Manager, Population Health Care Transformation

at  UCLA Health

Description
In this role you will play a pivotal role in ensuring effective program management practices, standards, and processes are established and maintained. Collaborating closely with OPHAC leadership, executive leadership, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining strategic enterprise-wide Population Health programs and portfolio management
• Collaborating with department leads and executive leadership to allocate resources effectively across Population Health initiatives and programs
• Defining and tracking key performance indicators to measure OPHAC’s Care Transformation performance and identify areas for improvement,
• Preparing regular status reports for senior management
• Identifying and mitigating program risks through the development of contingency plans and escalation projects, ensuring adherence to program management standards and quality controls
• Implementing change management methodologies, and driving adoption of program management practices and tools
• Streamlining existing programs, management processes, procedures, software/tools, and guidelines by integrating best practices to enhance efficiency and efficacy

This position will report to the Assistant Director of the Office of Population Health and Accountable Care (OPHAC)’s Care Transformation function and must demonstrate strong managerial and leadership capabilities to guide administrative and professional staff, fostering a collaborative environment that drives program and project excellence.
Salary Range: $92,600.00-$202,200.00/annually
Qualifications

Required:

• At least 5 years of relevant population health leadership and management experience
• Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health, or related field
• previous work experience in population health management and strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• Ability to be a team player, flexible and capable of working in an environment which is fast paced, progressive and requires entrepreneurial thinking and action
• Experience in leading, facility, and implementing new programs
• Skill to research and analyze information, problems, situation and procedures to define objectives, identify patterns, and formulate conclusions
• Excellent oral and communication skills to obtain and convey correct and complete information and concepts to individuals and groups in formal and Ability to make presentations to senior management
• Excellent resolution skills to plan activities among individuals and groups in a wide variety of working relationships
• Skill in negotiating, exchanging ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions
• Prior experience supervising employees (as directed) including selection, training, work assignments and review, motivation, performance appraisal, career counseling and discipline
• Working knowledge of clinical program planning, cash and accrual accounting, financial management control systems, financial analysis and management reporting, and the operation aspects of clinical programs in ambulatory teaching settings
• Demonstrated skill (intermediate to advanced level) in the use of personal computers and software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office applications, project management platforms, customer relationship management systems, database management, and analysis
• Skill in working with complex organizations to comply with regulatory requirements.

Preferred:

• Experience in managing the complete lifecycle of a program, including directly or indirectly leading cross-functional teams

• Designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining strategic enterprise-wide Population Health programs and portfolio management
• Collaborating with department leads and executive leadership to allocate resources effectively across Population Health initiatives and programs
• Defining and tracking key performance indicators to measure OPHAC’s Care Transformation performance and identify areas for improvement,
• Preparing regular status reports for senior management
• Identifying and mitigating program risks through the development of contingency plans and escalation projects, ensuring adherence to program management standards and quality controls
• Implementing change management methodologies, and driving adoption of program management practices and tools
• Streamlining existing programs, management processes, procedures, software/tools, and guidelines by integrating best practices to enhance efficiency and efficac