• Job Description

  Req#: R9437

  Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

  Position Summary:

  
  We are looking for an Executive Director to lead business transformation within our Technology Enabled Services (TES) organization, reporting into our Senior Vice President of TES. The Business Process Transformation leader will partner with key executive team members to define and drive critical transformation initiatives. We seek a leader who is passionate about impact, value-creation, and brings the strategic and tactical skills to deliver change. It is essential that this leader also brings vision, leadership skills, and the ability to collaboratively influence teams and organizations at all levels.

  
  Essential Functions (Duties and Responsibilities):

  • Overall leadership of the transformation working with executive initiative owners to ensure initiatives remain on track: proactively identifying all obstacles and risks, supporting initiative owners to overcome challenges, and ensuring initiatives are resourced appropriately in collaboration with leadership.

  • Project management of the entire change program including leading the transformation office team

  • Quantifying value of initiatives and ensuring initiatives will deliver the expected value

  • Drive divisional goal planning and provide regular reporting to the SVP and executive team on overall status of program

  • Identify new opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the TES team

  • Provide ad-hoc support on projects small to large – identify gaps and step in where help is most needed

  • Foster employee satisfaction, career growth, and connection to the athena culture and mission

  • Interim roles as needed

  Education & Experience Required:

  • Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, Master’s degree/MBA preferred

  • Consulting experience preferred

  • Experience in using data and analytics to identify opportunities and drive process automation improvements

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence others to achieve desired results

  • Exceptional analytical, organizational, and project management skills

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

  • Healthcare experience highly desirable

  • Ability to travel 10-25% nationwide, potential for international travel

  Knowledge & Skills:

  • Comfort working and multi-tasking in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adapt to changing priorities

  • Excellent communication skills and effective networking with a broad base of internal and external constituents

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to achieve desired results

  • Creatively challenges the status quo to find new ways of working; looks for the opportunities that arise during times of change; readily adapts to new technologies, processes, roles

  • Thoroughness in tracking numerous, detail intensive tasks while ensuring their completion and accuracy

  For candidates located in California, Colorado, New York City, and Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information:

  
  California: https://www.athenahealth.com/salary-range/ca-nontech-exec-director

  Colorado: https://www.athenahealth.com/salary-range/co-nontech-exec-director

  New York: https://www.athenahealth.com/salary-range/ny-nontech-exec-director

  About athenahealth

  Here’s our v ision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

  What’s unique about our locations?
  From an historic, 19 th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.
  
  Our company culture might be our best feature.
  We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare : It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.

  Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas , as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal . We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.

  Our size makes a difference, too: W e are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability .
  
  Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.

  What can we do for you?
  Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.

  In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And we provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued .

  We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility . W hile we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.

  athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at taoperations@athenahealth.com for assistance.

  https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity

• About the company

  athenahealth, Inc. is a private American company that provides network-enabled services for healthcare and point-of-care mobile apps in the United States.

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