Sr. Manager/Director-IT Corporate Services Chief of Staff Job in Oakland, California US
Sr. Manager/Director-IT Corporate Services Chief of Staff
The KP IT Corporate Services (CS) business infrastructure organization is responsible for the delivery of business application capabilities. These capabilities enable the performance and execution of fundamental business activities in the areas of human resource management, finance and accounting, treasury, supply chain and procurement, compliance, legal, and regulatory compliance. As a key service provider to Kaiser Permanente business groups, the CS BIO facilitates and supports end-to-end coordination of the business application portfolio, manages the delivery and support of business software assets, and has overall responsibility for strategic cross-IT process and tool capabilities. The CS BIO seeks a proven solutions leader who models an effective and strong work ethic, possesses consensus building skills and a true team orientation, and displays impeccable interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will have the ability to effectively engage with business leaders to deliver substantive, value-add outcomes within both the strategic and operational arenas. This role requires a high level of business acumen, IT delivery and operational experience, and both fundamental and hands on expertise in the areas of portfolio management, program and project management, finance, process design and implementation, and vendor management. Expectations include the ability to: - Manage and coordinate strategic, multi-year, and long range portfolio planning; - Develop communications strategies and messaging as needed to facilitate effective portfolio management; - Participation in KP-IT wide advisory boards, representing the CS BIO; - Design and implementation of efficient and effective processes within areas of responsibility; - Representation of CS BIO on IT Governance committees, enterprise investment planning, and liaison to other BIOs; - Cross BIO definition and implementation of processes, training, and communication to enhance, optimize, and streamline funding processes. Essential Functions: Responsibilities include but may not be limited to: - Directs the activities of several sections, department(s), or a broad functional area through subordinate managers who have overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing key initiatives, developing strategies and skill sets of employees, and controlling/managing costs. - Manages HR/People processes for the organizational area including performance /management, resource management, compensation administration, objective setting/alignment, employee development/coaching and training. - Manages financial aspects of the organizational area; accountable for direct budget. May provide financial projections for strategic plans or forecast for future years. - Participates with other managers to establish change, implement strategic plans and objectives. - Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures operations effective achievement of objectives. - Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people. - Establishes and ensures budgets and schedules meet KPIT requirements. - Directs managers and highly technical individual contributors typically across departments or units in a functional or geographic area including external resources and/or matrixed employees. - Regularly interacts with senior or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, regions, and/or business partners. - Establishes strategy and tactics within area of responsibility, and may contribute to KP-IT strategy formulation. - Drives change, process improvements and cultural transformation and acts as change leader. - Ensures plans in place to accomplish area goals, results tracked and resources appropriately allocated across area of responsibility. - Monitors the results of functional area and KP-IT processes. - Reviews and integrates business processes to achieve business results and appropriate solutions for customers. Qualifications: BasicQualifications - Master's degree in a related field and/or 6 years of equivalent work experience. - Minimum of 8 or more years of progressively responsible management experience in planning, budget/financial management, and staffing. - A minimum of 8 years of related IT experience including IT Project Management. - Advanced knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and full knowledge of multiple related IT functions.