Portfolio Manager, High Risk Clinical Initiatives

Job Summary

The High Risk Clinical Initiatives Portfolio Manager oversees a portfolio of initiatives focused on improving care for people with substance use disorder, serious mental illness, and housing insecurity. Portfolio initiatives include increasing treatment for medications for opioid use disorder in emergency department and inpatient settings, developing centralized supports for an integrated maternity and addiction model called Project Nurture, supporting community-based interventions to decrease avoidable emergency department visits, and a regional wound care capacity initiative, as well as an evaluation of the programmatic and population-level impact of these initiatives. This work involves collaborating with internal and external stakeholders involved with these projects and project management of the portfolio of initiatives. This position will engage diverse stakeholders toward shared goals, strengthen alignment and partnerships across all stakeholders, identify barriers to successful execution of initiatives, and work with internal and external stakeholders to find solutions and achieve CCO goals.

Essential Responsibilities

Portfolio Management

• Oversee management of Health Share’s high risk clinical initiatives portfolio of initiatives.
• Oversee, track, and report on the activities and outcomes of each of the programs within the portfolio; assess, prioritize, and collaborate with contract/business owners to understand status of individual initiatives.
• For each of the programmatic initiatives, including clear pathways to sustainability through Medicaid billing through working with internal and external stakeholders
• Create systems to ensure effective coordination and integration of work across the initiatives, and with other internal stakeholders working on related initiatives (i.e. housing).
• Track evaluation components including programmatic data elements and ensure population-based measures are being developed, reported, and integrated into analyses to support the evaluation.
• Track and escalate major barriers and provide guidance on prioritization of solutions.
• Work with technical experts to optimize data analysis and program evaluation.

Communications

• Create reporting parameters designed to produce sharable content, including both quantitative and qualitative outcomes.
• Facilitate steering committees including internal and external partners to promote shared decision making and program alignment.

Reporting

• Maintain up-to-date documentation of all initiative relationships; prepare program reports for stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain regular reports to inform program activity and impacts and outcomes.
• Synthesize sustainability plans for each of the programs.
• Other ad hoc duties as assigned.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Perform work in alignment with the organization’s mission, vision and values.
• Support the organization’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion by fostering a culture of open mindedness, cultural awareness, compassion and respect for all individuals.
• Strive to meet annual business goals in support the organization’s strategic goals.
• Adhere to the organization’s policies, procedures and other relevant compliance needs.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of grant management and reporting best practices
• Expertise in project management
• Knowledge of evaluation approaches

Core Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel (intermediate), PowerPoint, Outlook, internet, etc.
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and make formal presentations
• Ability to develop contracts and monitor performance
• Ability to analyze data and make informed decisions
• Ability to facilitate groups to achieve consensus
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships, consensus, and collaboration
• Ability to work in an environment with shifting priorities, consistent change and in ambiguity
• Ability to function with a high degree of independence, initiative, and motivation

Physical Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to perform repetitive finger, wrist, shoulder, or neck movement for at least 6-8 hours/day
• Ability to see and read for at least 6-8 hours/day
• Ability to hear and speak clearly for at least 4-6 hours/day

Cognitive Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to focus on and comprehend information and learn new skills and abilities
• Ability to assess a situation and seek or determine appropriate resolution
• Ability to accept direction and feedback, as well as tolerate and manage stress

Education and/or Experience

Required:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in healthcare programs or community health, including project leadership in a complex environment
• Minimum 2 years’ experience managing large-scale budget portfolios
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with program evaluation

Preferred:

• Experience with grant program administration
• Experience with Oregon Medicaid and Coordinated Care Organization model
• Familiarity with treatment of substance use disorder and/or behavioral health conditions

Working Conditions

Primary Work Environment:

• Indoor/Office Member Facing Patient Facing Facilities/Security

Other Work Environment(s):

Indoor/Office Member Facing Patient Facing Facilities/Security Outdoor Exposure

Hazards: General office hazards, which most commonly include potential physical and ergonomic hazards, such as falls, cuts, repetitive strains, accidents, etc.

Equipment: General office equipment

Travel: This position may include occasional required or optional travel outside of the workplace; the employee’s personal vehicle, local transit or other means of transportation may be used.

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Health Share is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to age, citizenship, color, creed, physical or mental disability, economic status, education, ethnicity, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, health status including HIV status, height, housing status, marital status, matriculation, national origin, physical appearance, race, religion, political affiliation, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, union membership, veteran status or other unlawful factors, with respect to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, promotion, discipline, discharge, compensation, training and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment and contracting.

Health Share is committed to creating a diverse staff made of people who are dedicated, optimistic and committed to health equity from all segments of the greater Portland Region, and we encourage people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, women and nonbinary people, and Veterans to apply for consideration.

Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.