Job Type: Permanent

UMC Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer position.

As a senior leader in the IT department, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) leads a team of five: three Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT) engineers, a disaster recovery/risk manager and an identity and access control specialist.

UMC Health System is recognized as “One of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas” in 2018 by Texas Monthly. UMC Health System, a 500-bed public hospital in Lubbock County, Texas, consists of a team of healthcare providers that have served the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region since 1978. UMC is also the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and is recognized as Healthcare’s Most Wired.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 4,600 employees
  • 30,748 inpatient admissions
  • 700 medical staff
  • $2.3 B total revenue

 

Chief Information Security Officer Position Description:

The incoming CISO will put together a comprehensive security plan which includes information security policy and education. UMC recently experienced a data breach and is working with OCR on remediation. The incoming CISO will work in close collaboration with Compliance and Internal Audit on the continuing work with OCR. This is an ideal opportunity for an information security leader to mature an existing program and positively influence the culture of security across the organization. The position is responsible for identifying, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and reporting on information security risks in a manner that meets compliance and regulatory requirements while enabling UMC to develop an anticipatory response to minimize information security risk. The CISO acts as the key liaison and focal point for all information security communications and projects, and coordinates the necessary alignment of information security and staff resources. The position is also responsible for budgeting, project prioritization, and providing guidance to senior leadership in all matters of cybersecurity.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, MIS, cybersecurity or equivalent
  • CISSP certification
  • Five years’ experience in information security
  • Two years managerial experience with budgetary authority
  • Healthcare experience

Desired:

  • Information security training and education program development
  • Experience presenting to executive audiences
  • Advisory committee leadership

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Beaumont Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer position.

The Chief Information Security Officer is a senior IT leadership role with enterprise responsibility and accountability for the IT Cyber Security team. Working within a “greenfield” environment, the CISO will lead a team to ensure IT governance and policies and procedures are enacted and will also partner closely with the CTO to help ensure infrastructure security.

Beaumont Health, Michigan’s largest health care system with eight hospitals and 187 outpatient sites, has received national recognition, including U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” list.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 38,000 employees
  • 5,000 physicians
  • 3,429 total beds
  • $4.4 billion total net revenue
Chief Information Security Officer Position Description:

Beaumont’s Chief Information Security Officer is a senior member of the IT leadership team and reports to the Executive Vice President/CIO. This is a very collaborative and operational position with dual reporting to Compliance. Compliance is responsible for privacy and policy violations. The CISO will lead a team to ensure IT governance and policies and procedures are enacted and will also partner closely with the CTO to help ensure infrastructure security.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Track record of establishing IT Cyber Security as an enabler and differentiator
  • Approximately 10 years of experience overseeing IT Cyber Security in a complex environment
  • Healthcare experience preferred (including peripheral industries)
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to present to the board and interface with other executives both within and outside of the organization
  • Strong leadership skills of approximately 4 years having led teams of at least 15 individuals
  • Advanced degree preferred

 

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Carilion Clinic has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Enterprise Architect position.

The Enterprise Architect leads efforts for producing solutions for organizational initiatives, requiring new technologies in this fast-paced organization. The Enterprise Architect, focusing on delivering signature-ready, actionable recommendations to leaders, will also lead the information technology architecture, solutions, and IT innovation functions of Carilion Health Systems to the desired organization vision and targeted outcomes.

Carilion Clinic, a nationally recognized not-for-profit healthcare system in Roanoke, Virginia, serves approximately one million residents in Western Virginia through their comprehensive network of hospitals, primary and specialty physician practices, and other complementary services. With 696 employed physicians representing more than 76 specialties, the healthcare system seeks to advance care through medical education and research.

