Program Manager III, Center for Quality and Patient Safety

The Center for Quality and Patient Safety at Seattle Childrens is seeking an experienced Program Manager III to lead strategic enterprise-wide initiatives that advance quality safety and clinical excellence. The Center brings together Clinical Effectiveness Infection Prevention and Control Patient Safety Quality Systems Regulatory Accreditation Risk Programs and Workforce Health and Safety to support a coordinated approach to improving care for patients and families.

This senior-level role offers a unique opportunity to launch CONNECT-QI a new multidisciplinary program designed to strengthen and coordinate quality improvement research oversight informatics and improvement science activities across the organization. The Program Manager III will collaborate with a diverse group of clinical operational research and informatics partners while also developing and formalizing Seattle Childrens U.S. News & World Report pediatric hospital survey program through partnership with service lines data analysis reporting and quality improvement initiatives.

As a member of the Center for Quality and Patient Safety the Program Manager III will also contribute to a broad portfolio of strategic initiatives and may be deployed to support emerging organizational priorities quality improvement efforts regulatory activities patient safety programs and other high-priority projects as needed.

The Program Manager III is responsible for management of a specific highly complex program or group of highly complex programs in a specialty/functional area including scheduling and budgeting activities and works in collaboration with leaders to implement the programs objectives in support of identified goals and the continuous improvement process. Responsible for monitoring the programs effectiveness and mobilizing stakeholders in support of continuous improvement to the program. Leads interdepartmental activities ensuring ongoing effective program operation and/or implementation.

• Bachelors Degree in business health care or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Seven (7) years experience in a lead role overseeing program/project management.

• Five (5) years experience working on quality and process improvement projects with cross-functional teams; including data collection analysis and reporting.

• Proven record of leading large project teams through project completion program planning execution and status reporting.

• Demonstrated successful experience working with vendors consultants and other purchased services.

• Knowledge of Lean concepts and methods.

• Experience representing program in management meetings with executivelevel program stakeholders.

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• Masters in Health Administration business or health care-related field.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

• Awareness of current and emerging trends in project management technologies techniques issues and approaches.

• Experience working in public health health care or social services.

Compensation Range

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.