Status: Filled
Job Title: Managing Director
Company: Penn Medicine
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: November 2018
Penn Medicine is looking for a Managing Director to lead its new Interventional Support Center (ISC). This new operations position will report to the Chief Operating Officer at Penn Medicine and will be responsible for the management/leadership of this 24/7/365 facility. The ideal candidate will have a very strong operations background including experience in supply chain, logistics, materials handling, transportation, quality, with six sigma certification and prior hands-on working knowledge of “clean rooms”.
In this new operations role, the Managing Director will:
- Ensure that the ISC cleans and sterilizes instruments for multiple Penn Medicine entities
- Manage the efficient and timely transportation logistics between sites
- Drive the highest possible quality outcomes in accordance with the Joint Commission, AAMI, ISO and GMP standards
- Map and develop standardized processes for the ISC guided by Lean Six Sigma principles
- Staff the ISC with qualified personnel who function as a high-performing team
- Develop and maintain a highly collaborative and communicative relationship with the Governance Committee, Penn Medicine entities, senior leadership, surgical leadership and line staff
- Develop and manage the operating budget
In order to be considered for this new Operations role, your background/experience should include:
- 10 to 15 years of operations/supply chain/logistics experience. Prior experience managing the processing of reusable medical supplies and instrumentation preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- Knowledge and experience with materials management, logistics and transportation required
- Master’s degree in healthcare (MSN or surgical services) or Engineering or Business preferred
- Knowledge of and experience with instrument processing, perioperative services, AAMI, TJC, ADRN preferred
- Excellent communication skills, consensus builder and customer service orientation
- Develop and manage the operating budget
About Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine’s patient care began more than two centuries ago with the founding of the nation’s first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, in 1751 and the nation’s first medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1765. Penn Medicine has pioneered medical frontiers with a staff comprised of innovators who have dedicated their lives to advancing medicine through excellence in education, research and patient care.