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Reporting to the Associate Director of UCLA Health Medicare Advantage Plans, the Portfolio Lead is a key senior contributor responsible for the successful implementation, coordination, and management of a diverse portfolio of health plan initiatives and complex projects. This role supports organizational priorities, governance frameworks, and continuous business process improvements across the health plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate multi-dimensional projects, providing subject matter expertise and functional leadership to cross-functional teams.
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables while developing detailed project plans to guide execution.
- Facilitate alignment and collaboration among diverse stakeholders to ensure clarity and shared goals.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks, and drive resolution to achieve successful outcomes on time and within scope.
- Support portfolio-level reporting, maintain comprehensive documentation, and uphold governance standards.
- Organize and lead project-specific and advisory meetings to promote transparent communication, accountability, and effective follow-through.
Salary Range: $86,400-$184,800/annually
We’re seeking a detail-oriented individual with:
Required:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5 or more years of experience in project management experience across the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, risk management and close-out
- 3 or more years of experience coordinating projects within a healthcare, managed care, or health system environment
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification (e.g. PgMP, Agile, SAFe) required at hire or to be obtained within the first 12 months
- Knowledge of portfolio and program management principles, including the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives, manage interdependencies, and align project execution with approved objectives, governance structures and organizational priorities
- Skill in developing and executing comprehensive project plans, defining scope, milestones, deliverables, timelines, resources, and success criteria throughout the project lifecycle
- Ability to identify, monitor, and escalate project risks, issues, and changes while maintaining scope control and adapting approaches to evolving requirements in support of portfolio priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including clear status reports and executive presentations on project progress, risks and outcomes
Preferred:
- A Master’s degree in health administration, public health, or computer science
- 3 or more years of experience facilitating governance forums, workgroups, or committees and supporting executive-level reporting and decision-making
- 2 or more years of experience managing interdependent projects with regulatory, operational, or compliance considerations
- Knowledgeable of healthcare delivery systems and managed care operations
- Strong ability to engage and influence cross-functional stakeholders at all levels, fostering alignment, decision-making, and shared accountability
- Ability to conduct structured discovery, analysis, and evaluation to assess feasibility, dependencies, risk, and readiness, and to synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership
- Knowledge of quality assurance and continuous improvement to support performance monitoring, process optimization and corrective actions
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