VP, Workforce Optimization & Labor Analytics

Ardent Health Services; Brentwood (TN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Health Services in Brentwood, Tennessee seeks an Assistant Vice President, Workforce Management to provide strategic and technical leadership of value-driven initiatives that cross clinical, operational, and financial boundaries. You will oversee labor resources, productivity, and the UKG Dimensions platform, and manage the Ardent Internal Agency float pool.

This role leads a team supporting Labor/Productivity, Dimensions, and RN Resource teams, partners with system leadership, HR, IT and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field is required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of healthcare experience; acute care setting preferred.
• Ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of information systems and complex software applications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build partnerships across departments.
• Highly motivated with adaptability in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong data analysis and change management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate benchmarks are utilized within the productivity system.
• Manage operations of Ardent Agency program.
• Monitor data integrations (Dimensions, Laborlytics, Lawson) and implement fixes.
• Oversee Timekeeping/Scheduling system updates and expand scheduling capabilities in UKG Dimensions.
• Develop HR-aligned metrics to ensure system reliability and scheduling compliance.
• Analyze scheduling metrics to provide enterprise-wide overview and support local troubleshooting.
• Monitor Absence Management metrics for reliability and trust.
• Collaborate with Laborlytics to improve coding for productivity.
• Oversee predictive scheduling from opening to posting schedules.
• Coordinate with facilities to align pay codes in UKG Dimensions.
• Pursue integration of UKG Dimensions with EPIC to maximize forecasting tool use.
• Maintain service level agreements between UKG, IS, and departments.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Problem solving

Team development

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree in related field (preferred)

Tools

UKG Dimensions

EPIC

Lawson

Job description

Ardent Health Services in Brentwood, Tennessee seeks an Assistant Vice President, Workforce Management to provide strategic and technical leadership of value-driven initiatives that cross clinical, operational, and financial boundaries. You will oversee labor resources, productivity, and the UKG Dimensions platform, and manage the Ardent Internal Agency float pool.

This role leads a team supporting Labor/Productivity, Dimensions, and RN Resource teams, partners with system leadership, HR, IT and