BACKGROUND

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee/coordinate the overall architecture, design, development, and maintenance of data warehousing and data visualization capabilities.
• Lead the development of the data warehousing and visualization roadmap; ensuring ongoing alignment of team's activities with the overall biomedical informatics strategy.
• Develop, initiate and maintain policies and procedures related to the clinical data warehousing in the organization in accordance with University of Massachusetts Medical School Policies and HIPAA guidelines.
• Manage creation of necessary architecture deliverables including data models, data flow diagrams and reference architecture.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships including platform vendors, support and development partners.
• Oversee existing platforms and processes to deliver efficient and effective services to meet the expectations developed with stakeholders. Identify areas of improvement for processes, technology and resources and implements these improvements
• Manage a technical team involving both functional and matrix resources that delivers technology solutions for business users
• Evaluate currently utilized and industry standard technologies as well as develop and improve standards for the consistent use of database, application, reporting, and technology services throughout the institution
• Play a leadership role in consulting with business units across UMMS to define business opportunities and map potential technology solutions to enable UMMS strategic direction. Maintain strategic focus on developing new functionality s to serve UMMS community and business partners
• Collaborate with the IT management and business partners in implementing secure and reliable solutions, make recommendations regarding development technologies, data systems, reporting tools and business intelligence platforms for new and ongoing projects and initiatives
• Refine best practices, policies, and procedures for information management, compliance/security, backup recovery/disaster recovery, change/release management, and infrastructure monitoring/support of database and reporting systems
• Participate long-range planning and budgeting, and ensures the achievement of organizational and operational plans
• Leads or participates in RFP development, acquisitions, evaluations and contract negotiations. Plans and coordinates software acquisitions, conversions and implementations. Responsible for vendor relations
• Ensure that priorities are established and evaluated on an ongoing basis for systems modifications and requests from our user community. Maintain effective organization and staffing to meet demand
• In coordination with other departments, ensure thorough evaluation of equipment/hardware capabilities and recommend hardware and platform acquisitions. Evaluate and recommend hardware environment architectures to support ongoing customer needs
• Identify efficient tools for business and clinical application design and development. Incorporate technology tools where appropriate
• Direct reports. Responsible for personnel actions, staff development, and training within the Information Technology department
• Oversight of all aspects of enterprise reporting, web services, change/release management, and web analytics.
• Ensure the accuracy of work estimates, improving the overall quality of deliverables/systems, and ensuring data models, database code, and enterprise reporting components developed by staff conform with identified best practices (i.e.: scalability, security, usability, etc.).
• Effectively implement, promote and ensure compliance with professional and industry standards, UMASS policies and procedures, and IS quality standards for database administration, application development, business analysis requirement definition, technology development, software testing, reporting, project planning/management, and administration infrastructure and support capabilities
• Perform other duties as required

REQUIREMENTS

• BS in Computer Science, a related degree, or equivalent experience
• 10 years of experience of Database and Business intelligence expertise in the development, procurement, implementation, and support of a networked, multi-vendor environment
• 5 years of experience with clinical data warehousing for research use with progressive management/supervisory responsibility as well as a strong demonstration of management experience (managing multiple projects/technologies/deliverables and at least 12 staff members)
• Extensive knowledge of data management infrastructures in a scientific research environment
• Strong strategic and operational planning skills, including management of full lifecycle implementations for major application implementation in both functional and matrix environments
• Excellent ability to communicate ideas and both verbally and written
• Demonstrated ability to analyze a wide variety of data and derive actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, align stakeholder expectations, and develop and execute an associated plan of action

PREFERENCES

• Ph.D. or M.D. is ideal

HOW TO APPLY