Manager-Information Services

IU Health; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IU Health is seeking a Manager-Information Services to lead the Data Acquisitions engineering team. You will oversee enterprise data ingestion across clinical, operational, research, and partner sources, leveraging Azure Databricks and related Azure services.

The role requires building a highly capable team, delivering measurable outcomes, and managing resources in a hybrid/onsite setting in Central Indiana.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years leading IS/software delivery teams.
• Experience with Azure Databricks, SQL, Python, cloud data platforms, CI/CD, and Agile workflows.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the IS team productivity and resource allocation.
• Ensures alignment of project outcomes with clinical and business needs.
• Provides technical leadership for enterprise-scale data pipelines and ingestion capabilities.
• Manages SLA-driven delivery for large-scale data acquisition and operations.

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure Databricks

SQL

Python

Job description

Overview

Manager-Information Services

Indiana University Health is unlike any other healthcare system and we're looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. People who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People motivated to do their best every day. People who are always ready to apply themselves. As one of Indiana's largest employers, our vision to lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation and education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Summary

Leads the Data Acquisitions engineering team responsible for the reliable, scalable intake and preservation of enterprise data across clinical, operational, research, and partner sources. Oversee software engineering delivery for high-volume, business-critical data pipelines using Azure Databricks and related Azure services, configuration-driven development, automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile practices. Ensures capabilities align with enterprise architecture, governance, security, and operational requirements and provide the authoritative data-source foundation for the enterprise data platform and clinical research initiatives. Builds a highly technical team, establishes measurable service and delivery outcomes, and ensures human and financial resources are effectively deployed. This position is full-time, hybrid/onsite and must live and work in Central Indiana.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the productivity of assigned IS team and resources.
• Ensures that project outcomes conform to business and clinical needs.
• Demonstrates consistency & reliability in execution.
• Builds a functional team and ensures that human and financial resources are effectively deployed.
• Establishes metrics and tracks improvements.
• Manages team members and drives the ownership mindset necessary to achieve departmental plans and direction.
• Reviews and evaluates work of staff and prepares performance reports.
• Provides technical leadership for a software development team designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale data acquisition pipelines and reusable ingestion capabilities.
• Leads acquisition and continuity planning for complex clinical, operational, research, partner, and multimodal data sources, including the transition from Cerner to Epic and support for reusable enterprise and Hoosier BRIDGE data products.
• Owns SLA-driven delivery and production operations for business-critical data acquisition at TB/PB scale and more than 5,000-10,000 daily executions, including observability, incident response, recovery, performance, capacity, and cost management.
• Applies enterprise architecture and software engineering practices across Azure Databricks and related Azure services, including configuration-driven and metadata-driven development, infrastructure as code, source control, automated testing, CI/CD, environment promotion, security, governance, and platform migration.
• Maintains working knowledge of enterprise and healthcare data integration patterns and exchange standards, including batch, streaming, files, APIs, HL7, FHIR, and CCDA, and ensures source provenance, reconciliation, lineage, and continuity are built into delivery.

Candidate qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Requires 5-7 years of relevant experience in IS and/or management role.
• Requires a strong technical background in data engineering and software delivery, with demonstrated understanding of Azure Databricks, SQL and Python-based development, cloud data platforms, configuration-driven solutions, source control, automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile delivery workflows.
• Requires a demonstrated fundamental understanding of project accounting and financial management.
• Requires an understanding of general Information Management roles, responsibilities, and best practices.
• Relevant coursework or certifications are preferred in Azure Databricks, Azure data engineering or architecture, Agile delivery, DevOps/CI/CD, ITIL, project management, or continuous improvement. Demonstrated hands-on leadership of comparable technical teams may be considered in place of certifications.
• Strong working skills with MS Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc. is preferred.
• Preferred experience with contractor and vendor management.
• Preferred experience acquiring, managing, and securely delivering large-scale multimodal data, including genomics, medical imaging, unstructured text, and wearable or device-generated data, to support distributed, edge, and clinical research use cases.

Key Relationships

• Reports to: Director-Information Services

Indiana University Health is unlike any other healthcare system, and we are looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. IU Health leaders play a crucial role in advancing the mission of our organization and inspiring teams to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. As one of Indiana's largest employers and the most comprehensive medical system in the state, our vision to lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation, and education, and make Indiana one of the healthiest states.

IU Health is the largest health system in Indiana with nearly 40,000 team members, 15 hospitals and $8.64 billion in operating revenue. The system’s programs in cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatrics, and transplants have received national recognition for quality patient care. IU Health, in partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine, bring together highly skilled physicians, researchers, and educators into close collaboration to provide world-class care for children and adults and improve the health of patients and communities across Indiana.

Indiana University Health is dedicated to a fair hiring process and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all individuals, regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, or veteran status.