IT Consultant III, Care Delivery Portfolio Operations (Greenboro, NC)

This position will support Portfolio Operations, a team that provides operational services and strategic support to Clinical Ancillary portfolio leaders and shared services teams, including Product Release, Solution Design, and AI Emerging Technologies. Approximately 80% of this position will be dedicated to investment-funded initiatives, partnering across portfolios to drive execution, governance, operational excellence, and strategic priorities. Responsibilities include developing executive-level presentations and reports, conducting complex analyses, supporting portfolio financials and governance activities, optimizing processes and tools, and coordinating cross-functional initiatives with local, regional, and national stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical problem solver with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of translating complex information into clear, executive-ready materials. Success in this role requires strong relationship-building abilities, attention to detail, and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across leadership teams and diverse business partners. Job Summary:

This individual level contributor is primarily responsible for serving as a liaison between users and IT, defining business processes, and participating as a technical contributor on project teams. Essential Responsibilities:

• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; following procedures and policies, and applying data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems; supporting the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities when possible; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listening, responding to, and seeking performance feedback; acknowledging strengths and weaknesses; assessing and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Develops requirements for process or system solutions within assigned business domain(s) by interfacing stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).
• Develops an understanding of and executes requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) within designated business domain.
• Assists in the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of proposed solutions.
• Supports the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by building and leveraging an up to date understanding of how current processes impact business operations for assigned domain(s).
• Maps current state against future state processes.
• Identifies the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.
• Provides recommendations to team or department leadership on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes for assigned domain(s).
• Identifies value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
• Supports solution design by researching how to help translate requirements into workable business solutions.
• Identifies and recommends additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.
• Supports the evaluation of third-party vendors as directed.
• Recommends regional and/or national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.
• Supports continuous process improvement by participating in the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across assigned business domain(s).

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Analytical Skills
• Business Case Development
• Business Process Improvement
• Client Focus
• Crisis Incident Management
• Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Demonstrating Personal Flexibility
• Managing Diverse Relationships
• Model Development
• Organizational Skills
• Prioritization
• Process Validation
• Project Management
• Relationship Building
• Requirements Elicitation & Analysis
• Technical Documentation, * Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum three (3) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement., * Two (2) years experience working for a health care organization
• Two (2) years experience working for an IT organization

Primary Location: North Carolina,Greensboro,Greensboro Administration Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM Working Hours End: 05:30 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: KPIT ADMIN - CLIN ANC TECH ADMIN - 9601 Pay Range: $42.98 - $55.58 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate’s years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente’s Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.