Aspirus has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Vice President, Information Security.

Aspirus is a non-profit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin. Its 11,000 employees are focused on improving the health and well-being of people throughout Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.

Aspirus serves communities through four hospitals in Upper Michigan and 13 hospitals in Wisconsin, 75 clinics, home health and hospice care, pharmacies, critical care and air-medical transport, medical goods, nursing homes and a broad network of physicians.

On August 1, 2021, Aspirus Health has acquired seven hospitals, 21 physician clinics and air and ground ambulances from Ascension Wisconsin, part of St. Louis-based Ascension. 

The transaction closed seven months after the two health systems entered into an agreement. The following seven Wisconsin hospitals are included in the deal: 

  • Eagle River Hospital 
  • Good Samaritan Hospital in Merrill 
  • Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff
  • Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Stanley 
  • Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk
  • St. Mary’s Hospital in Rhinelander
  • St. Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point 

Aspirus added 2,700 team members when the deal closed. The system said the names of the hospitals and clinics will change by December to reflect the Aspirus brand. 

“This acquisition will help Aspirus provide better and more connected care to thousands and thousands more people in our region,” Aspirus President and CEO Matthew Heywood said in a news release. “We are excited to work with our new team members to serve more communities like the ones we call home.

Aspirus has been recognized by IBM Watson Health as a Top 15 Health System for three consecutive years in its annual studies identifying the top-performing health systems in the country.

Vice President, Information Security Job Overview

The Vice President, Information Security is responsible for the Health System’s Information Security strategy and operations. 

The Vice President, Information Security provides direction to the design and management of the Health System’s information security program, including policies, procedures, technical systems, and workforce training. 

The Vice President, Information Security maintains the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data within all information systems.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Master’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Information Management preferred 

Certifications:

  • CISSP, CISM, or CHPS preferred

Experience:

  • 10+ years of experience in healthcare-related fields
  • Demonstrated expertise in healthcare operations
  • Health information knowledge
  • Change management and project management experience 
  • Experience managing Information Security program

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

Moffitt Cancer Center has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Associate Chief Medical Information Officer for Pathology Informatics.

Moffitt Cancer Center is a Top 10 cancer hospital that is dedicated to one lifesaving mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Moffitt, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, employs more than 7,000 team members. It is recognized for scientific excellence, multidisciplinary research, and robust training and education. Moffitt’s staff includes some of the world’s best oncology physicians, surgeons, researchers, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

The Moffitt Medical Group (MMG) is Florida’s largest multidisciplinary medical group practice that is dedicated to cancer care. The MMG, based at Moffitt Cancer Center, also provides services at other hospitals and clinics throughout the state of Florida and beyond.

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer for Pathology Informatics Job Overview

Moffitt Cancer Center is in the midst of an organizational-wide strategic transformation journey called “Impact 2028,” driving advancements in three main focus areas: personalized care continuum, digital care & discovery accelerator, and market expansion. Led by a visionary new CEO, Dr. Patrick Hwu from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Moffitt is making significant investments into achieving this ambitious journey. 

The Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Dr. Edmondo Robinson, is building a team of innovators who will design and implement new digital technology solutions in the areas of business operations, clinical care, research, and consumerism that further drive the success of the organization. 

The Chief Information Officer, Elizabeth Lindsay-Wood, has added 90 new positions to the IT team along with several Directors who are maturing governance, scientific computing, enterprise architecture, and other capabilities. 

There is strong support for informatics across Moffitt and leaders view it as a critical component for their overall strategic growth.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • MD/DO or equivalent
  • Active Board Certification in Pathology
  • Active Board Certification in Clinical Informatics or Board Eligible to complete within 24 months of hire
  • 3+ years of experience at minimum 25% of full-time employment spent working directly with healthcare information systems outside work as a practicing clinician
  • Practicing physician

Preferred Qualifications

  • Formal Pathology Informatics fellowship
  • Research and publications within the field of pathology/clinical informatics/biomedical informatics
  • Experience leading a team in long-term efforts, projects and/or committees, and large organizational governance
  • Experience with clinical trials research

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Jocelyn Clarke

Moffitt Cancer Center has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director, Digital Innovation – Operational Transformation.

