Manager, Forward Deployed Transformation

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA); Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) seeks a Manager of Forward Deployed Transformation to lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives and a team of consultants embedded across clinical, operational, and administrative functions.

The role partners with executive and physician leadership to advance transformation that improves cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and financial performance, with a forward-deployed operating model to bring improvement closer to care and operations.

Qualifications

• 6 years of progressive experience in healthcare consulting or related field.
• Experience overseeing consultants, analysts, project managers, or improvement professionals.
• Experience partnering with executive and physician leadership and effectively influencing strategic decisions.
• Expertise in organizational performance improvement methodologies.
• Experience translating data and insights into actionable business strategies and organizational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale transformation initiatives and programs.
• Align transformation resources with enterprise priorities and develop capabilities.
• Drive data-informed decision making and measurable outcomes across functions.
• Coach, develop, and lead high-performing teams.

Skills

Healthcare consulting

Performance improvement

Change management

Executive influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Lean Six Sigma

PMP

Prosci

Job description

Schedule

Monday-Friday, Day Shift

This is 100% remote position. CHLA requires a primary residence in California prior to start date.**

This is 100% remote position. CHLA requires a primary residence in California prior to start date.**

Purpose Statement/Position Summary

The Manager, Forward Deployed Transformation serves as a leader within Children's Hospital Los Angeles, responsible for overseeing a portfolio of strategic transformation initiatives and a team of Forward Deployed transformation Consultants and Senior Consultants embedded across clinical, operational, research, and administrative functions. This role partners closely with executive, physician, operational, and administrative leaders to advance organizational priorities through operational, digital, and strategic transformation initiatives that initiatives that improve costeffectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and financial performance. The Manager is responsible for aligning transformation resources with enterprise priorities, developing organizational transformation capabilities, and ensuring successful execution of high-impact initiatives. Through a forward-deployed operating model, the Manager establishes structures that bring operational improvement and transformation closer to where care, research, and business operations occur. This position provides leadership for enterprise transformation efforts, drives accountability for measurable outcomes, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, collaboration, and data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications/Work Experience

• 6 years of progressive experience in healthcare consulting, performance improvement, healthcare operations, finance, transformation, strategy, or related field.
• Prior experience overseeing consultants, analysts, project managers, or improvement professionals.
• Demonstrated success leading complex enterprise-scale initiatives and competing priorities with significant operational and financial impact.
• Experience partnering with executive and physician leadership and effectively influencing strategic decisions.
• Expertise in organizational performance improvement methodologies.
• Experience translating data and insights into actionable business strategies and organizational outcomes.
• Expertise in change management and organizational transformation.

Preferred

• Experience within academic medical centers, children's hospitals, or large integrated health systems.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP, Prosci, or comparable certification.
• Prior experience with management consulting firms, healthcare advisory firms, or internal consulting organizations.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation, turnaround, or operational excellence programs.
• Advanced financial and operational analysis capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and lead high-performing teams.

Education/Licensure/Certifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Industrial Engineering, Public Health, Operations Management, or related field.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or related field.