Key Network Indicators:

$1.7 billion (net) total revenue
12,800 employees
1,026 licensed beds
50,399 admissions

Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect Position Description:

The Enterprise Architect helps leaders enable their future-state capabilities that will drive Carilion’s targeted outcomes through the choice of programs, projects, and initiatives the organization chooses to invest in. The Enterprise Architect must be capable of practically applying existing, new, and emerging technologies to evolving organizational models. Conversely, they must be able to understand, monetize, and operationalize new technologies.

Qualifications

Candidates should be highly collaborative and supportive of ideals and strategies, be unflappable in the face of opposition to architectural ideals, and be practical and principle based in their decision making approach and problem solving abilities.

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
  • Five or more years of experience in information technology in complex organizations
  • Healthcare technology experience

Desired:

  • Master’s degree

 

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Vidant Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Director, IS Population & Analytics position.

The Director, IS Population & Analytics position requires a high level understanding of healthcare financing, as well as health care delivery and the ability to think strategically and offer innovative solutions to complex challenges. The IS Director Population Health and Analytics partners with the IS Director, Analytics and Integration to develop and implement the analytics road map for VH, as well as drive the implementation of the Vidant Health population health strategy.

Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,447-bed health system that annually serves more than 1.4 million people in Greenville, North Carolina.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 63,093 admissions
  • 47,630 surgeries
  • 5,914 births
  • 335,004 outpatient visits

 

Director, IS Population & Analytics job at Vidant Health

 

Position Description:

The Information Services (IS) Director of Population Health and Analytics is a seasoned clinical and business professional who has significant subject matter experience in defining and developing analytic and population health strategies that align with organizational strategic priorities. The position requires a high level understanding of healthcare financing, as well as health care delivery and the ability to think strategically and offer innovative solutions to complex challenges. The IS Director of Analytics and Population Health has overall responsibility for vendor management, as related to population health technology tools, and ensures alignment of tools to achieve maximum ROI. The IS Director works with the CIO, CMIO, VP of Clinical Informatics, as well as other executive leaders, to strengthen and develop population health strategies to improve value based outcomes, patient experience of care, and cost of care delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Partners with executive leadership in defining and developing the overall IS population health, supporting analytics strategy, and associated performance reporting to drive success in population health outcomes, patient experience, and cost of care delivery.
  • Liaises with operational leaders to support operational analytics, tools, and dashboards to support efficient, high quality, and cost effective patient care and improvements in outcomes.
  • Responsible for forming key partnerships both internally with key business partners, as well as externally, with state and national partners as related to population health initiatives.
  • Ensures key decisions that are necessary for a successful population and analytics strategy are clearly defined, vetted, and executed with key stakeholders and governance.
  • Stays abreast of present and emerging market trends as related to population health, and brings this information forward into actionable planning and improvement initiatives.
  • Defines the governance and prioritization infrastructure to support population health analytics, and collaborates with clinical leaders, quality, finance, and marketing across the system.
  • Responsible for vendor management, as related to population health tools, and ensures alignment of tools to achieve maximum ROI.
  • Advises on turning data into action, monitors the effectiveness of the use of data in context to the overall population and analytics strategy, as well as the impact on performance of value-based payment arrangements.
  • Serves as a highly visible leader, colleague and mentor, providing leadership, direction, and education across the system as it relates to analytics and population health.
  • Partners with VH leadership to create alliances as related to population health and analytics; obtains support and respect from diverse groups and fosters an understanding and commitment to VH population and analytics strategy.
  • Defines key operational readiness activities to ensure success of a population health program, and works with VH leadership to ensure understanding of the necessary drivers for success.
  • Defines analytics initiatives in support of transforming care and driving value in Value Based payment and incentive programs.
  • Collaborates with the IS leadership and business partners to promote and sustain a culture of access to data, where end users have timely, trustworthy, and accurate intelligence through self-service or analytics tools consistent with the organizations strategic priorities, resources, and governance.
  • Oversees inventory management of existing and new reports that support organizational strategic priorities, and leads the management of requests and prioritization efforts.
  • Develops professional credibility across the system; Gains respect and builds relationships that support population health, both internally and externally.

