Director Tech Project Program

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• Birmingham, Alabama
• Surgical Care Affiliates
• Technology
• Regular
• Full-time
• 1
• USD $137,000.00/Yr.
• USD $150,000.00/Yr.
• 39510

Job Description

Today, SCA Health has grown to 15,000 teammates who care for 1.7 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.

As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge.

With Service Excellence as one of our core values, we are transforming the current Information Technology department to better position SCA as the industry leader in surgical care. Our IT team is focused on providing our partnerships and management teams with timely, quality technology support that meets their management and clinical needs and is reliable, helpful, and easily accessible.

In this role, the Director Tech Project/Program Manager leads a team of Manager Tech Project Program Managers and Senior Manager Tech Project Program Managers

who are responsible for oversite of Acquisition and Integrations of both newly acquired and Denovo facilities. As a Director Tech Project/Program Manager, you will set expectations with the customer regarding how to proceed with the implementation of technology solutions for their specific needs, tracking these projects to keep within scope, and hitting major project milestones to complete the implementation in the agreed timeline. You will assume a variety of roles, including clinical and technical project management, client management, economics management (budgets), and change management while implementing and deploying SCA's technology. To be successful in this role you will need to be a focused individual with unwavering attention to the success of SCA facilities, extraordinary organizational skills, and exceptional communication capabilities. The ideal candidate should be comfortable leading 2-4 teammates in this role and be able to build relationships with frontline clinical and technical staff.

Significant interaction with SCA leaders will be a requirement of this position and, therefore, this individual must be comfortable working with the highest levels of senior management.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

Diligence

• Leads teams responsible for due diligence and integration efforts for multiple Ambulatory Surgical Center, Specialist Practice, and other emerging business acquisitions simultaneously across multiple states
• Owns the entire IT diligence process engaging both internal and external stakeholders
• Serves as primary point of contact with seller for all preliminary and confirmatory IT due diligence information
• Works with subject-matter experts (SMEs) for review of due diligence materials and summaries
• Coordinates with deal teams for platform deals to ensure that all diligence materials are completed, risks are identified, and transition contracts are completed to all for integration activities

Integration

• Ensuring alignment between SCA Health Corporate Diligence & Integration and UHG Diligence & Integration teams on key deal terms to ensure feasibility of integration
• Develops the operating model for partnering with a cross-functional team of high performing PMs to develop, organize, and communicate integration plans to appropriate parties, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition
• Tracks progress and ensure cross-functional teams strictly adhere to agreed-upon project plans and timelines
• Accountable for the IT integration of all future deals

Communication

• Develops and deploys the communication plan for disseminating diligence information to cross-functional diligence and integration teams
• Ensures best practices for presenting diligence and integration updates, risks and opportunities to senior executive leadership, and escalate issues for quick resolution when needed
• Effectively communicates acquisition / transition process to executive leadership, targets and operations team
• Provides tailored weekly and monthly reporting of status to various stakeholders
• Builds, cultivates, and maintains strong relationships with senior executive sponsors, key contacts across the organization, and with target companies / sellers
• Skilled in engaging others in forward thinking dialogue, facilitating consensus and obtaining buy-in of senior leadership

Other

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization leading cross-functional teams to support diligence and integration initiatives
• Identify and resolve problems, recognizing when assistance is needed, and seek help / input from teammates, supervisors, and appropriate leadership
• Supportive and offers assistance to other managers and teammates; must possess the willingness to help others
• Willingness to lead vital ad-hoc projects related to business development initiatives
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively on a team
• Self-starter with ability to think, work, and problem solve with limited direction; resourceful
• Processes complex information from a variety of sources, evaluates data, and recommends action plans

Required:

• Experience in healthcare industry
• A minimum of 12 years' experience in Information Technology
• A bachelor's degree in technology (computer science/engineering), business administration or a related field is required, and a master's in business administration (MBA) is desired
• 8+ years hands on project management experience
• 5+ years of experience in Program management experience
• 5+ years of experience in Portfolio Management experience
• A minimum of 5 years' experience of managing manager or senior analyst level teammates
• Project Management Professional certification
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills, including a proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment.
• Proven ability to manage key stakeholders while managing competing priorities.
• Strong leadership skills including conflict/issue resolution.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written with customers, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Ability to work effectively with project resources across multiple departments.
• Proven ability to manage a team of highly skilled, highly qualified managers
• Strong analytical and program-solving skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• PMP is a Plus

Other:

• Ability to travel (up to 20% of the time) to coordinate deal kick-off with target and diligence visits.

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