Job Description

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Transformation Management Office

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $79,081 - $128,710 per year

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:

Rush University System for Health, comprised of three nationally acclaimed hospitals in Chicago, Aurora and Oak Park, several ambulatory facilities, and a leading academic institution, is seeking a strategic, highly effective, outcome driven leader to serve as one of fourteen inaugural Transformation Partners in the Transformation Management Office (TMO). The TMO is a newly created department at Rush that reports directly to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The TMO is focused on driving systemic business and care transformation that realizes significant financial performance improvement in a combination of cost reduction and revenue growth.

The Transformation Partner will report to the Director and manage several projects underneath a clinical or corporate portfolio through the project life cycle (request, discovery, approval, activation, execution, and look-backs). The Transformation Partner is accountable to the management and execution of complex enterprise-level projects within scope, schedule, and budget. The Transformation Partner will have a close working relationship with operational leaders and the front-line by providing consultation, facilitation, data abstraction, analysis, and interpretation support and by serving as a liaison with key stakeholders on objectives, deliverables, issues and metrics.

The candidate for this position must be able to navigate a highly matrixed and complex business environment. The candidate must have a track record of successfully managing large scale projects and be able to push projects forward by building consensus across diverse groups to ensure timely execution. The candidate must have strong communication skills and be able to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 3+ years of experience in healthcare, management consulting, strategy, project management and/or performance improvement

Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills across different levels of employees and management with ability to influence without direct authority

• Strong process skills with attention to detail and organization

• Strong analytics and problem-solving skills

• Ability to synthesize disparate sources of data

• Ability to function independently and in a team-based environment and prioritize workload

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (word, outlook, powerpoint, excel, teams)

Responsibilities:

• Develop deliverable-driven project plans in partnership with operational leaders across the system, achieving agreed upon milestones and targets set at the beginning of the project.

• Identify the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. Develop and implement data-driven strategies to optimize resource allocation, workflow efficiency and organization productivity.

• Track and report status against project plans and deadlines to appropriate stakeholders based upon agreed to communication plans. Keep key stakeholders informed of issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.

• Proactively manage potential scope and schedule changes to eliminate or minimize disruption and delays.

• Partner effectively with other TMO members in support of project deliverables to identify dependencies and possible issues across projects and portfolios.

• Facilitate successful transition of initiatives to operational leaders to sustain project improvements.

• Create and monitor dashboards related to project and performance improvement activities.

• Facilitate collaborative working relationships across multidisciplinary teams outside of TMO including strategy, digital and information services, facilities, finance, analytics, quality, etc.

• Coach and communicate TMO standard methodology and tools across the organization to drive standardization, repeatable processes, and consistency across projects by applying evidence-based project management and performance improvement knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Position Transformation Partner

Location US:IL:Chicago

Req ID 16474