Director of Transformation

UCSF Health; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health is seeking a Director of Transformation to drive enterprise-wide initiatives, partnering with executives, senior clinicians, and initiative owners. The role requires shaping opportunity analyses, designing implementation plans, budgets, and reporting to achieve targeted results.

The candidate will concurrently manage two to three initiatives, demonstrating strategic, systems thinking and strong healthcare operations experience across diverse settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area or four years of related experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of health administration experience.
• Strong project management, budgeting, and planning skills.
• Strategic thinking and effective consulting abilities.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional influence across levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-level transformation initiatives from inception to implementation.
• Collaborate with executives, senior clinicians, and initiative owners.
• Develop budgets, metrics, and required reporting for initiatives.
• Manage two to three initiatives concurrently within time and budget constraints.

Skills

Project management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Communication skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Job Description

As the Director of Transformation, you will be responsible for driving organizational transformation and results for enterprise-level initiatives. Proficient in working with executives, senior clinicians, and others to facilitate/lead deep opportunity analysis, recommend innovative solutions, structure reliable implementation plans, develop related budgets, identify key metrics/required reporting, and effectively manage initiatives to achieve targeted results. Personally responsible for concurrently driving two to three initiatives from inception to implementation in collaboration with the executive sponsor and initiative owner. Demonstrates strategic, system, and analytical thinking as well as a strong understanding of healthcare provider strategy and operations gained through experience across a variety of healthcare systems and functions.

Job Description

As the Director of Transformation, you will be responsible for driving organizational transformation and results for enterprise-level initiatives. Proficient in working with executives, senior clinicians, and others to facilitate/lead deep opportunity analysis, recommend innovative solutions, structure reliable implementation plans, develop related budgets, identify key metrics/required reporting, and effectively manage initiatives to achieve targeted results. Personally responsible for concurrently driving two to three initiatives from inception to implementation in collaboration with the executive sponsor and initiative owner. Demonstrates strategic, system, and analytical thinking as well as a strong understanding of healthcare provider strategy and operations gained through experience across a variety of healthcare systems and functions.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area or four years equivalent experience/training.Minimum five (5) years of relevant health administration experience.
• Advanced skills in project management and planning, with proven experience in short and long-range program planning, tracking project progress and managing complex projects with broad impact within time and budget constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to select and implement project management methods, tools, and metrics, with a strong focus on conceptual planning, analyzing diverse project scopes, and understanding the cost impact on organizational objectives.
• Sound strategic thinking and consulting skills in guiding the organization toward workable strategies and solutions.
• Proven ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.
• Advanced ability to coach, facilitate, and influence people at all levels.
• Advanced ability to build and maintain relationships with a broad range of staff and members of the community.
• Financial analysis and reporting techniques.
• Broad knowledge of initiatives and an understanding of the impact on the organization of such initiatives.
• Demonstrated capacity to anticipate location-specific obstacles and plan for contingencies.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to determine relevance and prioritize tasks.
• Demonstrated advanced effective writing skills to include knowledge of all aspects of communications and effectively communicate with all levels of an organization.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to put forth persuasive arguments.
• Effective skill at tracking effort and project progress.
• Advanced organization and project management skills.
• Demonstrated strong conceptual and planning skills to analyze projects of broad and diverse scope.
• Understand the cost impact of projects, project tracking tools and metrics.
• Experience analyzing complex projects with broad impact.
• Ability to manage project progress within time and budget constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate critical information across disciplines.
• Understands how projects relate to other business strategies and initiatives.
• Ability to work onsite in San Francisco when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of professionals.
• Advanced knowledge of the organization's processes, protocols and procedures.
• Knowledge of common organization-specific and other computer application programs.
• Advanced degree (MBA).
• Six Sigma / Lean Certification.