Associate Director, Implementation

Your Future Evolves HereEvolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.What You’ll Be Doing:Put your passion where it meets purpose! Evolent attracts some of the brightest minds in health care. Surround yourself with talented, driven colleagues who share a passion for better health outcomes and a more connected care journey. We are hiring for an Associate Director to join our Implementation Team.The candidate selected will be a key member of the Implementation Team and will play a critical role in executing Evolent Health’s mission by contributing to the delivery of the valued-based strategy with Evolent Health’s partners and by contributing to initiatives to grow the department and team.Collaboration Opportunities:As part of the team, you will mentor Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Project Coordinators on partner delivery / implementation functions and contribute to key internal initiatives to drive efficiencies and best practices for delivery.What You Will Be Doing:Delivery

With minimal supervision guide day-to-day activities for at least one partner project and lead interactions with the partner for at least one initiative

Provide input and assistance for the creation and management of project plans during an implementation and / or ongoing operational effort

Work with program managers and project managers during implementations to create a single program plan across all Evolent workstreams

Guide client discussions and meetings during implementation and ongoing operational activities

Own the necessary delivery documents, including but not limited to project plans, issues and action logs, status reporting, and risk mitigation

Facilitate the identification of project impacts across all business areas.

Identifies efforts that will have the greatest strategic impact

Plans for key communications by considering both the audience and situation

Independently resolves escalated risks and issues with internal and partner team members

Independently communicates with project / staff level stakeholders from partner without oversight

Demonstrates consultative behaviors related to complex Evolent Health offerings

Understands multiple domains and interdependencies across domains

Independently leads more than one complex workstream

With minimal support, leads a minimally complex domain

Account Management

Establish and foster strong client and business partner relationships

Develop and maintain long-term client relationships

Qualifications – Required and Preferred:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (Required)

4+ years of health care management and/or consulting experience (Required)

4+ years of project management (Required)

Customer service skills (Required)

Expert knowledge of MS Office products (Required)

Advanced knowledge of MS Project and Visio (Required)

Previous health care knowledge, preferably in one of more of the following areas: provider systems, health plans, payer contracting, bundled payments, risk model and / or ACOs / CINs (Preferred)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Preferred)

Experience in a Project Management Office (PMO) (Preferred)

Six Sigma training or PMP project management certification (Preferred)

Agile or Scrum certification (Preferred)

Working knowledge of Clarizen (or other similar PPM application), Confluence, JIRA (Preferred)

Ability to comprehend and identify delivery risks and develop mitigation strategies (Preferred)

Ability to perform multiple tasks and prioritize simultaneously (Preferred)

Absolute integrity and strong, hands-on work ethic (Preferred)

Technical Requirements:We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact recruiting@evolent.com for further assistance.The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000. This position is also eligible for a bonus component that would be dependent on pre-defined performance factors. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.Don't see the dream job you are looking for? Drop off your contact information and resume and we will reach out to you if we find the perfect fit!For more insights about Evolent Health, click on Life At Evolent (https://www.evolent.com/) to learn more!