Chief Data Officer/UKHC
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- University of Kentucky
- Location
- Lexington
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Click here for more information about equivalencies:http://www.uky.edu/hr/employment/working-uk/equivalenciesRequired Related Experience10 yrs
Required License/Registration/CertificationNone
Physical RequirementsThe essential job functions of this position require you to: provide visionary and strategic leadership and fiscal and resource management; communicate and build strategic working relationships with staff, faculty, and other individuals from diverse backgrounds; abide by University guidelines; maintain confidentiality; prioritize and manage work effectively; positively represent UK HealthCare; and report to meetings at different locations both on campus and off campus.
ShiftThe expectation is primarily day shift, however as an exempt level position additional hours will be required as needed to perform job duties.
Job SummaryUK HealthCare seeks a dynamic, experienced executive to serve as its next Chief Data Officer. This is a unique opportunity at one of the most respected healthcare institutions in the U.S. The Chief Data Officer (CDO) champions data and analytics and is expected to be a master change agent in building the critical foundations of the digital business at UK HealthCare. This position will oversee a Performance Analytics Center of Excellence (PACE) for UK HealthCare and the College of Medicine. The CDO is focused on value exploitation for UKHC data assets and the external data ecosystem. This includes envisioning data-enabled strategies and enabling all forms of health care quality, value, safety, and business outcomes through analytics.
The CDO will be responsible for data and analytics development, data governance, personnel and fiscal responsibility, and in developing strategic relationships with a wide variety of key leaders and other stakeholders. He or she will conduct strategic workforce planning and develop a strategy to close gaps in data-driven culture, information management skills and competencies while also developing the enterprise’s capacity to gain insights with advanced predictive analytics. The role will lead regulatory and compliance programs related to data and analytics assets and ensure that appropriate audit controls exist for data and analytics that serve as the source material for regulatory reports. The CDO will endeavor to evolve and institutionalize processes and behaviors for the appropriate use of information within changing security requirements, privacy needs, ethical values, societal expectations and cultural norms. The CDO will collaborate with the Enterprise Data Warehouse team to ensure master and metadata management enables one true source of data.
Founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution adjacent to downtown Lexington, UK is nestled in the scenic heart of the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. Recently ranked as one of the safest, most creative, and the brainiest cities in the nation, Lexington is an ideal location to experience the work-life integration that the University strives to provide its employees. See for yourself what makes UK one great place to work.UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is 9,000 people – physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals – all dedicated to providing the most advanced, most effective care available, not just in Kentucky but anywhere. It is a Level 1 trauma center, ready every minute of every day to treat even the most serious injuries when they come through the door. It is a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, caring for the tiniest and sickest newborns in Kentucky’s Children’s Hospital. It is also a Magnet hospital and home to the NCI designated Markey Cancer Center.
UK HealthCare’s University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital remains the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Rankings.
Visit the UK HealthCare website and see for yourself what makes the University of Kentucky one great place to work! For additional information about Lexington and the University’s vital role within the community Click Here.
The executive search firm Witt Kieffer has been selected to recruit for this position. To be considered, you must complete the UK application, apply to the specific requisition, and contact Hillary Ross at hross@wittkieffer.com or 630-575-6116 or Scott Dethloff at sdethloff@wittkieffer.com or 630-575-6176.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities•Ability to manage change, ambiguity, and build relationships based on trust, ethics and integrity.
•Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills; able to work across business lines at senior levels to influence and effect change to achieve common goals.
•Demonstrated leadership; proven track record of leading complex, multidisciplinary talent teams in new endeavors and delivering solutions.
•Proven data literacy — the ability to describe business use cases/outcomes, data sources and management concepts, and analytical approaches/options. The ability to translate among the languages used by executives, business, IT, and other stakeholders.
•Information strategy experience; experience in strategic technology planning and execution, policy development and maintenance.
•Analytical skills: outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
•Familiarity with business information generation and analysis methods.
•Ability to effectively drive business, culture and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment.
•Influence and develop a framework for information and analytics governance, as well as to sell and embed it in all levels of the business.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain digital concepts and technologies to business leaders, as well as business concepts to technologists; the ability to sell ideas and process internally at all levels.