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in clinical discipline
  • Master’s Degree
  • Experience in quality improvement, healthcare data analysis or clinical outcome management
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Southcoast Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their  Chief Information Security Officer position.

Under the general direction of the Senior Vice President CIO for Southcoast Health System, the Chief Information Security Officer will perform a wide variety of duties including establishing, implementing, monitoring, and enforcing information security standards enterprise-wide.

Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 815 beds
  • 650 physicians
  • 7,500 employees
  • $989 million operating revenue

 

Southcoast Hospitals Group:

  • Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River
  • St.Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford
  • Tobey Hospital in Wareham

 

Chief Information Security Officer Southcoast Health

Position Description:

The CISO will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of enterprise-wide information security strategies. This position will oversee the creation and maintenance of information security policy, leads on-going security risk assessments and status reporting efforts and is responsible for the creation and roll-out of security awareness and training programs.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business or related field
  • Master’s Degree preferred
  • Substantial and directly related information security skills and experience may substitute for some education
  • 7-10 years of IT related management experience in a complex healthcare environment
  • Strong understanding of IT security threats and preventative measures, disaster management and techniques and technologies and IT related security laws, regulations and guidelines are required. Must work well with and in teams
  • Advanced computer technical skills are required to understand the complex IT infrastructure in the enterprise
  • Ability to lead through influence

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MedAllies has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their  Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer position.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer is responsible for oversight and management of the MedAllies Security and Accreditation Programs (including information security, training and physical security), recurring third-party security and compliance audits.

MedAllies is a rapidly growing national healthcare consulting firm in Fishkill, New York.  The firm focuses on clinical practice and health system transformation, connecting providers as a health information service provider and develops software which enables thousands of healthcare providers and organizations to provide efficient and effective patient care.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 6,000 health care organizations
  • 200,000 Direct users
  • 51 employees

Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer

 

Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer Position Description:

This opportunity will let you use your experience and knowledge to further develop leading security initiatives in this growing organization working with nationally known leaders in healthcare. MedAllies is an exciting place to work where you can learn new technologies and design security operations in the healthcare sector. It is a fast and innovative organization and the Security and Compliance Officer must be able to balance industry strength security with business operations.

Qualifications

The ideal Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer would have an understanding of HIPAA security, and understanding of industry standards/regulations such as ISO, NIST, GDPR, and healthcare specifications such as ENHAC and HITRUST.

  • Bachelor’s degree required in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience (Master’s preferred)
  • CISSP certification required
  • At least 5-10 years in the healthcare information security field, with risk management preferred
  • Must have working knowledge of HIPAA, ISO, and HITRUST
  • Must be able to communicate security-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff, including senior leadership
  • Must have experience with business continuity planning, auditing, and risk management
  • Experience in defining standards, guidelines, best practices related to risk management, and identity management
  • Ability to to troubleshoot complex problems related to security, risk management, and resolve issues quickly identifying the best option in an emergency situation

 

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Seattle Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Senior Director, Enterprise Clinical Systems position.

The Senior Director, Enterprise Clinical Systems will play a key role in the aggressive timeline of the hospital’s integrated electronic health record implementation and lead four different departments and a team of approximately 100 individuals.

Seattle Children’s Hospital serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country. Seattle Children’s is currently involved in multiple construction projects, including additions to the hospital, new research buildings, and a new build out for IT, located in downtown Seattle.

