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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Area Patient Experience Leader

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Rosa, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of two years of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and at least eight years of experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations, or a directly related field; alternatively, a master's degree in Business, Public Health, or a directly related field and at least six years of experience in those areas; alternatively, at least ten years of experience in those areas without a degree requirement.
  • Knowledge of business acumen, change management, negotiation, creativity, applied data analysis, financial acumen, conflict resolution, managing diverse relationships, process validation, project management, risk assessment, service focus, and requirements elicitation and analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Guide the strategic plan for initiatives that create measurable improvements in organizational culture, practices, environment, and behaviors, improving patient and member experiences, membership growth, and retention.
  • Ensure patient experience and a culture of caring are priorities in daily operations and care delivery as a member of the hospital executive team.
  • Advise executive and clinical leaders as a subject matter expert in evidence-based patient experience practices and industry best practices, using performance improvement methodology and human-centered design to improve culture and patient and member experiences.
  • Serve as lead consultant to align stakeholders and coordinate successful business initiatives and projects; provide expertise in developing and implementing business initiatives, systems, and processes; develop business strategy; manage complex projects; lead change management; analyze data; participate in vendor management; and monitor compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
  • Promote learning by communicating information, advising on projects, building cross-functional relationships, addressing and providing performance feedback, mentoring junior team members, and influencing team members within the assigned unit.
  • Conduct or oversee business-specific projects; partner internally and externally on business decisions; determine processes and methodologies; solve complex problems; escalate high-priority risks; monitor progress and results; develop work plans; coordinate and delegate resources; identify improvement opportunities; and influence completion of project tasks.
  • Coordinate stakeholders across functional tracks and complex workstreams; build partnerships with stakeholders, vendors, and senior management; establish goals and priorities; facilitate decisions; resolve difficult stakeholder issues; and present reports to executive audiences.
  • Develop or lead development of requirements for complex business, process, and system solutions; gather business, functional, and non-functional requirements; and oversee business cases assessing costs, benefits, and return on investment.
  • Assess current and future processes, determine operational impacts of requirements, recommend how solutions integrate with existing systems and business processes, and identify value gaps and process-efficiency opportunities.
  • Define and evaluate performance metrics, standards, and methods; align metrics with senior stakeholders; refine strategic plans; and manage complex initiatives or portfolios to deliver measurable results aligned with strategic objectives.
  • Promote continuous learning and professional development by tracking industry practices and benchmarks, presenting at events, improving consulting practices and standards, providing training and guidance, and coaching stakeholders in continuous improvement.
  • Manage complex projects by coordinating stakeholders, assembling project teams, developing and managing plans and schedules, forecasting resources, monitoring risks and trigger events, developing mitigation strategies, and resolving or escalating issues.
  • Lead change management by engaging stakeholders, aligning improvement initiatives with business objectives, selecting appropriate approaches, and ensuring stakeholders understand and support change.
  • Perform complex data analyses by selecting tools and methods, defining data requirements, obtaining customer agreement, conducting advanced analyses and experiments, evaluating business solutions, and identifying and mitigating risks through data analysis.
  • Manage vendor relationships as needed by reviewing performance, ensuring service-level agreements are met, managing invoices, and partnering with Procurement or Legal on service-level and scope-of-work agreements.
  • Monitor compliance by ensuring business plans and team members follow applicable organizational, departmental, and business-line policies and procedures.

Desired Qualifications

  • Four years of experience consulting in a large multi-hospital system.
  • Four years of experience working with outpatient or ambulatory service-line optimization.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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