IT Consultant V

Kaiser Permanente Northwest; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente Northwest is seeking a senior-level Solution Consultant to lead as the technical expert on project teams, guiding solution direction and ensuring IT systems align with clinical workflows. The role partners with clinical leaders, operational teams, biomedical engineering, vendors, and system owners to ensure data integrity and lifecycle governance.

The ideal candidate will own requirements development for complex solutions, oversee project delivery, and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field.
• Experience leading cross-functional IT projects and defining requirements.
• Strong ability to engage stakeholders and manage vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and act as the technical expert on project teams, guiding solution direction.
• Develop and document requirements for complex IT solutions across domains.
• Collaborate with clinical, BI, and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment with workflows.

Skills

IT Consulting

Business Analysis

Project Management

Vendor Management

Requirements Elicitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field

Job description

Medical Device and Clinical Systems Integration experience required. Kaiser Permanente can only employ candidates who reside in, or have firm plans to relocate (without relocation assistance) in, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Virginia, or Washington.

The MCCAS (Member, Care, and Coverage Application Services) - Medical Device Integration team provides enterprise governance and technical oversight for integrations that securely and reliably transmit data from medical devices into clinical systems, including Epic, to support safe, scalable care delivery. The Solution Consultant owns a portfolio of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring device integrations, defining product direction and leading solution design aligned with clinical workflows, platform architecture, and regulatory requirements. This role partners closely with clinical leaders, operational teams, biomedical engineering, vendors, and enterprise system owners to ensure data integrity, security, lifecycle governance, and the effective adoption of new medical technologies across the organization.

Job Summary

This senior level individual contributor is primarily responsible for serving as the lead technical expert on project teams, contributing to technical direction for varying technical solutions, and ensuring IT systems are effectively utilized.

Essential Responsibilities

• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Develops requirements, or leads a team of IT consultants in the development of requirements for complex or specialized process or system solutions which may span multiple business domains by partnering with stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).
• Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across the enterprise.
• Leads and oversees the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of complex solution proposals.
• Provides insight, guidance, and recommendations throughout the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining and leveraging a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across the enterprise.
• Maps current state against future state processes.
• Defines the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.
• Provides insight and influence to senior management and business leaders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across the enterprise.
• Reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
• Influences solution design by providing insight and consultation at design sessions with IT teams to help translate requirements into workable business solutions.
• Recommends and advocates for additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.
• Participates in evaluating third-party vendors as directed.
• Drives continuous process improvement by leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across the enterprise.
• Recommends and advocates for regional and national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Analytical Skills
• Business Case Development
• Business Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Client Focus
• Crisis Incident Management
• Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Demonstrating Personal Flexibility
• Innovative Mindset
• Maintain Files and Records
• Managing Diverse Relationships
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Model Development
• Negotiation
• Organizational Skills
• Prioritization
• Process Validation
• Project Management
• Relationship Building
• Requirements Elicitation & Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Vendor Management

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years experience working for a health care organization
• Four (4) years experience working for an IT organization
• Three (3) years experience working on projects or programs requiring the integration of cross-functional technology and/or business solutions.
• Four (4) years experience in business case development and analysis
• Two (2) years experience managing vendor relationships.

Primary Location: Oregon,Portland,Kaiser Permanente Building

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,

Working Hours Start: 08:01 AM

Working Hours End: 05:01 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Flexible

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: KPIT ADMIN - CD SYS INTEGRATION - 9601

Pay Range: $150400 - $194590 / year

Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Work Setting: Flexible

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.