Moffitt Cancer Center is a Top 10 cancer hospital dedicated to one lifesaving mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Moffitt, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, employs more than 7,000 team members. It is recognized for scientific excellence, multidisciplinary research, and robust training and education. Moffitt’s staff includes some of the world’s best oncology physicians, surgeons, researchers, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

The Moffitt Medical Group (MMG) is Florida’s largest multidisciplinary medical group practice that is dedicated to cancer care. The MMG, based at Moffitt Cancer Center, also provides services at other hospitals and clinics throughout the state of Florida and beyond.

Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Advent Health to open a new 28,000 square-foot facility located in the Healing Plaza on the campus of AdventHealth Wesley Chapel in Pasco County, Florida.

Additionally, Moffitt Cancer Center and AdventHealth launched their first collaborative cancer clinical trial in Central Florida as the first part of a broad partnership between the organizations to expand cancer treatment and research in Central Florida.

Director, Digital Innovation – Operational Transformation Job Overview

Fixing healthcare is hard. Curing cancer is harder. At Moffitt Cancer Center, we think and act differently, matching the courage of our patients with the courage to boldly innovate. We are forging a digital future to bring change to how we tackle this difficult disease.

Moffitt has become one of the world’s first cancer centers with a dedicated machine learning department, which will accelerate cancer research by translating powerful tools from the computer to the bedside. 

For the second year in a row, Moffitt has been named one of the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems in the country. And for multiple years running, Moffitt has earned its place on Computerworld magazine’s list of 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology. 

Our employees are among the top-skilled IT experts in the Tampa Bay Area and partner with world- class physicians, scientists, and researchers to develop innovative technologies that support pioneering advances and lifesaving patient care.

Moffitt’s Center for Digital Health is building out a Digital Innovation Practice which will include an innovation studio focused on leveraging new digital capabilities to eliminate operational inefficiencies and enhance consumer experiences throughout the enterprise. The studio is being built from the ground up with a startup-like approach, employing an agile methodology and embracing a “consumer first” mentality to design, deploy, and manage cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

The skills and experience required for success in this role are strong execution with crossfunctional team collaboration, digital innovation, exceptional communication, a working knowledge of healthcare operations transformation, and the ability to lead teams and launch products.

Knowledge of digital product delivery combined with communication skills and analytical abilities will shape how operational efficiencies are generated across functional areas such as revenue cycle, human capital, call center, supply chain, and patient access among others. This role requires both strong strategic acumen and the ability to “roll-up your sleeves” to operationalize the strategy and execute on the vision.

Required Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, informatics, technology management, business management, or related discipline
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in management consulting, product management, product delivery, and/or product development environments
  • Minimum 5 years supervising direct reports, managing teams, leading teams, and working with partners at executive levels
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in leadership of system-wide process improvement or performance improvement efforts, process automation, digital operations, and/or applied innovation
  • Significant health care experience (either consulting, digital health vendor, or health system) and working knowledge of digital health and health care operations in revenue cycle, clinical transformation, process improvement, or related areas
  • Experience building and leading product teams (product managers, product owners etc.), working with cross-functional partners, and effectively managing external vendor relationships and activities (including running RFIs/ RFPs, marketscans, contracting, etc
  • Collaborative skills working with leaders as part of a matrixed team, partnering with information services, business functions, and clinical service lines to launch projects
  • Experience with technology change management in complex environments
  • Ability to identify complex, tedious, expensive, and error-prone processes
  • Knowledge of how to employ agile methodologies in the design and development of projects related to improving operational efficiency
  • Deep understanding of digital trends focused on business processes and systems, operations management, and automation technologies
  • Exceptional communication (written and oral) skills and ability to articulate vision and strategic plans to internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience with successful execution and bias towards action, even in areas of uncertainty

Preferred Experience / Qualifications:

  • MBA or Master’s degree in a related field
  • Certified Change Management Professional or equivalent

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director of Bioinformatics.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers, and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating, and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is accelerating the pace of discovery and building the evidence base to advance delivery of Rapid Precision Medicine™ as the standard-of-care for children with genetic diseases.

