Location:
Avera Health

Worker Type:
Regular

Work Shift:
Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

A Brief Overview

The Director of Portfolio Planning and Alignment is a highly strategic and results-driven leadership role that oversees the portfolio planning, project intake & prioritization, demand management, and technology and innovation functions of the Organizational Excellence Department. This role involves building, maintaining, and continuously improving the department's capability to support the overall strategy of Avera through these core functions. The Director will oversee and develop leaders and teams of project management professionals, portfolio managers, program managers, and intake specialists while collaborating with cross-functional leaders at all levels to ensure the successful alignment of portfolio management support across the organization.

What you will do

• Develop, promote, and maintain standard processes for program and portfolio management, project intake and prioritization processes.
• Manage the stability, optimization, and growth of the Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) tool.
• Assess portfolio planning support needs and team capacity, ensuring optimal assignment and alignment with organizational goals.
• Improve and manage the operational integrity of project intake, prioritization, and demand management functions.
• Ensure adherence to established portfolio and program delivery standards across the Organizational Excellence department.
• Plan and manage team resources and budgets effectively.
• Maintain reporting standards and meet departmental KPIs.
• Cultivate a high-performance team culture focused on innovation, accountability, and continuous professional growth.
• Create and deliver executive-level presentations, reports, and updates to senior management and the board.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Healthcare, Business Administration, Health Sciences or related field and/or 10+ years equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI) or equivalent. Upon Hire
• 10+ years related experience and/or training.
• 1-3 years leadership experience.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Master's
• IASSC Certified Green Belt - The International Association for Six Sigma Certification (IASSC) Upon Hire
• IASSC Certified Black Belt - The International Association for Six Sigma Certification (IASSC) Upon Hire

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship