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Senior Manager IT Business Operations, RN - SSD

Primary Location Pasadena, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $159000 - $205700 / year
Job Number 1432634 Date posted 07/28/2026

Our nurse leaders maintain a strong commitment to the highest standards of professional nursing practice and to sustain a culture of excellence. You will encourage your teams to use evidence-based practice to deliver high-quality patient care, contribute to research, and spread innovation beyond Kaiser Permanente. Backed by the resources of one of the nation’s largest health care providers, you’ll motivate and inspire your team to achieve goals, value individual contributions, and celebrate accomplishments in meaningful ways while realizing your own potential as a leader.

  • Job Type:Standard
  • Job Level:Manager with Direct Reports
  • Travel:Yes, 10 % of the Time

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We’re looking for Nurse Leaders who possess the following traits.

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  • Compassionate
  • Leadership
  • Problem-Solver
  • Results-Oriented

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Our Nurse Leaders cultivate an environment of compassion, integrity, trust, and open communication that helps our teams do their best work. Together, we pursue lifelong learning in the belief that it expands our knowledge so we can better serve our patients. We participate in research to inform our evidence-based care. Our nurses reflect the rich diversity of our members and communities, and provide culturally responsive and competent care that promotes the understanding of our members’ needs and preferences. At Kaiser Permanente, nurses are highly skilled professionals who exemplify leadership, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving, and deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.

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Senior Manager IT Business Operations, RN - SSD

Primary Location Pasadena, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $159000 - $205700 / year
Job Number 1432634 Date Posted 07/28/2026
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Description:
Job Summary:

This managing level position leads and coordinates systems integration activities, internal and external to IT. This role provides consulting to ensure technology or process owners have access to the required information and training for effective system or process operations and manages the development, tracking, maintenance, and reporting of performance metrics (for example, data quality, customer metrics, financials). In addition, this position supports senior leadership in reviewing performance metrics and outcomes to drive ongoing operational change and improvements and tracks annual IT staffing, purchasing and operations and capital budgets. This role is also responsible for communicating business goals and objectives to the team.

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Manages designated units by translating business plans into tactical action items; communicating goals and objectives; ensuring all policies and procedures are followed; overseeing the completion of work assignments; assuming responsibility for decision making; aligning team efforts; building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; incorporating resources, costs, and forecasts into unit plans; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; partnering with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies; and influencing units to operate in alignment with business objectives.

  • Pursues professional growth and provides developmental opportunities for others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; hiring, training, and developing talent for growth opportunities; delegating tasks and decisions; fostering open dialogue amongst departments; strategically evaluating talent for succession planning; setting performance management guidelines and expectations across units; and working closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.

  • Manages information relevant to forecasting businesss future technical and operational information needs.

  • Provides suggestions to higher levels regarding the development and definition of the business/technology strategy by managing the input from lower levels.

  • Manages business and/or technology plans to ensure capability for alignment with business unit and KPs national and regional strategies.

  • Manages the processes of region-wide, complex information systems needs in project areas such as new business operating models, innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.

  • Manages the implementation of technology or business process integration plans.

  • Provides support to senior leadership by providing information regarding business systems, data and process initiatives.

  • Manages systems and business process activities.

  • Provides support to senior leadership by providing information regarding business and technology issues.

  • Leads and coordinates inter- and intra-departmental systems integration activities.

  • Provides consultation and guidance to ensure technology or process owners have access to the required information and training for effective system or process operations.

  • Manages resources to ensure deliverable due dates and requirements are met.

  • Manages operational performance reports within and across business functions or areas.

  • Manages the development of resource (for example, associates, vendors, infrastructure) capacity planning, demand management processes, and workforce planning.

  • Tracks annual IT staffing, purchasing and operations and capital budgets.

  • Manages the development, tracking, maintenance, and reporting of performance metrics (for example, data quality, customer metrics, financials).

  • Supports senior leadership in reviewing performance metrics and outcomes to drive ongoing operational change and improvements.