They are best known for their ability to perform rapid whole genome sequencing among critically ill patients who have underlying rare genetic disorders. In 5 years they have grown from implementing rapid whole genome sequence for critically ill infants and children in one hospital (RCHSD) to 70 hospitals throughout the US and Canada.

Senior Director of Bioinformatics Job Overview

Rady Children’s Hospital leads the field of pediatric genomics, one of the most innovative forces in healthcare today. The Senior Director of Bioinformatics will play a key leadership role as Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) embarks on their vision for the next 5-10 years sequencing genomes of rare diseases.

During the next five years, the Bioinformatics division plans to increase the number of whole gene sequencing from 2,800 to over 10,000. 

They also plan to move from diagnostic to therapeutic work while partnering with the pharmaceutical industry to identify new therapeutic agents. 

In addition, they plan to disseminate the vast knowledge accumulated through sequencing to benefit the 70 children’s hospitals that use their services. 

The Senior Director of Bioinformatics will provide the leadership for the department that includes four service lines:

  • Genome informatics
  • Applications and systems engineering
  • Technical and software development
  • Data services

The position reports to the VP of Research and Clinical Management and leads a team of four managers and approximately 15 individuals. 

The Senior Director will not only grow their team but also grow RCIGM’s premier status in the hottest area of genomics.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Master’s degree required
  • Doctorate degree preferred

Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience providing BI leadership in the field of genomic medicine
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • Knowledgeable about BI challenges facing modern genomics laboratory and healthcare settings, including common workflow models, and the capability to lead future growth
  • Knowledgeable about regulatory, legal, and accreditation standards
  • Able to work with budgets and planning models
  • Comfortable operating with tight timelines
  • Demonstrated experience developing, leading, and mentoring a team
  • Experience leading the development of products and software to support strategic growth of a state-of-the-art rapid genome laboratory
  • Experience with agile methodologies

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Vice President, IS&T Solutions Delivery.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is Georgia’s leading pediatric healthcare provider and one of the most respected pediatric healthcare providers in the United States.

Children’s offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs and is ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. With generous philanthropic and volunteer support, Children’s has impacted the lives of children in Georgia, the United States, and throughout the world for more than 100 years. 

Children’s provides care to children from all 159 Georgia countries and beyond. Patients come from more diverse backgrounds than any other provider in the state. Children’s serves as a bridge to Georgia’s rural communities and hospitals through transfer agreements and telemedicine sites throughout rural Georgia. Every child they serve has access to some of the best pediatric healthcare available, regardless of their ability to pay. 

A staggering 60% of Children’s patients are without adequate health insurance, yet Children’s ensures they get the care they need, providing more than $121 million in unreimbursed care in 2018. 

In addition to fulfilling their role as the community’s trusted source for pediatric healthcare, Children’s conducts groundbreaking research to discover new cures and trains and attracts some of the best pediatric physicians in the world.

The mission of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. Across three hospitals, 19 neighborhood locations and 13 telemedicine sites, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta manage more than 1.2 million patient visits each year from 444,000 unique patients. More than 2,000 pediatric physicians provide care across 60 specialties with support from 11,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers.

Vice President, IS&T Solutions Delivery Job Overview

The Vice President, IS&T Solutions Delivery is responsible for defining and driving the organization’s Business Partnering and Project Delivery Programs in order meet organizational business requirements. 

The Vice President, IS&T Solutions Delivery will lead a team responsible for the daily operation of IT technology solutions programs to ensure cost-effective, secure, highly reliable and dynamic service delivery.  

