Product Management Consultant IV - Medical Device Integration

Description:
Remote from any KP authorized state to include CA, OR, WA, CO, GA, VA, MD & D.C.

Please Note:Salary ranges are geographically based, and the posted range reflects the Northen CA region. Lower salary ranges will apply for other labor markets outside of NCAL.

As a Product Management IV, you will be responsible for product lifecycle management of Medical Device Integration product portfolio which includes solution designing, developing, and implementing software solutions to address complex business problems and providing technical expertise within the IT department. You will be able to thrive in a highly collaborative workplace and actively engage in the development process. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of medical devices and its applications, IT processes and standards, clinical workflows, and integration. Vendor Management, emotional intelligence, strong communication skills and leadership by influence are powerful skills suited for our team. This is an excellent career opportunity for a professional with an impressive architectural, solution design and software development background with excellent interpersonal skills.

Job Summary:

This senior individual contributor role is primarily responsible for defining product strategy and vision, developing product roadmaps from ideation to launch, and making decisions on new products or enhancements to bring to market. This includes developing product enhancements based on validated learnings, serving as a facilitator for product teams and diverse stakeholder groups across the organization, and collaborating with operations teams and market stakeholders to support product adoption. This role is also responsible for performing internal and external discovery for new and existing products, validating solutions with end users, funneling learnings to product roadmaps, tracking outcomes and key performance indicators, and partnering with product team members to solve user problems.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.


• Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.


• Defines product strategy and vision, and develops product roadmaps from ideation to launch by making decisions on new products or enhancements to bring to market; evaluating potential business process changes, system impacts, and flow concepts to determine the viability of implementing desired enhancements; providing an end-to-end holistic view of how specific business processes and internal system configurations impact the user experience; developing business cases for new products, improvements to existing products, and/or business ventures; defining, managing, and avoiding technical debt as appropriate; developing product enhancements based on validated learnings; ensuring documentation clearly communicates customer/stakeholder needs to the product team; and working with team members to clarify features and requirements as necessary.


• Serves as a facilitator for the product team and diverse stakeholder groups across the organization throughout the product management life cycle by coordinating the resolution of inter-squad, cross-product and external dependencies, roadblocks and constraints; collaborating with operations teams and market stakeholders to support product adoption; coordinating training efforts to build readiness for production support and operational readiness teams; leading feature demos for stakeholders; providing product expertise, peer training, and consultation as appropriate; and adhering to enterprise compliance standards and managing technology risks appropriately.


• Performs internal and external discovery for new and existing products by collaborating with business partners to identify needs; identifying marketplace innovation; prototyping and validating with end users with support from UX design and research, engineering, and other stakeholders as appropriate; and funneling learnings to the product roadmap.


• Tracks outcomes and key performance indicators by defining and tracking KPIs and performance metrics (e.g., speed, quality, etc.); reviewing analytical dashboards and assessing KPI alignment; and developing and/or maintaining ad hoc reports, status updates, and presentation decks for key stakeholders.


• Partners with product team members to solve user problems by prioritizing the work backlog to ensure balance across new development, non-functional requirements, and technical work (e.g., maintenance, support, technical debt, etc.); and collaborating on competitive and user research/testing, experimentation, and/or design thinking initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, Social Science, or related field and minimum five (5) years experience in product management, project management, IT consulting, product development or support, business/system analysis, or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement. Advanced degrees may be substituted for a portion of the work experience requirements.
• Minimum two (2) years experience working with agile teams, including familiarity with scrum ceremonies and agile best practices.
• Minimum one (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, Social Science, or related field.
• Three (3) years stakeholder management experience.

Primary Location: California,Pasadena,KP-IT @ West Annex - Parsons
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Remote
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Specialty: Product Management
Department: KPIT ADMIN - CD SYS INTEGRATION - 9601
Pay Range: $130900 - $169290 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

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. Submit Interest

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