Innovation Engagement Lead
Oakland, CA

Job Description

Description:

Consulting with Business Partners to define requirements and develop solution alternatives and estimates (Business Engagement Consultants) and translating client's business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs for large complex IT solutions and integrating architecture (Solution Consultants) and assuring the integration of corporate business application architectures.

Essential Functions:

Integrated Planning & Evaluation:

* Provides integrated systems planning & recommends alternative technologies that will enhance current or anticipated information systems that support overall corporate & business goals.
* Leads the review & design concepts for new systems & develops & documents the technical design for the integration & implementation of the software.
* Ensures the development of plans for integration of new systems architecture into current infrastructure.
* Provides logical/physical input to Operations areas to enable integration of new systems into current infrastructure.
* Participates in post-live project activities; including evaluation of success criteria, identification of best practices, lessons learned, & strategies for future releases & deployments.
* Provides technical direction & support for complex configuration projects.

Supply & Demand Management:

* Reviews input on supply & demand management & feedback as needed.

Business Cases:

* Directs the development of comprehensive & strategic business cases w/ cost/benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management & executive levels for funding & scope decisions.

Business Process Analysis:

* Directs/conducts the analysis of current business processes & functional requirements.
* Prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information.
* Consults on business process reengineering.

Business Requirements:

* Directs the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in project areas such as new business operating models, innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality & operational readiness assessment.

Functional & Application Release Requirements:

* Influences cross-functional &/or cross-divisional task forces to identify & document functional requirements, workflow, information sources & system specifications.
* May establish cross-functional task forces.
* Plans & coordinates application release requirements.

Development of Solution Recommendations/Alternatives:

* Selects & customizes the methodology for the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective solutions that support client business processes & functional requirements & resource costs.
* Evaluates existing applications that could address client requirements & makes recommendations from complex projects.
* Identifies alternative uses of technologies that will enhance current or anticipated information systems & that support overall corporate & business goals that are appropriately aligned w/ the enterprise architecture.
* Identifies necessary changes to current business process.
* Identifies opportunities for solution sharing & reuse.

Management of Client Expectations:

* Assists in the development of Service Level Agreements. Provides on-going assessment of Service Level Agreements.
* Advises clients on the consequences of actions. Communicates risks & ensures understanding of these risks. Jointly develops risk assessment of plan w/ client. Provides on-going communication.

Project Scope (defined relative to Consulting roles & duties above):

* Large Complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity,
* This job description is not all encompassing.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

* Minimum ten (10) years of related experience.

Education

* High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

* N/A

Additional Requirements:

* N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

* N/A

Primary Location: California,Oakland,2101 Webster 2101 Webster St. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Working Hours Start: 8:00 AM Working Hours End: 5:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: Salaried, Non-Union, Exempt Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Category: Information Technology Department: KPIT Innovation Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

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