The Vice President, IS&T Solutions Delivery will collaborate with internal stakeholders, contractors and vendors to ensure compliance with company policies and other regulatory requirements, including technical, administrative, and physical safeguards in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management of Information Systems, Clinical Informatics, or related field is required 
  • Master’s Degree in a related discipline is preferred

Required Experience:

  • 10+ years of experience across a variety of healthcare technology solution delivery and leadership roles
  • Experience in leading technology programs at an enterprise-level in a large-scale, complex technology environment 
  • Experience in a healthcare setting 

Preferred Experience:

  • 10+ years of experience in a combination of technology leadership, project delivery, Electronic Medical Record advancement, or quality improvement
  • Knowledge of frameworks such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Lean process improvement, and the IHE Model for improvement 
  • Certification in any clinical or clinical informatics discipline 

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

TMC HealthCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Chief Information Officer.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) has been has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital for more than 75 years. TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider for emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with intensive care units for adults, children and newborns. Other specialty areas include women’s, maternity, cardiac care, orthopaedic, neuroscience, hospice, surgical, vascular, palliative, and geropsychiatric care.

TMC HealthCare, is the corporate entity that includes Tucson Medical Center, Benson Hospital, and TMCOne primary and specialty care practices.

CIO Job Overview

As part of the executive leadership team, the VP/CIO of TMC Healthcare oversees all aspects of Information Technology, including Biomed, digitalization, BI, population health, data, Informatics, and security. TMC is strategically positioned for the future and this key role will report to the CEO. The organization has the largest market share in Tucson and is continuing to add physician practices.

Leading a team of over 150 individuals, the organization is looking for a successor for their retiring CIO. As a long standing Epic customer, they are continuing to improve stakeholder use and satisfaction as well as continuing to implement in physicians practices in the area. They see Epic as a tool for physician alignment with TMC. The executive leadership team is very collegial and collaborative, has a great sense of humor, and have mutual respect for one and other.

The organization is looking towards technology and this critical position will continue moving innovation and technology forward. While currently using kiosks, they are ready to improve their “digital front door” and improve their patient experience.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree
  • Previous experience serving as a CIO in a large, complex community health system
  • 10+ years of computer system technology experience
  • 6+ years in a leadership role, preferably as a CIO
  • Proven ability to lead and influence organizations leaders
  • Proven background in driving innovation
  • Relocation to or residency in the Tucson area

Preferred Qualifications:
  • A self-sufficient, self-starter, problem solver. The CEO says: “If you have a problem, work it out.”
  • Community Health system experience
  • Epic experience

About Tucson

Tucson is the second largest city in Arizona and is known for its legendary sunsets and beautiful landscape of rolling hills, flowering deserts, rugged canyons, and pine-topped peaks.

Hiking enthusiasts enjoy the wide open spaces in the surrounding five mountain ranges, including Mt. Lemmon which extends 9,000 feet above sea level and trails in bordering Saguaro National Park.

The University of Arizona, the #1 Public research university in the Southwestern U.S., is located in downtown Tucson making it a college town filled with sporting events and a vibrant cultural scene.

Tucson is ranked as one of the most affordable communities in the U.S.

The abundance of warm weather in Tucson provides many opportunities for outdoor recreation, including biking, hiking, golfing, horseback riding, and rock climbing.

Application Process

Final candidates should expect two interviews with Kirby Partners recruiters (including a video conference interview). You may be asked to complete an Executive Profile and submit references to be considered for presentation to the search committee.

All inquiries will be treated in confidence.

Interview Process

Kirby Partners will evaluate candidates and present a small slate of extraordinary candidates. Initial interviews will be virtual. The final two candidates will be invited to the Tucson Medical campus for face-to-face meetings.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

CHRISTUS Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their System Director, Information Management Health Plan and Population Health Services.

CHRISTUS Health is one of the largest Catholic health systems in North America, providing faith-based care in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and in Mexico, Columbia, and Chile through more than 60 hospitals and clinics, and over 175 other facilities.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and San Antonio and the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, CHRISTUS’ mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to every individual they serve.

CHRISTUS Health is a diverse system serving with outpatient services and clinics, physician groups, insurance plans, surgery centers, and long term care services.

