Lean Six Sigma Jobs for OPT Students

Job ID: JR205213

Date posted: 03/24/2026

Location: San Diego, California Corporate Offices

Job Type: Day

Work Type: Regular

Hours:

Shift Start Time: 9 AM
Shift End Time: 5 PM
AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information:
Weekend Requirements: No Weekends
On-Call Required: No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $62.230 - $80.300 - $89.930

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

The Six Sigma Black Belt implements Lean Six Sigma philosophy and methodology through the management of performance improvement projects selected by appropriate governing councils. This position manages Six Sigma projects ensuring timelines, milestones and deadlines are organized, coordinated and met. Ensures that the business case for each project is solid and based on appropriate, clear measures and includes clear goals. Incorporates appropriate change management strategies and tools into project management. Facilitates team meetings effectively and productively. Uses rigorous data collection and analysis to guide effective team decision-making. Scientifically tests solutions then selects and hardwires the best solutions that eliminate waste and improve efficiency and quality/financial results. Incorporates a long-term control plan to sustain results. Prepares and delivers reports/presentations at key intervals throughout the project. Obtains project sponsor approval at each milestone and at project closure/handoff.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Applicable field such as Management, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, Nursing or Health Care Administration
• Other Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training.
• 3 Years documented experience in a healthcare related role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree Healthcare or related field.
• Other Six Sigma/Lean training and certification by recognized authority.
• Experience within the state of California or a state with similar issues
• Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) - American Society for Quality - PREFERRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training - REQUIRED

Essential Functions

Program Logistics

• Assists with all logistics in support of the Lean Six Sigma training program including maintaining the training schedule and plan, curriculum updates, award of training certificates, award of CEU/CME, maintenance of belt training updates to the Performance Improvement Hub.
• Assist with development of communication documents (newsletters, communication summaries) for program marketing and communication.

Change management

• Delivers training on change management basics to Yellow Belts and Green Belts.
• Facilitates basic change management projects.
• Understands and applies techniques/tools for managing organizational change using change acceleration process.
• Identifies and effectively manages human resistance to change.
• Uses effective and appropriate communication techniques for different situations to overcome organizational barriers to success.

Focus on measurement results

• Conducts basic data collection and analysis.
• Selects the appropriate metrics for projects and applies measurement systems analysis to determine and ensure accurate measurement of causes and effects.
• Maintains primary focus of meeting the goals identified in the business case of the project.
• Assist with providing training on data analysis, process mapping and basic project tools for Yellow Belts and Green Belts.
• Selects the appropriate metrics for projects and applies measurement systems analysis to determine and ensure accurate measurement of causes and effects.
• Maintains primary focus of meeting the goals identified in the business case of the project.
• Understands, applies and presents advanced financial analysis such as ROI, NPV. Conducts business case analysis and provides recommendations to executive leaders on prioritization of assets, cost saving initiatives, and organizational structure.

Leadership

• Mentors (3-5) Six Sigma Green Belts in project management tools / techniques and appropriate data collection and analysis.
• Assists with delivery of Yellow Belt and Green Belt training.
• Provides meeting facilitation for system level committees.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, professional affiliations, and accrediting organizations to maintain current technical, educational, and political information regarding healthcare.

Project management

• Participates on project teams in support of Sharp’s transformational initiatives.
• Develops and facilitates completion of project agreements/contracts with project sponsors and process owners at the beginning of any project, scoping effort or coach/mentor assignment or consultation.
• Selects the appropriate metrics for projects and applies measurement systems analysis to determine and ensure accurate measurement of causes and effects.
• Manages performance improvement projects using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) phases.
• Translates customer feedback into strategic project focus areas using Six Sigma tools, and establish key project metrics that relate to the voice of the customer and yield process insights.
• Creates and negotiate the project charter with the project sponsor and process owner, including team, scope, resources, metrics, goals, timelines, communication plan, project transition, and project closure.
• Develops strong business case by selecting clear and appropriate financial measures (soft and hard); uses basic financial models (e.g., NPV, ROI) to describe, apply, evaluate, and interpret cost of quality concepts, including quality cost categories, data collection, and reporting.
• Applies appropriate inferential statistics / hypothesis testing to analyze data in order to find the vital few input and output variables and to focus improvement efforts on solutions that matter most.
• Applies basic and advanced 'lean' principles to project management (e.g. '5S', value stream mapping, theory of constraints, kaizen)
• Creates data-driven and fact-driven project documentation using project charter, spreadsheets, storyboards, phased reviews, management reviews, presentations to the appropriate teams and councils.
• Develops and uses appropriate statistical process control tools to monitor long-term effect of project improvements.
• Manages 2-4 concurrent multi-entity project portfolios targeting significant system change.
• Manages system change relating regulatory or legal compliance.
• Leads and facilitates.

Project selection

• Ensures solid linkage of six sigma projects to organizational goals.
• Clarifies roles and responsibilities with potential team members (sponsor, process owner, champion).
• Matches the appropriate change vehicle ('Workout', 'Lean Six Sigma' project or basic 'DMAIC' project) to the project.

Team facilitation

• Defines, selects, and applies techniques that support and sustain team member participation and commitment (nominal group, brainstorming, etc.)
• Applies coaching, mentoring, and facilitation techniques to guide a team and overcome problems.
• Works through sponsor and process owner to ensure accountability and effective follow-through of team members in order to achieve project timelines and goals.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to effectively work with Sharp management, staff, physicians and contract personnel; to communicate clearly, concisely and accurately with people verbally and in writing; to achieve results for the organization and the project with and through people; to practice good time management; to demonstrate good leadership and project management skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple project work teams using applied principles of project and team management.
• Knowledge and experience in utilization of change management theory and practice.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and process redesign skills, along with project management skills will be essential components of this role.
• Ability to instruct and train others in principles used for developing and carrying out plans for better utilization of health care resources.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analysis principles and practices, including benchmarking, cost benefit analysis, outcomes management and statistics.
• Thorough knowledge of the impact of process analysis and re-design methodologies on legal, ethical, managerial, regulatory and organizational principles and standards for acute general hospitals and health systems.
• Advanced knowledge of performance improvement regulatory requirements for healthcare.
• Advanced knowledge of all systems, structures and programs that support performance improvement (Magnet, Six Sigma, EBP, Research).
• Demonstrates advanced application of data analysis and statistical tools to drive multi-entity and system change.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.