Key Network Indicators

  • 429,255 patient visits
  • 403 licensed beds
  • 7,282 employees

 

Senior Director, Enterprise Clinical Systems

Senior Director, Enterprise Clinical Systems Position Description:

The Senior Director of Enterprise Clinical Systems leads the strategic implementation and operational support of a fully integrated electronic health record (EHR) to support the mission of Hope, Care, and Cure at Seattle Children’s. This position will manage the CIS (Clinical Information Systems) team, the Patient Access and Revenue Cycle Team (PARC) team, HIM and Enterprise Imaging. Seattle Children’s currently has Cerner clinical applications for both ambulatory and inpatient and integrated EHR revenue cycle and patient access applications. With a new CIO in place, the IT team is moving forward with major initiatives and change management skills are imperative.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage four departments with a total team of approximately 100 people
  • Provide mentorship and leadership to the four direct reports
  • Lead departmental change management as well as with the organization as the integrated electronic health record implementation progresses
  • Provide program and project direction
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree- Master’s preferred
  • Experience leading large scale implementation of a major EHR-Epic preferred
  • Over eight years of IT management experience
  • Academic or children’s hospital expertise preferred

 

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Hackensack Meridian Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their VP IT Infrastructure and Operations position.

The VP IT Infrastructure and Operations is a leadership role that is accountable for the totality of IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) across Hackensack Meridian Health. The VP of I&O is responsible for implementing and running next-generation information technology infrastructure and for world class delivery of all third-party and internally managed information technology infrastructure used for all clinical, research, and business processes across the enterprise.

Hackensack Meridian Health, located in Edison, New Jersey is the state’s largest, most comprehensive and most integrated network that includes 16 hospitals.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 33,000 Team Members
  • 6,500 Physicians
  • 4,520 Beds
  • 2017 Most Wired: Advanced

 

VP IT Infrastructure and Operations

 

Position Description:

The VP IT Infrastructure and Operations is an inspirational leader with deep technical infrastructure experience, strong project management acumen, excellent vendor management skills, plus a superior, service-first-oriented approach to infrastructure operations. The VP IT Infrastructure and Operations is also responsible for operational and service management processes to ensure quality, efficiency and agility goals are achieved. As a member of the IT senior leadership team, the role will contribute to the development and execution of the enterprise wide IT strategy, and ensure it aligns with Hackensack Meridian Health’s strategy and delivery  capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the I&O department to embrace next generation technology that supports the innovative DNA of Hackensack Meridian Health.
  • Works with HR and the IT leadership team to develop an I&O “people strategy” that aligns with the enterprise and IT strategy. Continually looks for leading-edge and innovative solutions to the recruitment, development and retention of the I&O workforce.
  • Forecasts future skill needs to acquire and develop an IT workforce with the appropriate mix of business knowledge, technical skills and competencies that balance between growing the agility required to achieve digital business objectives and ensuring the core IT functions are reliable, stable, and efficient.
  • Sets the mission and vision of the I&O department to foster a service-oriented culture and mindset driven by continual service improvement techniques.
  • Leads the development of the I&O roadmap, and ensures its integration with the overall IT and enterprise strategic plans.
  • Works with the IT senior leadership team on the service portfolio and governance required to prioritize resources.
  • Acts as a trusted advisor, and builds and maintains relationships with other IT leaders and Hackensack Meridian Health executives to develop a clear understanding of enterprise needs; ensures cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs, and is able to respond with agility to changing industry priorities.
  • Develops the annual operating and capital expenditure budget for I&O to ensure it is consistent with overall strategic objectives of IT and the enterprise and is within plan.
  • Leverages influencing and negotiation skills across IT and the enterprise to enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions in achievement of enterprise goals.
  • Participates in the assessment of external and internal technology capabilities required to achieve desired competitive positioning.
  • Maintains currency on new technologies and platforms and provides direction on what emerging technologies should be assimilated, integrated and introduced within I&O to ensure IT capabilities respond to the needs of the enterprise’s strategy.
  • Maintains an active I&O sunset strategy for outmoded technology.
  • Champions I&O involvement in the IT organization’s innovation efforts and its role in experimenting with new solutions to take advantage of industry opportunities.
  • Provides strategic direction and oversight for the operation and support of IT systems that fulfill the needs of the enterprise, including the full life cycle of infrastructure operations and IT service support.
  • Directs the development of I&O sourcing strategy and provides executive participation in strategic vendor and partner relationship management.
  • Serves on IT planning and policymaking committees; drives the development of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics to ensure I&O delivers value to the enterprise.
  • Provides leadership, coaching and direction to the I&O leadership team and staff.

