Portfolio Lead, Delegation Oversight & Systems

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.

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