead in project status meetings; may lead on project Steering Committees of mission critical projects.
• Create and implement new mental health programs and services, adapting existing ones to meet evolving needs, and develop strategies to improve service delivery.
• Ensure programs adhere to relevant laws, regulations, and accreditation standards, as well as implementing quality improvement initiatives.
• Reprioritize work as business and strategy needs dictate and facilitate discussions at all levels of the organization.
• Provide oversight of the relationships between the entire project team including external vendors and suppliers that are engaged with the project.
• Manage project completion postmortem to ensure gathering of Lessons Learned and call outs for future projects.
• Establish and implement strategic project management documentation and methodologies including policies, standards, procedures, and necessary technologies.
• Contribute to decision making regarding utilization of project resources.
• Identify critical resource needs and negotiate with functional resource managers to secure allocation to the project and to ensure projects progress in accordance with agreed upon deliverables.
• Monitor program effectiveness, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing reports to assess program outcomes and identify areas for improvement.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field, such as psychology, social work or public health
• Master's Degree or MBA preferred
• PMI Certification - Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• 10 – 12+ years’ professional business experience, preferably in the Healthcare Payer business (Required)
• Minimum 10 years’ experience managing large and highly complex Healthcare Payer projects (Required)
• Project experience in Behavioral Health (Preferred)
• 3+ years’ experience in Management Consulting (Preferred)
• Ability to assess and develop risk mitigation strategy recommendations (Required)
• Strong understanding of project related business case development and cost benefit analysis (Required)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with staff up to and including leadership (Required)
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal) with all types/levels of audiences (Required)
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook) (Required)

Associate

Full-time

Project Management and Business Development

Hospitals and Health Care and Insurance