Enterprise Portfolio Director

Responsibilities/Job Description

As a core leader within the Transformation Office, the Portfolio Director has primary responsibility to drive and oversee a complex portfolio/s of strategic projects to deliver on timely and accurate achievement of goals and objectives. In this role, the Portfolio Director works closely with executive leadership, their Pillar team, and key stakeholders to ensure visibility and alignment of transformational efforts with organizational priorities, values, and strategic objectives. The Portfolio Director is a proven, strategic leader with knowledge of the healthcare industry that functions well both independently and in collaboration with others. The role is expected to be proactive, solution-oriented, biased toward action, and an exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal skills. The Portfolio Director must have the ability to direct team members accordingly that may or may not report to them and possess a complement of analytical and financial skills to continually assess, manage, and deliver the performance and contributions of their portfolio/s. This leader has the skills required to navigate, influence, and direct significant changes and improvements within the organization and partners cross functionally with varying levels of leaders across the system. They collaborate with clinical, shared business and operational teams to help identify and drive improvements to achieve organizational priorities and strategic objectives to enable financial health. They have working knowledge and skill regarding the fundamentals of portfolio/project management and understand, support, and leverage Transformation Office services, functions, and resources as appropriate to deliver value and sustainability. As a key member of the Transformation Office leadership team, the Portfolio Director is patient, family, provider, and workforce centric and helps to expedite teams and programs to achieve financial health.

Responsibilities

• Leads implementation and execution of multiple projects simultaneously through active management of dynamic portfolio/s within the Transformation Office.
• Advocates for and contributes to pipeline development including business case development and engages in system efforts to build a culture around enterprise ideation.
• Drives execution across their pillar and portfolio(s) in collaboration with project owners, project managers, shared services, and other key stakeholders. Directs and supports project managers and shared service resources to advance individual projects while managing adherence to project scope, project charter, project plans, timelines and resource requirements. Follows standard change process when there is appropriate justification and need to make alterations.
• Adheres and contributes to standard practices as defined by the Transformation Office as well as standard tools/artifacts. Ensures appropriate rigor with documentation and reporting that is thorough and timely. Obtains required approvals and appropriately operates within the Transformation Office’s technology solution as a singular platform for project/portfolio management.
• In partnership with Project Owners, leads mitigation efforts for identified barriers and risks across their portfolio. Proactively engages appropriate clinical and operational colleagues to thought partner on potential solutions and available alternatives. Facilitates trade off discussions and escalates appropriately. Leads decision making process to quickly implement solutions and keep pace with the intended project schedule.
• Partners with Executive Sponsor to provide recommendations about potential projects, tackle barriers, accelerate performance, facilitate required connections, and represent the value and work associated with each project as well as the performance of the broader pillar.
• Engages upstream in potential project/program planning to provide input on resources, capacity, etc. as well as in other forums supported by the Transformation Office to drive financial health for the organization. An example includes but is not limited to participation with Direct Reports+ to assess potential big rock opportunities, innovate and mature them to a point of recommendation prior to project intake and adoption into a portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, or related area
• 6-8 years of healthcare industry experience
• 8-10 years of portfolio/program/project management experience or equivalent combination of appropriate level of leadership experience in an applicable field and direct portfolio/program/project management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in Business Admin in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, or related area
• Progressive leadership experience (formal/informal)
• 8+ years of healthcare industry experience
• 10+ years of portfolio/program/project management experience or equivalent combination of appropriate level of leadership experience in an applicable field and direct portfolio/program/project management experience
• Extensive experience and proven track record working in a highly matrixed organization
• PMP Certification

Qualifications

$158496.00-$223766.40 Annual

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