With the help of their communities, CHRISTUS Health focuses on four relevant and timely strategies:

  • Clinical integration and Population Health Management
  • Excellence in operational efficiency and effectiveness
  • Growth in the U.S.
  • Expansion in Latin America

System Director, Information Management Health Plan and Population Health Services Job Overview

The System Director, Information Management Health Plan and Population Health Services, serves a key role as CHRISTUS continues to integrate the health system, implement Epic and grow the insurance side of their organization. As they transition to value-based care, they have a strategy in place for the next ten years and this individual will help shape that vision. This is an incredible opportunity with a mission-based organization that lives the mission daily.

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, CIO and with a dotted line to the Senior Vice President of Population Health and Health Plans, this key leader will also be part of the information systems leadership team. As CHRISTUS continues moving to a single platform, Epic, they will also be implementing Healthy Planet and Tapestry. This is a highly visible position which requires strong communication skills, collaboration, and the ability to partner with executives across the organization.

The CHRISTUS System Director of Information Management Health Plan and Population Health Services will lead strategy development and be responsible for the effective operation of technology and applications support teams in advancing Health Plan Services to clients and Population Health Management.

CHRISTUS is a high energy, fast paced, data driven, and matrixed reporting environment.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Master’s Degree in a related field strongly preferred

Experience:

  • Requires ten+ years of increasingly responsible leadership experience in large corporate environments with a wide variety of Information Management, Health Plan and Population Health applications and technologies
  • Requires five+ or more years of provider-owned health plan administration experience (Claims, Service, etc.) with direct accountability for IT in an operational capacity. Expected administrative and/or IT experience with multiple lines of business (e.g., self-insured, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, ACO, HIX Commercial insured)
  • Experience with health plan and population health IT strategy development
  • Experience with commercial payers as well as with state and federal health plan reimbursement systems, regulations, and requirements
  • Requires specialized procedural knowledge of Health Plan/Pop Health systems design, hardware/software, operations, problem resolution, system documentation, and project management
  • Preferred experience working with provider-sponsored value-based care organizations or managed care organization
  • Epic strongly preferred, especially Tapestry
  • Thorough understanding of Healthcare, Health Plan and Population Health Operations
  • Ability to be extremely organized, disciplined, hands-on, and process-oriented leader who is not afraid of digging into details.
  • Forward-thinking; able to anticipate regulatory needs/deadlines well in advance and guide the organization in preparing to meet requirements and avoid penalties/loss of payment associated with non-compliance
  • Exceptionally strong organizational skills, analytics/problem-solving mindset using data to support conclusions, and having a thought process that allows for root cause analysis and issues resolution
  • Relevant industry certifications (ITIL, MCSE, TOGAF) preferred

Other:

  • Relocation to Dallas is required.
  • This executive must be able to travel to facility locations when required. The executive will have a moderate amount (20-30%) of business travel to CHRISTUS U.S. regional locations
Please view the position whitepaper here for more information about CHRISTUS Health, the job, and the community.

Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. 

If you have any questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Southcoast Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director, Enterprise Business Systems.

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit,community-based health system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

The Southcoast Health system includes three hospitals — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River (founded in 1885), St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford (founded in 1884) and Tobey Hospital in Wareham (founded in 1938). These hospitals merged on June 9, 1996 to form Southcoast Hospitals Group and operate under a single hospital license, with a total of 815 beds. Southcoast Health now also includes Southcoast Behavioral Health in Dartmouth. Southcoast serves more than 719,000 residents in 33 communities, covering more than 900 square miles.

In addition to its hospitals and a physician network of more than 450 providers, Southcoast has more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. This includes more than 40 physician practices as well as urgent care centers, a Visiting Nurse Association, the Centers for Cancer Care, outpatient surgery centers, and numerous ancillary facilities.

