Strategic Clinical Informatics Architect

University of Maryland Medical System; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland Medical System seeks a senior strategic leader and clinical informatics expert to design, optimize, and implement clinical and business information systems across care settings. You will mentor informaticists, drive innovation, and oversee complex initiatives to improve patient safety, quality of care, and operational efficiency under limited supervision.

Collaborating with operational and clinical leaders, frontline providers, and IT teams, you will lead go-lives, release

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Informatics, Allied Health, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years in clinical practice, healthcare operations, or clinical informatics.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership overseeing enterprise-scale informatics initiatives.
• Experience with Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, preferably Epic, including implementation, optimization, or upgrade.
• Current Maryland clinical licensure (or Compact-eligible) if applicable.
• Epic certification or plan to achieve within defined time frame.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to assess, design, and improve clinical and business workflows.
• Champion innovation in care delivery by integrating technology and process improvements.
• Oversee planning, testing, deployment, and optimization of clinical and business systems.
• Provide expert guidance on system configuration, enhancements, and release management.
• Mentor Clinical Informaticists and develop Super User programs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs for informatics initiatives.
• Contribute to design, optimization, and support of EHR and related applications across care settings.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Clinical informatics

Data analysis

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Informatics, Allied Health, Information Technology, or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Epic EHR

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

University of Maryland Medical System seeks a senior strategic leader and clinical informatics expert to design, optimize, and implement clinical and business information systems across care settings. You will mentor informaticists, drive innovation, and oversee complex initiatives to improve patient safety, quality of care, and operational efficiency under limited supervision.

Collaborating with operational and clinical leaders, frontline providers, and IT teams, you will lead go-lives, release