Manager Clinical Solutions Experience

Company :Highmark HealthJob Description : JOB SUMMARYThe Manager, Clinical Solutions Experience is responsible for the oversight of the Clinical Solutions Experience team and the development and execution of qualitative studies and the packaging of insights for leadership, sales and partners related to the activation and adoption of Living Health, VITAL, and current Highmark Health in-market solutions. This individual is required to work in close collaboration with team members, leadership, and other matrixed partners to ensure a high standard of custom qualitative research, using human-centered design methodologies to deliver timely and accurate studies and their related insights and reports while adhering to all regulatory, compliance, and legal standards. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIESPerform management responsibilities including, but not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity. Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority.Lead the development of a clinical solutions experience process which includes study design, implementation, enrollment, data analysis, and report deliverable components with the goal of generating high-value strategic insights for the Living Health and VITAL solutions teams and their related stakeholder groups.Monitoring and continuously adjusting the clinical solutions experience process to ensure that the program remains current with emerging industry best practices and techniques with respect to qualitative research using Human Centered Design (HCD) methodologies and techniques  and that it is reaching our qualitative research goals and capturing adoption trends in solutions performance relative to the defined strategy, identifying key opportunities for improvement, and providing feedback to other Living Health solution strategy, design, development, and partnership teams.Developing and successfully executing individual qualitative research studies leveraging a wide variety of methods while also overseeing the clinical study managers and their individual body of work to ensure that all projects or initiatives are delivered on time and in accordance with the agreed upon scope and work in support of strategic and tactical initiatives.Developing and leveraging relationships across the organization as well as externally including but not limited to strategic provider and clinical partners, hospital and clinical operations staff, key payer administration, back office and business personnel to ensure a deep understanding  of solution activation and adoption trends and problem areas and to identify key adoption issues, apply the right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders and deliver insights findings to inform future solution refinement and development.Develop a documentation system and future product roadmap which produces high-quality Solutions Experience Insights deliverables for use by internal stakeholders to measure solution performance, enable solution refinement, and produce future solution optimization as well for use in future solution commercialization and scaling efforts.Other duties as assigned or requested.EDUCATIONRequiredBachelor's Degree or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degreePreferredMaster's Degree in Science, Public Health, Business AdministrationEXPERIENCERequired5 years in healthcare, payer and/or clinical or hospital operations, or healthcare consulting3 years in management experience or similar experience in a supervisory capacity or rolePreferred5 years in customer research with a background in the development of customer research utilizing human center design (HCD) methodologies and techniquesLICENSES or CERTIFICATIONSRequiredNonePreferredSix Sigma, Agile, Lean Human-centered Design SKILLSQualitative research experience and demonstrated business experience in applying qualitative research techniquesDemonstrated success in many of the central aspects of the project process, including study development, screener/discussion guide design, study execution, data collection, and analysis/report writingExcellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders as well as research participants. Outgoing, friendly personalityStrong analytical skills and ability to interpret data, identify trends and provide relevant and actionable recommendations and insights Highly proficient with Microsoft Office; Word, Excel and especially PowerPointCapacity to handle a high degree of multitasking on a daily basisHas a strong commitment to qualityDemonstrated influencing, and teamwork skillsStrong emotional intelligence, with servant leadership mind-setCommitment to self-development and the development of othersLanguage (Other than English):NoneTravel Requirement:0% - 25%PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONSPosition TypeOffice-basedTeaches / trains others regularlyOccasionallyTravel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-siteRarelyWorks primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)NeverPhysical work site requiredYesLifting: up to 10 poundsConstantlyLifting: 10 to 25 poundsRarelyLifting: 25 to 50 poundsNeverDisclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and co