Required:

  • A graduate or postgraduate degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or a closely related technology field.
  • 15 or more years of experience in IT.
  • Five years of leadership responsibilities.
  • Preferably five or more years of experience in large, cross-functional teams influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.
  • Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, organization design and development.
  • Preferably proven experience or demonstrated capability in leading IT transformational initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.
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Carilion Clinic has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer position.

As a key member of the SVP/CIO’s leadership team, the Chief Information Security Officer will have the opportunity to lead an information security team as they establish a strong security culture.

Carilion Clinic, a nationally recognized not-for-profit healthcare system in Roanoke, Virginia, serves approximately one million residents in Western Virginia through their comprehensive network of hospitals, primary and specialty physician practices and other complementary services. With 696 employed physicians representing more than 76 specialties, the healthcare system seeks to advance care through medical education and research.

Key Network Indicators:

  • $1.7 billion (net) total revenue
  • 12,800 employees
  • 1,026 licensed beds
  • 50,399 admissions
 Chief Information Security Officer position opening at Carilion Clinic

 

Chief Information Security Officer Position Description:

Carilion Clinic is hiring the organization’s first enterprise Chief Information Security Officer. The organization is looking for the CISO to provide an enterprise information security vision and grow the security environment. Carilion Clinic has a patient-focused culture; this position will work closely with research and physicians, and the Epic team. The CISO is responsible for developing long-term information security strategies including, but not limited to, network security, computer and device security as well as application and data security. The CISO leads the response to IT security incidents, serving as primary IT contact point for information security matters that require coordination within the central IT organization as well as the enterprise. The information security program is well funded with a $3M investment over the past three years and is strongly supported by senior leadership and the board of directors.

The CISO will oversee a team of eight people which includes two network security engineers and six identity and access management analysts. The CISO will oversee the coordination of IT security matters in collaboration with Carilion Clinic’s legal counsel, internal audit, compliance/risk management, and other departments as appropriate. The position will also provide specialized IT security consulting, materials, programs and analysis related to information security and IT policy. Additional duties include proactive involvement with IT risk assessments, IT security policy and research, evaluating and overseeing implementation of procedural and technical IT security measures for Carilion’s network, applications, computing systems and environments as well as mobile and clinical engineering assets.

Responsibilities
  • Lead governance processes for IT security strategies.
  • Lead strategic security planning to achieve organizational goals by prioritizing defense initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future security technologies using a risk-based assessment methodology.
  • Develop and communicate security strategies and plans to executive team, staff, partners, and stakeholders.
  • Assist with the design and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, audits, and enhancements.
  • Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of policies, procedures, and associated plans for system security administration and user system access based on industry-standard best practices.
  • Define and communicate corporate plans, procedures, policies, and standards for the organization for acquiring, implementing, and operating new security systems, equipment, software, and other technologies.
  • Establish standards for the administration of all computer security systems and their corresponding or associated software, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, cryptography systems, and related software.

Upcoming projects:

  • Develop a comprehensive IT security program that includes training and awareness
  • Formalize incident response plan
  • Network segmentation
  • Centralize and streamline identity and access management process

 

Qualifications
  • Over eight years of dedicated IT security related experience
  • Expert technical understanding IT security protocols, technologies, and issues
  • CISSP or CISM
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree desired

 

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Hackensack Meridian Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Vice President Chief Enterprise Architect position.

The Vice President/Chief Enterprise Architect will lead the efforts for producing solutions for organizational initiatives requiring new technologies. The Chief Enterprise Architect is accountable for proactively and holistically leading the information technology architecture, solutions and IT innovation functions of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) to the desired organization vision and targeted outcomes. The Chief Enterprise Architect is responsible for taking a practical approach to supporting HMH’s information technology needs. This starts and ends with a focus on delivering signature-ready, actionable recommendations to leaders, so they can achieve targeted outcomes.

