What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager position at Adventist Health?
Central to all that California has to offer, Adventist Health Bakersfield has been providing an extraordinary team of world-class physicians, top-notch medical technology, caring professionals and award-winning quality since 1910. We are comprised of a 254-bed acute care hospital and 20 primary and specialty care medical offices. As one of America's fastest growing cities, Bakersfield offers affordable housing on the West Coast, beautiful weather, high-quality education and it is just a few hours away from Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, the Central California Coast and Southern California's great sports, theaters, concerts and amusement parks.
Job Summary:
Manages programs directly impacting the company, developing workstream leads and business analysts. Manages relationships with multiple stakeholders and executives while overseeing the quality of delivery of the team's assigned projects. Leads large and complex programs/projects in a cross-functional environment. Directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel using both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
- Master's Degree in health administration: Preferred
- Five years' related experience: Preferred
- Two years' healthcare experience: Preferred
- One year leadership experience: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification: Preferred
Essential Functions:
- Collects, measures, reports, and communicates program progress. Ensures requirements are documented and delivered, and that project deliverables are created, reviewed, and completed on time. Ensures project is managed with strong adherence to on-time and on-budget guidelines.
- Leads organizational change management methodology by designing and implementing specific change management initiatives associated with the strategic pillars of Adventist Health long term goals.
- Guides the creation of scope and detailed requirements for programs and projects, including facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, ensuring requirements are documented, and managing the requirements through the life of the project. Develops project plans for schedule, resources, and budget through collaboration with team/resource managers and executive stakeholders.
- Prepares program materials (agenda, status reports, initiative-specific documents) for key cross-functional meetings, and manages formal project documentation (decision documents, change requests, charters, program management plan, etc.) Conducts quality control and review of project status and progress reports. Collects, measures, reports, and communicates projects' progress with project stakeholders.
- Monitors and tracks program/project progress and performance against project plans. Reports status to project stakeholders through structured communication (written status reports, steering committee meeting/documents, etc.) as well as informal approaches (ad-hoc requests and email).
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
