Lehigh Valley Health Network

Manager, Integration & Improvement Acute Care

Lehigh Valley Health Network$90K — $120K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Public Health, Finance, or related field.
  • 5 years in operations, performance improvement, healthcare consulting, project management, or related fields.
  • Experience working with enterprise and operational teams to drive improvement initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of performance improvement methodologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead workplans and analyze data for implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise integration and performance improvement initiatives with operational stakeholders.
  • Translate enterprise strategies into actionable plans and standardized workflows.
  • Serve as an implementation partner to operational teams for effective delivery.
  • Identify barriers to implementation and escalate risks for timely resolution.
  • Conduct data analysis and track key performance indicators for initiative progress.

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity within Pennsylvania.
  • Work schedule of Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm.
  • Engagement with a diverse team across various sectors of the organization.
  • Professional development opportunities in change management and performance improvement.
  • Collaboration with clinical, operational, and financial teams for comprehensive initiatives.
Full Job Description
Summary
Leads the execution of enterprise integration and performance improvement initiatives across Jefferson Health operations. This role serves as an implementation leader and operational partner to enterprise, regional, and local stakeholders, helping translate enterprise strategies into actionable plans, standardized workflows, measurable milestones, and sustainable operational improvements. This position works closely with enterprise business unit leaders, operational leaders, clinical stakeholders, finance, performance excellence, project management, benefit realization teams, and cross-functional partners. This individual leads execution of initiatives and accelerates improvement efforts but does not directly own operational performance goals.

Job Duties
  • Integration and Improvement Leadership
    • Lead execution of enterprise integration and performance improvement initiatives in partnership with operational stakeholders.
    • Translate enterprise strategies into practical workplans, milestones, workflows, meeting structures, and implementation tools.
    • Serve as an implementation leader and partner to operational teams, supporting execution and delivery.
    • Partner with stakeholders to identify implementation barriers, escalate risks, and drive timely resolution.
    • Support standardization of leading practices while enabling operational adoption across environments. Help standardize leading practices across facilities while supporting operational adoption at the local level.
  • Performance Improvement Execution
    • Lead performance improvement initiatives focused on operational efficiency, capacity, variation, and financial performance.
    • Conduct and support data review, root cause analysis, workflow mapping, opportunity validation, and initiative prioritization.
    • Track milestones, key performance indicators, risks, dependencies, decisions, and action items.
    • Partner with finance and benefit realization teams to support measurement of initiative progress and financial impact.
    • Prepare clear, concise updates for leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
    • Build strong working relationships with enterprise leaders, operational stakeholders, clinical teams, finance, performance excellence, project management, and benefit realization teams.
    • Lead meetings, working sessions, and implementation discussions with cross-functional stakeholders.
    • Drive alignment between enterprise strategy and execution by clarifying expectations, timelines, roles, and deliverables.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional partners when initiatives require coordination or validation.
  • Change Management and Adoption
    • Lead and support change management efforts to promote adoption of new workflows, standard processes, and improvement initiatives.
    • Engage stakeholders to understand barriers and support practical implementation.
    • Monitor adoption progress and identify risks to sustainability.
    • Support development of communication materials, implementation guides, dashboards, and stakeholder updates.
    • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and execution discipline.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Public Health, Finance, or related field.
  • 5 years in operations, performance improvement, healthcare consulting, project management, integration management, or related fields. and
  • Experience working with enterprise and operational teams to drive improvement initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of operations and performance improvement methodologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead workplans, coordinate stakeholders, analyze data, and drive implementation.
  • Operations Expertise: Understanding of operational workflows and performance drivers.
  • Enterprise Integration: Ability to align initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.
  • Performance Improvement: Experience leading and supporting improvement initiatives and implementation.
  • Analytical Skills: Ability to review data, identify trends, and support action-oriented recommendations.
  • Project Management: Strong ability to manage timelines, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
  • Stakeholder Leadership: Ability to engage leaders, operators, clinicians, and cross-functional partners.
  • Change Management: Ability to lead adoption of new processes and workflows.
  • Communication: Strong ability to communicate progress and insights to stakeholders.
  • Execution Discipline: Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and deliver measurable results.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Finance, or related field.
  • Experience in management consulting, enterprise transformation, or performance improvement. and
  • Experience working across multi-site operations to drive operational and financial performance.
  • Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, project management, change management, or other formal performance improvement methodologies.
  • Supplemental experience in revenue cycle, supply chain, finance, or population health.


Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift:
Day Shift

Address:
1200 S Cedar Crest Blvd

Primary Location:
REMOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Position Type:
Remote

Union:
Not Applicable

Work Schedule:
M-F 8am-4:30pm

Department:

About Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lehigh Valley Health Network is a healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The healthcare network serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. Its flagship hospital is Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, located on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown.
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