  • Provides analytics to evaluate and ensure efficient, cost effective operational solutions which support systems processes and functional requirements.

  • Manages the development, implementation, and the maintenance of a comprehensive and integrated data quality improvement and training program.

  • Analyzes identified problems in technology and business solutions to determine cause and desired resolution.

  • Monitors local, national, and international trends and legislative changes in healthcare technology and information systems.

  • Manages technologies, systems solution design, data, and metrics in alignment with the organizations vision, goals and objectives.

  • Manages initiatives in alignment with other National initiatives.

  • Manages the preparation of source documents and technical/business manuals and monitors the use of established and documented IT processes, tools, and best practices.

  • Manages the physical security, infrastructure, network, application controls for designated department or area.

  • Develops and manages business continuity and disaster recovery-procedures and infrastructure procedures.

  • Manages cross-functional and/or cross divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and system specifications.

  • Ensures designated department or business area maintains a knowledge repository of current technology and business processes.

  • Reviews and summarizes research on topics related to technology and business initiatives for lower levels and customers.

  • Manages information relevant to forecasting businesss future technical and operational information needs.

  • Provides suggestions to higher levels regarding the development and definition of the business/technology strategy by managing the input from lower levels.

  • Manages business and/or technology plans to ensure capability for alignment with business unit and KPs national and regional strategies.

  • Manages the processes of region-wide, complex information systems needs in project areas such as new business operating models, innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.

  • Manages the implementation of technology or business process integration plans.

  • Provides support to senior leadership by providing information regarding business systems, data and process initiatives.

  • Manages systems and business process activities.

  • Provides support to senior leadership by providing information regarding business and technology issues.

  • Leads and coordinates inter- and intra-departmental systems integration activities.

  • Provides consultation and guidance to ensure technology or process owners have access to the required information and training for effective system or process operations.

  • Manages resources to ensure deliverable due dates and requirements are met.

  • Manages operational performance reports within and across business functions or areas.

  • Manages the development of resource (for example, associates, vendors, infrastructure) capacity planning, demand management processes, and workforce planning.

  • Tracks annual IT staffing, purchasing and operations and capital budgets.

  • Manages the development, tracking, maintenance, and reporting of performance metrics (for example, data quality, customer metrics, financials).

  • Supports senior leadership in reviewing performance metrics and outcomes to drive ongoing operational change and improvements.

  • Provides analytics to evaluate and ensure efficient, cost effective operational solutions which support systems processes and functional requirements.

  • Manages the development, implementation, and the maintenance of a comprehensive and integrated data quality improvement and training program.

  • Analyzes identified problems in technology and business solutions to determine cause and desired resolution.

  • Monitors local, national, and international trends and legislative changes in healthcare technology and information systems.

  • Manages technologies, systems solution design, data, and metrics in alignment with the organizations vision, goals and objectives.

  • Manages initiatives in alignment with other National initiatives.

  • Manages the preparation of source documents and technical/business manuals and monitors the use of established and documented IT processes, tools, and best practices.

  • Manages the physical security, infrastructure, network, application controls for designated department or area.

  • Develops and manages business continuity and disaster recovery-procedures and infrastructure procedures.

  • Manages cross-functional and/or cross divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and system specifications.

  • Ensures designated department or business area maintains a knowledge repository of current technology and business processes.

  • Reviews and summarizes research on topics related to technology and business initiatives for lower levels and customers.

Minimum Qualifications:


  • Minimum two (2) years management experience.

  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, CIS, Mathematics, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in business operations, IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.


Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Three (3) years experience managing cross-functional project teams.
  • Four (4) years experience working for a health care organization.
  • Five (5) years consulting experience in clinical administration.
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, CIS, Mathematics, or related field.
Primary Location: California,Pasadena,West Annex - Parsons Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 04:30 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Department: Parsons West Annex - Proj Mgmt-MD/MA KPHCSharedSvcs - 0806 Pay Range: $159000 - $205700 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

  • Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

  • Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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