VP, IT Strategy & Business Alignment, Innovation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the development, execution, and annual refresh of a multiyear IT strategy, target operating model, and technology roadmaps aligned with business goals.

• Transform enterprise priorities, growth strategies, acquisition activities, operational requirements, and technology risks into investment recommendations, capability plans, and measurable business outcomes.

• Cultivate partnerships with corporate, clinical, and center leadership.

• Oversee business relationship management and ensure center success.

• Direct IT budgeting, forecasting, investment analysis, and cost transparency in collaboration with Finance.

• Enhance IT spending efficiency and monitor benefits with accountable business owners.

• Manage IT vendor strategy, commercial performance, renewal planning, and supplier accountability.

• Collaborate with Procurement, Legal, and IT leaders on negotiations, consolidations, and value realization.

• Drive the innovation agenda, assess emerging technologies, and sponsor measurable pilot projects.

• Advise on which initiatives to scale, redirect, or discontinue.

• Work alongside the Chief Technology Officer on IT planning and governance pertaining to acquisitions, divestitures, and growth initiatives.

• Define technology strategy, integration principles, investment and capacity needs, sequencing, decision rights, and performance metrics.

• Establish a strategic planning cadence and prepare recommendations for the CIO and enterprise leadership.

• Implement enterprise governance for technology demand, architecture, investment, and performance.

• Define decision-making rights, escalation paths, and accountability across business and IT leaders.

• Translate approved strategy into an integrated, capacity-informed portfolio of achievable commitments.

• Establish executive ownership, dependencies, adoption expectations, and outcome measures.

• Hold business and IT sponsors accountable for realizing benefits.

• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team with succession plans and measurable objectives.

• Influence decision-making across organizational boundaries while exemplifying financial discipline, collaboration, transparency, innovation, and ownership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven executive-level ability to convert business priorities into technology investment decisions and measurable results.

• Extensive experience in financial planning, business case development, vendor negotiations, and performance management.

• Demonstrated capability to lead innovation, organizational change, and teams across business and technology functions.

• Exceptional skills in executive communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and analysis.

• Successful track record in operating within the healthcare sector or another regulated, multisite environment is strongly preferred.

• Experience in leading technology planning for acquisitions, integrations, or rapid enterprise growth is highly desirable.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• A minimum of 12 years of progressive leadership experience.

• Executive accountability for enterprise technology strategy, business transformation, IT operating models, portfolio or investment governance, and organizational change within a complex, multi-site environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid Time Off

• 9 observed holidays

• Paid family leave

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Healthcare FSA

• Dependent Care FSA

• Limited Healthcare FSA

• Transportation and Parking FSAs

• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

• Matching 401(k) plan

• Training and professional growth opportunities

• Recognition opportunities