Sr Operations Manager

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Position Description

The Sr. Operations Manager works as a liaison between McKesson Technology and the Oncology Practice (IT, management, and staff) to provide support, solutions, and resources for the practices in the US Oncology Network. This role is key to the success of our organization by helping support the technology needs of the business to ensure that our physicians can provide the highest level of patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Commitment to McKesson’s ICARE and ILEAD values
• Advocate for the practice’s best interest aligning with McKesson Technology standards
• Find and deliver win-win solutions for The US Oncology practices and McKesson
• Promote standard solutions to align with “Enterprise First”
• Promote trust and collaboration between McKesson and the Oncology Practices we service
• Identify opportunities within service areas and The US Oncology Network operations that lack efficient process and procedure and help to drive agreed upon, efficient steps and practices for teams and partners to follow that generate standard results
• Adhere to McKesson and US Oncology’s codes of ethics and compliance
• Manage and maintain Lights-On operations for all assigned practices and assist in these activities for the remainder of the network
• Some indirect management of remote local resources with direct remote resource management potential

Operations and Service Delivery Management

• Manage the service delivery process to ensure the effective and proactive delivery and management of IT services to US Oncology practices within your assigned area / region or assigned projects across US Oncology.
• Report on key performance indicators and identify issues and trends occurring within the assigned oncology practices.
• Engage in regularly scheduled reviews of IT Services with each Practice assigned and the larger Customer Success IT Operations Team
• Assist in daily IT duties, when needed, on-site at oncology practice locations.

Project Management

• Participate actively in oncology practice projects to ensure on time delivery, on budget and meeting scope and quality expectations.
• Assist with support for all aspects of project preparation and go-live, inclusive of transition to appropriate operational support teams and resources with appropriate documentation of processes.

Communications

• Facilitate IT communications with users at the oncology practices to ensure that seamless communication occurs between all parties and partnerships.
• Serve as an escalation path for all oncology practice IT related concerns, problems, opportunities, and issues.
• Develop and maintain a communication plan with each oncology practice’s IT Staff individually or as a larger group on an agreed-upon frequency. Utilize this meeting to review trends and open issues as well as communicate IT initiatives that are upcoming.
• Facilitate a weekly or bi-weekly (depending upon practice size) check-in meeting with each assigned practice’s local IT Staff, individually or as a group. Utilize this meeting to identify issues and proactively manage escalations
• Provide regular status updates to the Director of IT Operations, the Regional Vice President of Technology and relevant Practice Success team members.

Day to day support

• Provide IT Leadership to manage and successfully resolve day to day operational issues at the respective practices or operational areas.
• Ensure close communication and collaboration with the service desk to ensure that they have the information and required training to address service desk calls because of approved changes.
• Maintain IT practice portfolios
• Maintain IT Customer Success Operations Dashboard

Financial Success

• Work closely with Oncology practice leadership to develop appropriate budgets for each fiscal year from both a capital and operational costing perspective.
• Work closely with the Director of IT Operations to manage your travel schedule and associated costs. Exercise good judgment when making cost decisions for travel expenses. Apply sound financial judgment and consider costs when developing solutions for practice projects and initiatives.

Minimum Requirements:

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience

Critical Skills:

Healthcare systems experience and demonstrated leadership skills:

• Leading through influence, remaining calm under pressure, strategic thinking, decision-making agility, operational excellence, customer-centric mindset, change leadership, talent development and coaching.
• Experience leading a healthcare related IT functional area.
• Effective communication skills, particularly, the ability to communicate with tact in difficult situations and communicate effectively to audiences that do not have an IT background
• Experience implementing IT strategies in support of business requirements
• Subject matter expert knowledge of one or more IT building blocks including packaged software applications, software applications development, network, data centers, end user computing, telephony, mobility solutions, systems integration, reporting tools, etc.
• Previous team lead or supervisory experience

Additional Knowledge/Skills

• Physician practice IT experience, preferred
• Some direct supervisory experience preferred
• Exposure to a variety of project management methodologies
• ITIL4 Foundation certification
• SAFe Agile experience, preferred

Travel – up to 50% travel within the USON network including both Air and Automotive travel required

Working Conditions

• Daily work Environment – This is a hybrid work from home position. When not traveling this person will primarily be working from home in a suitable office space supporting multiple monitors a laptop and docking station. Periodic travel to the corporate office in The Woodlands, TX will be required.
• Travel work Environment – Medical Office, and Normal office environment crossing multiple state lines. Valid US Driver's license required.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$110,300 - $183,800

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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