Portfolio & Project Management Senior Associate

Company:
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Location:
San Francisco, CA
Job Type:
Full Time
Category:
Wealth Management, Capital Markets, Asset Management
Posted:
5/22/2013

Job Description



Healthcare is a transforming industry due to legislative and regulatory demands, technology challenges, and societal trends. Our growing Health Industries Advisory practice provides management, technology and risk consulting services to help healthcare institutions around the world to anticipate and address their most complex business challenges. Our practitionars are supported by a dedicated health research unit, which is managed by a physician partner and provides our clients with cutting-edge intelligence, perspective, and analysis on issues transforming the health industry. Our professionals have deep health industry expertise and include physicians, nurses, system specialists, health policy analysts, actuaries, financial advisors, and data analysts. The Healthcare Advisory practice is aligned across: Healthcare Provider, Healthcare Payers, and Pharmaceutical and Life Science.

Our PPM Consultants assist clients with capital planning and investment control. This high performing team optimizes project and program performance, while consistently alligning projects with corporate strategy.
Position/Program Requirements
Knowledge Preferred:

Demonstrates proven thorough knowledge and understanding of clients and providing program effectiveness in the following four primary areas:
- Enterprise Program Management - assisting in the assessment of client needs and capabilities, providing tools/methodologies and guidance to establish or improve client program management organizations;
- Program Management Office - supporting program planning, scoping, dependency/risk management, resources deployment, quality control and reporting;
- Program Strategy, Governance and Management - supporting the team in providing advice and oversight to client in evaluation of program alternatives and assisting in structuring a plan and mobilizing resources to deliver results;
- Project Reviews - supporting the risk assessment through evaluation of programs and provide recommendations for program effectiveness

An advanced graduate-level degree (i.e. Masters, et al) is preferred.

Skills Preferred:

Demonstrates proven thorough abilities and record of success in a role in at least two of the following areas: financial management, accounting, risk management, process improvement, IT effectiveness, ERP implementation, business transformation.

Demonstrates proven thorough abilities with developing program strategies including scope, program approach, resource requirements, timeline, risks and dependencies to address a variety of client business, IT and/or compliance issues; advising clients on the best course of action while considering cost, effort, risk and potential outcomes; facilitating agreement on approach, methodologies and tools to promote alignment with client's business requirements; establishing plan to increase project governance structure, roles and responsibilities.

Demonstrated proven thorough abilities and success with identifying and addressing client needs: actively participating in client discussions and meetings; communicating a broad range of Firm services; managing engagements including preparing concise, accurate documents and balancing project economics management with the occurrence of unanticipated issues.

Demonstrates proven thorough abilities and success as a team leader: creating a positive environment by monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations and respecting the work-life quality of team members; providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner; and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:

3

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.

Additional Requirements

Demonstrated ability and willingness to travel up to 100% on client projects, meetings and/or other relevant business matters.
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