Hackensack Meridian Health, located in Edison, New Jersey is the state’s largest, most comprehensive and most integrated network that includes 16 hospitals.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 33,000 Team Members
  • 6,500 Physicians
  • 4,520 Beds
  • 2017 Most Wired: Advanced

 

Vice President Chief Enterprise Architect

Vice President Chief Enterprise Architect Position Description:

The chief enterprise architect is responsible for helping leaders enable their future-state capabilities that, in turn, will drive the HMH’s targeted outcomes through the choice of programs, projects and initiatives the organization chooses to invest in. The chief enterprise architect must be capable of practically applying existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving organizational models. Conversely, they must be able to understand, monetize and operationalize new technologies.

Responsibilities

Leads and coordinates all aspects of the EA program including:

  • Guides people, process and organizational change related to the use of information technology.
  • Solutions Architecture – develops a direction for managing the portfolio of to-be solutions.
  • Technical Architecture – evolves the technical infrastructure.
  • Application Architecture (subset of solutions architecture) – guides application design and defines application architecture paradigms, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), principles that influence design decisions and patterns that provide proven design solutions.
  • Leads, manages, and balances bimodal EA program – one EA team with two modes of operating. Mode 1 is foundational EA (tactical), which maintains and evolves future-state IT capabilities with a focus on efficiency and predictability of the existing IT estate. Mode 2 is vanguard EA (strategic), which designs and enables future-state IT capabilities with a focus on technology disruption, speed, agility, and flexibility, while meeting today’s organizational needs with an optimized Mode 1 strategy.
  • Leads the efforts to develop, maintain and govern the enterprise architecture across the organization.
  • Responsible for defining the EA process and architecture review and advisory process, and for leading the integration of those processes with related organizational and IT processes.
  • Lead, prioritize, and develop the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicate architectural direction.
  • Directly manages other architecture-related activities and the respective roles (IT solutions and IT innovation).

The Chief Enterprise Architect will demonstrate competencies across six key dimensions:

  • Lead and Influence
  • Identify Ecosystems and Develop IT Models
  • Focus on Strategy and Execution
  • Research and Understand Technology and Nontechnology Trends
  • Enable Enterprise Ideation and Innovation
  • Determine and Help Orchestrate the Delivery of HMH Outcomes
Qualifications

Candidates should be innovative, mission driven, trusted thought-leaders skilled at leading conversations to a decision. Though not a true idea person, this position will engage with organizational leaders to define solutions and then deliver results. The best candidates will understand “how stuff works” at the core level and be familiar with underlying healthcare technologies. Candidates should be highly collaborative and supportive of ideals and strategies, be unflappable in the face of opposition to architectural ideals, and be practical and principle-based in their decision making approach and problem solving abilities.

Skills:

  • Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and EA and COBIT frameworks.
  • Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
  • Exposure and understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
  • Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • Excellent analytical and technical skills.
  • Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills.
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills.
  • Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture.
  • Knowledge of of business engineering principles and processes.
  • Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories.

Competencies:

  • Organizational savvy.
  • Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions.
  • Ability to translate HMH needs into EA requirements.
  • Ability to estimate the financial impact of EA alternatives.
  • Ability to apply multiple solutions to challenges.
  • Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
  • Capable and comfortable with balancing time between foundational EA (Mode 1: ensures efficiency and predictability) and vanguard EA efforts (Mode 2: concerned with speed, agility and flexibility to achieve a unified and flexible EA that meets the organization’s needs).
  • Understand and speak the language of healthcare.
  • Influential in the organization and a team player.
  • Effective at driving short-term actions that are consistent with long term goals.

Required:

  • Master’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
  • 10 or more years of experience in information technology in complex organizations.
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