Director, Enterprise Business Systems Job Overview

The Director, Enterprise Business Systems at Southcoast Health is a highly visible position that will collaborate with business stakeholders in human resources, supply chain and finance. This position will set strategic direction and help users understand “the art of possible” with Peoplesoft. ERP optimization is a top executive priority for Southcoast Health and this leader will leverage significant capital investment that is already earmarked for optimization. There is a unique opportunity to quickly grow a bespoke team, as new positions are funded and ready to hire.

The Director, Enterprise Business Systems will mature business processes and increase utilization. He/she will actively participate in governance and will work to advance analytics maturity. Under the general direction of the Senior Vice President/CIO for Southcoast Health System, the Director, Enterprise Business Systems performs a wide variety of duties including planning, directing, and evaluating staff in implementing Enterprise Resource Planning software. He/she is responsible for working with departmental leaders to identify and/or implement improved work processes and increased efficiencies.

The Director, Enterprise Business Systems establishes and enforces standard methods for evaluating solutions to define end user requirements and organize the projects necessary to select, code, test and install a wide variety of programs.

The Director, Enterprise Business Systems will review work in progress to insure completeness, accuracy and adherence to standards. He/she works in close collaboration and cooperation with other Directors throughout the organization.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Business or a related field preferred

Experience:

  • 3+ years of experience in healthcare
  • 5+ years of experience managing major projects
  • 5+ years of IT management experience
  • Intermediate mathematical skills; basic statistical analysis skills
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

  • Experience with process modeling, work redesign, and ROI initiatives
  • 5+ years experience working with Oracle PeopleSoft FSCM and HCM
  • Kronos experience for timekeeping and workforce scheduling highly desirable
Please view the position whitepaper here for more information about Southcoast Health, the job, and the community.

Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. 

If you have questions about this position, please email Jocelyn Clarke.

Moffitt Cancer Center has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Manager, Laboratory Systems.

Moffitt Cancer Center is a Top 10 cancer hospital dedicated to one lifesaving mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Moffitt, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, employs more than 7,000 team members. It is recognized for scientific excellence, multidisciplinary research, and robust training and education. Moffitt’s staff includes some of the world’s best oncology physicians, surgeons, researchers, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

The Moffitt Medical Group (MMG) is Florida’s largest multidisciplinary medical group practice that is dedicated to cancer care. The MMG, based at Moffitt Cancer Center, also provides services at other hospitals and clinics throughout the state of Florida and beyond.

Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Advent Health to open a new 28,000 square-foot facility located in the Healing Plaza on the campus of AdventHealth Wesley Chapel in Pasco County, Florida.

Additionally, Moffitt Cancer Center and AdventHealth launched their first collaborative cancer clinical trial in Central Florida as the first part of a broad partnership between the organizations to expand cancer treatment and research in Central Florida.

Manager, Laboratory Information Systems Job Overview

Moffitt Cancer Center is in the midst of an organization- wide strategic transformation journey called “Impact 2028” driving advancements in three main focus areas: personalized care continuum, digital care & discovery accelerator, and market expansion. Led by a visionary new CEO, Dr. Patrick Hwu from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Moffitt is making significant investments into achieving this ambitious journey.   

The Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Dr. Edmondo Robinson, is building a team of innovators who will design and implement new digital technology solutions in the areas of business operations, clinical care, research, and consumerism that further drive success of the organization.   

The Chief Information Officer, Elizabeth Lindsay-Wood, has added 90 new positions to the IT team along with several Directors who are maturing governance, scientific computing, enterprise architecture, and other capabilities. There is strong support for investments in laboratory technology across Moffitt and leaders view it as a critical component for their overall strategic growth in precision medicine. 

Qualifications

Moffitt Cancer Center seeks a Manager, Laboratory Information Systems with extensive experience supporting laboratory applications in a multi-site healthcare environment using advanced technology.   

To be successful, the Manager needs to thrive in a fast-paced, high volume environment and exhibit a high level of confidence with independent department management.  

