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Sr Manager, Design and Construction - Medical Equipment Planning

Oakland, CA
Full-Time

Job Description

Job Summary:

Leads the provision of medical equipment planning support for use in the architectural design and construction for complex capital projects; setting and managing the strategies implemented in the development of equipment planning documents for new and existing care delivery environments with provision of technical and environmental requirements in support of contract documents; guiding the planning of objectives and strategies of medical equipment plans, including budgets and specifications, for KP medical facilities, major renovations, and expansion of existing medical facilities; leads communication among executive management, the project team, facility, regional personnel, and equipment manufacturers/vendors; utilizes a high degree of innovation, ingenuity, and strategic project management techniques to accommodate various internal and external stakeholder groups needs and conflicting demands to ensure the optimal use of medical equipment; and leading the teams functional analysis, value cost analysis, and forecasting as it relates to operations and facility.


Essential Responsibilities:
  • Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.

  • Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans; accordingly, influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.

  • Manages the budget development and cost analysis process by: leveraging an in-depth knowledge in budgeting for all facets of projects and operations while managing and developing operational budgets and providing guidance to supervisors/leads in troubleshooting project budgets; and influencing the development of new strategies and concepts to guide the teams review of medical equipment costs, providing cost estimates throughout the life of the project as well as independently troubleshooting and managing project and operational budgets that are going over to resolve.

  • Manages comparative equipment studies by: strategically identifying new healthcare related technologies, and disseminating innovative healthcare related technology to senior management to inform matters regarding policy and practices; strategically planning how to meet performance objectives through functional analysis of the equipment as it relates to operations and facility; guiding the planning of objectives and strategies for researching and resolving technical and functional issues according to defined periodization/severity scheme; and managing value cost analyses.

  • Serves as a KP representative by: serving as a representative to the broader external healthcare industry, in particular healthcare technology committees and workgroups, as well as internally; and establishing a communication network among executive management, the project team, facility, regional personnel and equipment manufacturers/vendors.

  • Manages the specification of medical equipment by: setting and managing medical equipment staffs strategies for evaluating, locating and recommending equipment to be purchased for new medical facilities, major renovations and expansion of existing medical facilities; influencing the development of new strategies and concepts to prepare and review medical equipment lists for procurement and monitoring procurement activities; reviewing, proposing, and overseeing work conducted with outside architectural consultants and contractors to review drawings, identify and note design/equipment conflicts, and provide equipment specifications; and strategically implementing forecasting processes for equipment lists.

  • Engages in project management responsibilities by: using innovation, ingenuity, and complex project management techniques and an advanced knowledge of project management to ensure, manage, and problem solve consultation with user groups, strategic partners, and regional leadership to perform a functional analysis of the equipment as it relates to operations and facility; leveraging an expert understanding of stakeholder management to accommodate various internal and external (e.g., equipment manufacturer, architects, vendors, contractors) senior management and external spokesperson stakeholder groups needs and conflicting demands to ensure the optimal use of medical equipment; and setting operational objectives for key equipment criteria for the portfolio at a regional level without compromising patient care, ADA requirements, or ergonomics.


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience managing operational or project budgets.
  • Bachelors degree in business, medical, healthcare, architecture, engineering, management, or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of experience in medical equipment planning, healthcare, clinical engineering, business, biomedical, IT, architectural or construction environment or directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in medical equipment planning, healthcare, clinical engineering, business, biomedical, IT, architectural or construction environment or a directly related field.
Additional Requirements:Preferred Qualifications:
  • Three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
  • Four (4) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
  • Medical Equipment Planning Experience

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Job Summary:

Leads the provision of medical equipment planning support for use in the architectural design and construction for complex capital projects; setting and managing the strategies implemented in the development of equipment planning documents for new and existing care delivery environments with provision of technical and environmental requirements in support of contract documents; guiding the planning of objectives and strategies of medical equipment plans, including budgets and specifications, for KP medical facilities, major renovations, and expansion of existing medical facilities; leads communication among executive management, the project team, facility, regional personnel, and equipment manufacturers/vendors; utilizes a high degree of innovation, ingenuity, and strategic project management techniques to accommodate various internal and external stakeholder groups needs and conflicting demands to ensure the optimal use of medical equipment; and leading the teams functional analysis, value cost analysis, and forecasting as it relates to operations and facility.


Essential Responsibilities:
  • Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.

  • Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans; accordingly, influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.

  • Manages the budget development and cost analysis process by: leveraging an in-depth knowledge in budgeting for all facets of projects and operations while managing and developing operational budgets and providing guidance to supervisors/leads in troubleshooting project budgets; and influencing the development of new strategies and concepts to guide the teams review of medical equipment costs, providing cost estimates throughout the life of the project as well as independently troubleshooting and managing project and operational budgets that are going over to resolve.

  • Manages comparative equipment studies by: strategically identifying new healthcare related technologies, and disseminating innovative healthcare related technology to senior management to inform matters regarding policy and practices; strategically planning how to meet performance objectives through functional analysis of the equipment as it relates to operations and facility; guiding the planning of objectives and strategies for researching and resolving technical and functional issues according to defined periodization/severity scheme; and managing value cost analyses.

  • Serves as a KP representative by: serving as a representative to the broader external healthcare industry, in particular healthcare technology committees and workgroups, as well as internally; and establishing a communication network among executive management, the project team, facility, regional personnel and equipment manufacturers/vendors.

  • Manages the specification of medical equipment by: setting and managing medical equipment staffs strategies for evaluating, locating and recommending equipment to be purchased for new medical facilities, major renovations and expansion of existing medical facilities; influencing the development of new strategies and concepts to prepare and review medical equipment lists for procurement and monitoring procurement activities; reviewing, proposing, and overseeing work conducted with outside architectural consultants and contractors to review drawings, identify and note design/equipment conflicts, and provide equipment specifications; and strategically implementing forecasting processes for equipment lists.

  • Engages in project management responsibilities by: using innovation, ingenuity, and complex project management techniques and an advanced knowledge of project management to ensure, manage, and problem solve consultation with user groups, strategic partners, and regional leadership to perform a functional analysis of the equipment as it relates to operations and facility; leveraging an expert understanding of stakeholder management to accommodate various internal and external (e.g., equipment manufacturer, architects, vendors, contractors) senior management and external spokesperson stakeholder groups needs and conflicting demands to ensure the optimal use of medical equipment; and setting operational objectives for key equipment criteria for the portfolio at a regional level without compromising patient care, ADA requirements, or ergonomics.


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience managing operational or project budgets.
  • Bachelors degree in business, medical, healthcare, architecture, engineering, management, or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of experience in medical equipment planning, healthcare, clinical engineering, business, biomedical, IT, architectural or construction environment or directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in medical equipment planning, healthcare, clinical engineering, business, biomedical, IT, architectural or construction environment or a directly related field.
Additional Requirements:Preferred Qualifications:
  • Three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
  • Four (4) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
  • Medical Equipment Planning Experience

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