Transformation Consultant

University of Iowa Health Careis the states only comprehensive academic medical center bringing together world-class patient care pioneering research and outstanding education. As a nationally recognized leader in medicine we offer opportunities to work alongside top experts in a collaborative innovative environment that values excellence compassion and discovery. Join us in shaping the future of health carewhile making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and communities across Iowa and beyond.

UI Health Care has an opportunity for a skilled Transformation Consultant to join our team. The consultant plays an integral role in helping to support and define the work for UI Health Cares enterprise transformation journey. This position provides organizational transformation and drives complex critical business and operational initiatives through transformation consulting by directly partnering with clinical academic research and administrative leaders across the organization to facilitate strategic implementation deliver insight-backed recommendations shape enterprise-wide change initiatives and support the top priorities of the Enterprise Performance Council (EPC). This role is part of the Transformation Consulting team within the Transformation Office and reports directly to the Principal Transformation Consultant. The role works in close collaboration with colleagues across analytics performance improvement and project management teams as they conduct work cross-functionally in the organization.

The Transformation Consultant will be responsible for driving high-impact transformation efforts collaborating with a team of analysts leveraging data to drive decision-making and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role serves as a key connector across clinical operational academic research and executive teamstranslating complex analytics into actionable insights that accelerate progress on enterprise goals and results for enterprise-level initiatives. This position will be proficient in working with executives senior clinicians and others to facilitate and lead deep opportunity analyses recommend innovative solutions structure reliable implementation plans identify key metrics and required reporting and effectively manage initiatives to achieve targeted results. This position will be personally responsible for concurrently driving two to three initiatives from inception to implementation in collaboration with the executive sponsor and initiative owner.

Demonstrates strategic system and analytical thinking as well as a strong understanding of healthcare provider strategy and operations gained through experience across a variety of healthcare systems and functions. Regularly works on highly complex issues or problems that require analysis of unique issues/problems without precedent and/or structure. Exercises a high level of judgment in selecting methods techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Key responsibilities:

• Acts as a transformation consultant to the enterprise on high-priority projects and initiatives and orchestrates complex initiatives across the organization with support from leadership.
• Leads formulation and delivery of transformation initiatives. Defines objectives and associated metrics to provide strategic visibility of organizational progress; manages multiple work streams/projects efficiently.
• Leverages knowledge skills and relationships to rapidly develop frameworks define work approaches conduct analysis generate insights and communicate those insights to support / influence approach and transformation agenda.
• Synthesizes analytics and key insights into complete presentations outlining objectives analysis findings and recommendations. Presents findings to team mid and senior-level stakeholders and provides assistance in developing presentations that will be presented to large audiences including executive leadership team.
• Designs and undertakes complex quantitative and qualitative assessments and conducts primary research as appropriate to support the development of evidence-based transformation efforts.
• Analyze data to derive actionable insights aligned with EPC priorities.
• Partner with project managers and key stakeholders across clinical operational and administrative areas to gather inputs for strategy execution.
• Facilitate discovery and ideation sessions to scope problems and initiate solutioning for top enterprise priorities.
• Identify risks barriers to progress and resistance to change; escalate and collaborate to resolve issues.

• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills required to effectively quantify operational benefits for performance improvement initiatives identify risks to achieving projected outcomes and develop and implement solutions to address data gaps or risks.

• Facilitate strategic thinking and consulting skills in guiding the organization toward workable strategies and solutions.
• Develop strategic materials reports and presentations that translate analysis into clear compelling narratives for senior leaders.
• Support change management initiatives.
• Maintain ongoing communication and alignment through regular stakeholder meetings and collaboration sessions.
• Contribute to building standardized processes documentation and reporting templates within the Transformation Office.
• Engage in continuous learning and process improvement efforts to increase the Transformation Offices impact.
• Drive innovation efforts and identify opportunities for system-wide improvement.