Senior Research Operations & Innovations Lead

Spectrum Health; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

On-demand pay (Payactiv)

Discounts program

Identity protection options

Retirement with company match

Job summary

Corewell Health is seeking a Sr. Operations Specialist to independently identify, lead, and manage programs that boost efficiency, safety, productivity, and cost reduction across the enterprise.

You will collaborate with CHRI, Research Administration, investigators, and enterprise teams to drive strategic initiatives and new programs. You will oversee daily operations, develop workflows, and lead enterprise-wide transformation efforts, including reporting, data analysis, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent business, healthcare administration or related field.
• Preferred Master's Degree.
• 5 years of relevant experience.
• Required 5 years of relevant experience proven leadership.
• Experience in healthcare and working within an organization of size and complexity comparable to Spectrum Health.

Responsibilities

• Provides operational leadership for new and existing programs and projects.
• Ensures required documentation, reporting, data collection and database utilization are performed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Prepares progress reports, study results and other reports as required.
• Collects and analyzes process, productivity, value and quality related data to initiate, develop, and recommend operational practices and procedures that focus on operational efficiency, enhanced safety, increased productivity, and reduced cost.
• Directs, organizes, and engages in process and quality improvement initiatives.
• Identifies, leads, and implements recommendations to improve operational efficiency, new services for area of responsibility and creates documentation of new established workflows.
• Serves as the operational lead to provide structure, project management and direction for new and existing workflow transformation and other operational initiatives.
• Develops action and projects plans focused on operations and running the business.
• Leads compliance activities across the organization to ensure services are provided in accordance with State and Federal regulations, organizational policies and procedures, medical staff bylaws and accreditation/compliance requirements.
• May work on initiatives that span across several service lines.
• May serve as interim leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Operations Management

Data Reporting

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business / Healthcare Administration

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Job description

Corewell Health is seeking a Sr. Operations Specialist to independently identify, lead, and manage programs that boost efficiency, safety, productivity, and cost reduction across the enterprise.

You will collaborate with CHRI, Research Administration, investigators, and enterprise teams to drive strategic initiatives and new programs. You will oversee daily operations, develop workflows, and lead enterprise-wide transformation efforts, including reporting, data analysis, and compliance.