Description: Overview:

Manages large-scale and technology-focused physical security projects from initiation to close-out. In partnership with sponsors, lead the work of project team members by coordinating internal and/or external resources to meet goals at times under ambiguous circumstances. Proactively monitors and identifies risks, issues, and trigger events within the project impacting delivery of the overall security portfolio.

Job Summary:

Manages large-scale projects from initiation to close-out. Leads the work of project team members by requesting and coordinating internal and/or external resources. Proactively monitors and identifies project risks, issues, and trigger events within and across projects. Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of project stakeholders. Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met, and assists with contract negotiations with vendors.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.


• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.


• Manages large-scale projects from initiation to close-out. Develops, analyzes, and manages moderately complex project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast. Manages and monitors project financials for large projects. Monitors overall project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) against plan, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and makes adjustments as needed. Manages project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project. Drives allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure established project management practices are in place.


• Leads the work of project team members. Requests and coordinates internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project demands. Promotes project vision and objectives with project team. Delivers performance feedback to team members supervisors.


• Proactively monitors and identifies project risks, issues, and trigger events by developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.


• Monitors adherence of project activities to policies and procedures by ensuring project plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.


• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse project stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and senior management; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders. Identifies and works closely with stakeholders, ensuring all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included. Provides insight to key stakeholders and project sponsors by developing project goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for project delivery. Communicates tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent opinion, providing recommendations, delivering presentations, and providing reports to various senior audiences.


• Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Partners with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate. Assists with contract negotiations with vendors and reviews project invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.


• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum five (5) years experience in project management or a directly related field OR Minimum eight (8) years experience in project management or a directly related field.

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Negotiation; Applied Data Analysis; Financial Acumen; Conflict Resolution; Managing Diverse Relationships; Product Development Life Cycle; Project Management Tools; Risk Assessment; Quality Assurance Process; Service Focus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years experience implementing large or complex projects.
• Four (4) years experience in business analysis.
• Two (2) years data analytics experience.
• Two (2) years experience working in a matrixed organization.
• Two (2) years experience delivering presentations to management.
• Two (2) years experience working for a Program Management Office (PMO).
• Two (2) years inter-regional project management experience.
• Two (2) years experience developing and validating business cases, including identifying value of investment projects.
• Two (2) years experience working with project management software.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project/program management certification.
• Completion of a project management educational training or certification program.
• Lean/Six Sigma certification.

Primary Location: California,Oakland,Ordway
Additional Locations:

California Service Center, 3840 Murphy Canyon Rd., San Diego,California, 92123
Green Street/IDS, 99 S. Oakland Ave., Pasadena,California, 91101
California Remote Workers Location, 1315 10th St, Sacramento,California, 95814
Colorado Remote Workers Location, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver,Colorado, 80203
Georgia Remote Workers Location, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta,Georgia, 30334
Maryland Remote Workers Location, 100 State Cir, Annapolis,Maryland, 21401
Oregon Remote Workers Location, 900 Court St NE, Salem,Oregon, 97301
Virginia Remote Workers Location, 1000 Bank St, Richmond,Virginia, 23218
Washington Remote Workers Location, 416 Sid Snyder Ave SW, Olympia,Washington, 98504
District of Columbia Remote Workers Location, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,Dist of Columbia, 20004
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-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Specialty: Project Management
Department: Po/Ho Corp - Security Services - 0308
Pay Range: $127600 - $165110 / 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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