Program Director, Operational Planning

Job Title & Specialty Area:
Program Director, Operational Planning
Department: DPMSC Admin
Location:
Dallas, TX
Job Type: Onsite
Why Children’s Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

• Responsible for overseeing acquisition onboarding into the system
• Leads cross functional work groups consisting of representatives from various departments in order to ensure a smooth and successful integration of clinics into our health system
• Fosters consistency, quality and continuous improvement of the team's services and tools
• Develops and publishes dashboards and delivers presentations on program and project status, metrics and roadmaps
• Maintains understanding of current progress toward goals, implementation challenges, and develops comprehensive solutions to address them
• Provides for the orientation, training, continuing education and development of staff, as needed
• Demonstrates commitment to personal development and training and conducts project management training among staff, project teams and partners
• Manages program and/or project life cycle including commitment requests, initiation, planning, execution and close-out
• Demonstrates effectiveness in leadership through broad collaborative skills, deliberate decision-making and effective delegation and follow-up
• Builds the necessary partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders to effective teamwork, collaboration and commitment across several disparate groups
• Maintains and communicates current knowledge of project management best practices and industry trends
• Acts as a neutral arbiter and help resolve disputes or disagreements in direction among working groups
• Effectively communicates the vision, purpose and value of the Children’s Health Medical Group to various internal and external stakeholders
• Reviews and interprets data to communicate needs, opportunities and results
• Works independently, exercises appropriate action and good business judgment
• Comfortably adjusts to change and ambiguity
• Manages multiple priorities, organizes tasks and maintains control of workflow

• At least 7 years experience in business management, and/or project management and program management, with at least 3 years of experience in management of a large, complex program
• Project management experience with demonstrated success in leading teams, and meeting strategic goals

• Four-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Caregiver Leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.