Application Specialist

Company Description

PG Forsta is the leading experience measurement, data analytics, and insights provider for complex industries—a status we earned over decades of deep partnership with clients to help them understand and meet the needs of their key stakeholders. Our earliest roots are in U.S. healthcare –perhaps the most complex of all industries. Today we serve clients around the globe in every industry to help them improve the Human Experiences at the heart of their business. We serve our clients through an unparalleled offering that combines technology, data, and expertise to enable them to pinpoint and prioritize opportunities, accelerate improvement efforts and build lifetime loyalty among their customers and employees.

Like all great companies, our success is a function of our people and our culture. Our employees have world-class talent, a collaborative work ethic, and a passion for the work that have earned us trusted advisor status among the world’s most recognized brands. As a member of the team, you will help us create value for our clients, you will make us better through your contribution to the work and your voice in the process. Ours is a path of learning and continuous improvement; team efforts chart the course for corporate success.

Our Mission:

To elevate the human experiences at the heart of business by offering insights that sharpen understanding of the needs of individuals and populations, and provide guidance on how to meet those needs. 

We partner clients to gather the voice of consumers and the workforce to gain insights that address unmet needs. Through the use of integrated data, advanced analytics and strategic advisory services, we are helping clients transform their organizations to deliver high quality services and lifetime loyalty. 

Our Values:

Champion the Client

We demonstrate an unwavering passion for delivering high-quality solutions and service. We commit to understanding the goals and needs of our clients. We always look for opportunities to improve and create value. Each of us understands our role in enabling client success.

All Together Better

We are united by the common purpose of our vision and mission. We promote teamwork and a culture of belonging by building strong relationships and fostering trust. We collaborate to identify and develop innovative solutions.

Embrace Change

We recognize that change is constant and presents opportunities to learn, adapt, and evolve. We seek creative solutions to challenges and e pursue them with optimism and enthusiasm.

Do the Right Thing

We demonstrate commitment to all our stakeholders, including clients, staff, and partners. We take personal accountability for our responsibilities and actions. We do right by each other by acting with honesty and kindness. We provide meaningful recognition and feedback to others.

Job Description

The Application Specialist is a client facing position. The Specialist operates as a member of a team to implement, configure, and maintain client data ingress, surveying and reporting throughout the lifecycle of the client’s partnership with Press Ganey. With knowledge in PG applications and business procedures, they are responsible for gathering client specific requirements to configure platforms for surveying. 

The Application Specialist should feel comfortable explaining complex topics and conceptualizing how various solutions work in a variety of use cases. The right candidate for this role will have an analytical approach and be able to match solutions for unique client business needs. This role requires a client centric focus to deliver prompt issue resolution, meet implementation timelines, target dates and internal service level agreements. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Work within the Application Support team to address client data, surveying, and reporting requests
• Facilitate the integration of business owner needs, and translate operational needs and workflow into system specifications and configuration requirements
• Capture client requirements to appropriately configure products to meet client needs
• Offer clients best practice workflow design and associated application configurations
• Use tools to configure, test and validate all patient experience products
• Responsible for client support throughout the implementation or on-going support cycle
• Prioritize workload and manage timelines to meet client target dates for projects and implementations
• Serve as first level support to triage, troubleshoot and find the right expert to quickly resolve client requests
• Troubleshoot and resolve any issues while appropriately escalating to next level support or manager as needed

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in information technology, health care, client facing project management or operations role
• Experience working at or working with health systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Excellent analytical, organization and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
• Ability to handle stressful situations

Education 

• A bachelor’s degree in economics, computer science, or a related field (preferred

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Press Ganey we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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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. 

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The expected base salary for this position is $45000 – $55000. 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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