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in laboratory medical technology, information technology, or other healthcare discipline 

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum three years of laboratory IT systems experience with three years of leadership as supervisor or above  
  • Significant and successful experience with implementation of laboratory IT systems in a multi-site healthcare setting  

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous management experience leading a team of technology professionals 
  • Experience with Cerner PathNet, PowerPath, and/or LabVantage  
  • Certified Scrum Master and/or ITIL certification  
  • Experience with molecular pathology, precision medicine, and digital pathology  
  • Experience with data integration and laboratory instrumentation 
  • Strong understanding of networks, servers, and storage  
  • Experience with new construction projects  
Please view the position whitepaper here for more information about Moffitt, the job, and the community.

Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. 

If you have questions about this position, please email Jocelyn Clarke.

Froedtert Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Vice President – Chief Data & Analytics Officer.

Froedtert Health, headquartered in Milwaukee, is a regional, integrated health care organization providing a comprehensive range of health-related services, including hospitals and health centers, home care, laboratory, health insurance, employer health services, and workplace clinics, and digital health solutions.

Under the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin brand, Froedtert Health partners with the Medical College of Wisconsin, eastern Wisconsin’s only adult academic medical center, to provide consumers a choice that is unique in the region: an interconnected academic health network where care is provided system-wide with an academic medicine approach.

The mission of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network is to advance the health of the communities it serves through exceptional care enhanced by innovation and discovery. The health network operates eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma Center at Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, an internationally recognized training and research center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies.

Reflecting steadily increasing demand for care, the health network has grown from 11 to nearly 40 clinical sites over the past decade and the workforce has expanded by 75% to nearly 13,000 full-time staff.

The Froedtert & MCW health network, which includes eight hospitals, nearly 2,500 physicians, and more than 45 health centers and clinics, draws patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation. It is one of the largest health systems in Wisconsin. In its most recent fiscal year, outpatient visits were nearly 1.2 million, inpatient admissions to its three hospitals were 52,807 and visits to its network physicians totaled 947,136.

Vice President – Chief Data & Analytics Officer

This position is a phenomenal opportunity to join Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin as the VP Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) leading data and analytics strategy and operations.

The VP Chief Data & Analytics Officer leads the integration of data and analytics efforts for the enterprise health network and affiliates and is a business strategist who understands the flow of information, its context, and how it links across the enterprise to derive value within and for the business.

He/She will be responsible for enterprise data and analytics processes and engineering, decision making, and governance.

Significant progress has been made advancing data and analytics including:

  • Setting a strategic direction
  • Maturing data governance
  • Forming a Center of Excellence

The CDAO will work to further advance data literacy and self-service capabilities to enable leaders across Froedtert Health and MCW to make data driven decisions to advance strategic initiatives and improve patient care

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Master’s degree in informatics, business or health administration, analytics, engineering, quality, computer science, statistics, social science

Experience:

  • 15+ years of experience in analytics leadership or comparable experience
  • 10+ years of healthcare provider organization leadership experience, academic experience preferred
  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in leading cross-functional teams and enterprise wide programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts
  • Experience in integrating complex, cross corporate processes and information strategies, and/or designing strategic metrics and scorecards
  • Experience leading large scale transformation and improvement initiatives
  • Strategy and management consulting experience desirable

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

  • Advanced business acumen and politically savvy skills working across business lines at senior levels to influence and effect change to achieve common goals
  • Ability to effectively drive business, culture and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment
  • Information strategy skills including strategic technology planning and execution, policy development and maintenance
  • Ability to develop a framework for information and analytics governance as well as the ability to sell it and embed it within all levels of the organization
  • Proven data literacy including the ability to describe business use cases, data sources and management concepts and analytics approaches 
  • Performance improvement, quality and change management skills in a healthcare setting
  • Advanced analytics skills with outstanding problem solving abilities using analytics methods
  • Proven record of effective leadership including the ability to balance team and individual responsibilities; building teams and consensus and getting things done through others not directly under his/her supervision
  • All senior leaders are expected to have strong skills in interpersonal interaction, public speaking, knowledge of budgets and healthcare finance, and high integrity, good judgment, attention to detail and teamwork

Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity. Interviews will be virtual.

If you have questions please email Bryan Kirby.