Client Implementation Manager

Company Description

Press Ganey, the leading Human Experience (HX) healthcare performance improvement company, offers an integrated suite of solutions that address safety, clinical excellence, patient experience and workforce engagement. The company works with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities in its mission to reduce patient suffering and enhance caregiver resilience to improve the overall safety, quality, and experience of care. Press Ganey is a PG Forsta company.

Job Description

The Implementation Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for clients and will coordinate all activities throughout the client’s onboarding experience. Following a post-sales handoff, the Implementation Manager will own the implementation process through the go-live phase and handoff to the Delivery Teams. Implementation Manager’s serve an important role for setting clients up for success by partnering with key stakeholders to facilitate full alignment on project expectations including product needs, timelines, and implementation strategy.  The high-level goal of the role is to instill client confidence and trust from day one through clear communication of product needs and timelines, and by keeping all parties (internal and external) accountable to deadlines to ensure a successful implementation.

Implementations are highly custom and involve large data sets, which require the Implementation Manager to act as a liaison between the various teams, both internal as well as external. The right candidate for this role will embody entrepreneurial thinking, take an analytical and strategic approach to each client engagement and the role itself, and will be a master of using good judgment and thinking on their feet. The Implementation Manager should feel confident and comfortable explaining and conceptualizing how our various solutions work with a variety of unique client business needs. The role also requires an expert level of understanding in how hospitals and health systems function, the roles, and motivations of different parties within such clients and will learn how to navigate these complex organizations to ensure maximum alignment and client satisfaction. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides day to day oversight of the client implementation including understanding the clients’ goals and use cases, recommend and guide product configuration, help set expectations, and establish priorities.
• Forms strong relationships with clients by serving as the primary point of contact for implementation, understanding and communicating client feedback internally.
• Partners with Delivery Team to ensure completion of product configuration, manage timeline for deliverables and to setup clients for success.
• Collaborate between multiple departments and teams to reconcile competing priorities to maximize overall client satisfaction and project success. 
• Brings in appropriate PGForsta experts and creates seamless handoff to other departments and post implementation support.
• Identify and escalate challenges and risks associated with implementation and client satisfaction to supervisor and other senior team members before problems become critical. 
• Provides product overview and connects client with training and education opportunities.

To work #bettertogether, we operate with a hybrid working model. For those near a hub location, we gather in our office locations three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). For the remaining days, we work from home.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ of relevant experience in a client-facing project management, consulting, or operations role; ideally in a healthcare related field.
• Excellent interpersonal, communications, listening, and presentation skills.
• Solid working knowledge of improvement methodology, best practices, and data analytics
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects and attaining high client satisfaction.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing competing client needs.
• Obsession with customer experience including follow-up and problem resolution.
• Ability to travel up to 5% to provide client support both virtually and onsite, via webinar/group meeting or individual consultation

Education  

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years minimum of prior relevant experience in a client-facing project management, consulting, or operations role; ideally in a healthcare related field.

Additional Information

All positions at Press Ganey require an applicant who has accepted an offer to undergo a background check. The specific checks are based on the nature of the position. Background checks may include some or all of the following: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, fingerprint verification, credit check, and/or drug test. By applying for a position with Press Ganey, you understand that you will be required to undergo a background check should you be made an offer. You also understand that the offer is contingent upon successful completion of the background check and results consistent with Press Ganey's employment policies. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required for the position. 

Press Ganey Associates LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and well committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. 

Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Notice – Press Ganey will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $80,000 to $105,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus or commission tied to achieved results.  

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