Job Summary
Lead day-to-day application support operations (L2/L3) across multiple healthcare domains including clinical systems (Acute EHR, ambulatory EMR, nursing, emergency, etc.), clinical ancillary systems (pharmacy, radiology, laboratory, etc.), population health, and enterprise applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Service delivery & operations management.
- Incident, problem & change management: oversee ITIL processes (incident/request management, problem management, change management) and ensure SLA/KPI compliance.
- Applications & domain ownership: provide oversight across multiple areas of hospital operations.
- Vendor & stakeholder management: coordinate with third‑party support providers, conduct service review meetings and reporting, engage with clinical leaders, operations, and compliance teams.
- Team leadership & people management: lead and manage support teams (L2/L3 engineers, SMEs).
- Compliance & risk management.
- Continuous improvement & transformation: identify service optimization opportunities for AI‑driven automation, AI/analytics‑driven support.
- Status reporting and stakeholder management.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in the healthcare provider domain with strong understanding of hospital operations, clinical workflows, and regulated healthcare environments.
- 10+ years of experience in application support, project management, IT operations or healthcare IT service delivery.
- Minimum 7+ years of expertise in managing incident, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL best practices.
- Minimum 7+ years of experience supporting COTS healthcare applications and managing multi‑vendor ecosystems.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to manage resolution of complex L2/L3 issues.
- Familiarity with HIPAA, healthcare data governance, and security/privacy compliance requirements.
- Experience coordinating patching, upgrades, release cycles, and multi‑environment deployments.
- Leadership & soft skills: strong stakeholder management, excellent communication and presentation skills.