Lead Business Process Improvement Specialist

ChristianaCare

Lead Business Process Improvement Specialist at ChristianaCare enhancing clinical and operational processes. Focused on access, capacity, cost, quality, and experience in healthcare.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeWilmington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,152 - $160,243 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead end‑to‑end business process improvement efforts tied to priority initiatives, including current‑state assessment, root‑cause analysis, future‑state design, and implementation support.
Apply structured improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, operations analysis) to optimize workflows, reduce waste, and improve operational performance and patient experience.
Partner with initiative sponsors, project managers, and operational leaders to identify, prioritize, and address process constraints impacting outcomes.
Facilitate targeted working sessions with cross‑functional teams to define problems, test solutions, and implement improvements.
Translate strategic objectives and initiative goals into clear, actionable process changes that can be operationalized and sustained.
Develop process maps, analyses, performance metrics, and recommendations to support decision‑making.
Monitor post‑implementation performance and support course‑correction to ensure improvements are sustained.
Support multiple initiatives concurrently while maintaining focus on high‑value, high‑impact process opportunities.
Prepare and deliver concise written and verbal updates to initiative leaders and stakeholders regarding findings, recommendations, and progress, inclusive of executive level presentations to senior leaders.
Maintain alignment with enterprise priorities and integrate work with related initiatives as appropriate.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 8–10 years of experience in business process improvement, operational excellence, industrial engineering, or performance improvement, preferably in healthcare or a complex service environment.
Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business, engineering, operations, or a related field required.
Master’s degree preferred.
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
12-week paid parental leave
Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

business process improvementroot-cause analysisfuture-state designLeanSix Sigmaoperations analysisprocess mappingperformance metricsdata analysiscourse-correction

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingfacilitationprioritizationdecision-makingpresentation skillsadaptability