•Proven record of effective leadership, including the ability to balance team and individual responsibilities; building teams and consensus; getting things done through others not directly under his/her supervision; working ethically and with integrity.
•Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare business processes and resultant information needs, including risk and regulatory factors relating to information flows.
•Demonstrated knowledge of data structure desired, but not essential; information systems/tools; related software and data management; enterprise content management; record-keeping policies and practices in a complex organizational environment.
•Broad experience desired, but not essential, in multiple domain areas, such as data warehousing, business intelligence (BI), data governance, data architecture, data integration, data classification, data strategy, data quality management, data security and privacy, data standards, regulatory compliance, and enterprise architecture frameworks.
The ideal candidate is an experienced data and analytics leader with deep knowledge of data management processes and tools and experience working in a matrixed environment. A master’s degree in business administration, computer science, data science, information science or related field, or equivalent work experience is highly preferred.
Deadline to Apply09/22/2019University Community of InclusionThe University of Kentucky is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a community where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. We also value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific QuestionsRequired fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * University of Kentucky HealthCare seeks to attract, develop and retain highly skilled and competent employees, to provide the best experience for every patient, every time. If selected for a position, do you agree to abide by the UK HealthCare Values of diversity, innovation, respect, compassion, and teamwork?
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- * University of Kentucky HealthCare recognizes a set of values that guide us in our daily interactions. By applying for a position within UK Healthcare, you are indicating your commitment and expressing your agreement to our five values. These values are diversity, innovation, respect, compassion, and teamwork. Please choose one of the UK Healthcare values and give a specific example when you exhibited this quality in your professional experience.
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Fast Facts
Location: Lexington, Ky.
Founded: 1865
Endowment: $1.1 billion
Budget: $3.5 billion
Research Grants and Contracts Awarded: $316.5 million
Library Holdings: 4.3 million volumes
Enrollment: 30,76
President: Dr. Eli Capilouto
Provost: Dr. David W. Blackwell
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration: Dr. Eric Monday
Executive Vice President for Research: Dr. Lisa A. Cassis
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs: Dr. Mark F. Newman
About the University
Adjacent to downtown Lexington, UK is nestled in the scenic heart of the beautiful Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. UK's campus covers more than 814 acres, with more than 30,700 students and 13,500 full-time employees, including nearly 2,400 full-time faculty and librarians.
Mission
The University of Kentucky is a public, land grant university dedicated to improving people's lives through excellence in education, research and creative work, service, and health care. As Kentucky's flagship institution, the University plays a critical leadership role by promoting diversity, inclusion, economic development, and human well-being.
Our Guiding Principles
The University is driven by the promise it has made to Kentucky, one that honors its land-grant mission and a heritage honed through 150 years of service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Six principles guide our efforts. They are: creating a vibrant undergraduate learning community, advancing a high-quality graduate and professional education portfolio, cultivating a robust research environment, developing a strong and sustainable UK infrastructure, fostering a positive work environment for faculty and staff, and ensuring a meaningful impact on the Commonwealth and the community.
Employment/Benefits
As Central Kentucky's largest employer, the University of Kentucky supports the recruitment and retention of unparalleled talent - individuals who inspire learning, teaching, service and healing through innovation in work solutions, initiatives, policies and programs. Impressive benefits at the University include an excellent retirement package, with an employer match that doubles the employee's contribution, a dynamic work-life program to assist employees in balancing their work with their personal lives, a wellness program to protect, maintain and promote the health of employees, and a strategic plan that nurtures diversity of thought, culture, gender and ethnicity. For more information regarding benefits, visit http://www.uky.edu/hr/benefits.
Research
In fiscal year 2016, the University of Kentucky was awarded $316.5 million in external grants and contracts. UK is one of only eight universities across the country with the full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional and medical programs on one contiguous campus, leading to groundbreaking discoveries and unique cross-disciplinary research and scholarship. Moreover, UK is currently one of only 22 public institutions with a trifecta of federal designations of excellence in research: for aging, in cancer and in translational science. A new $265 million research facility, due to open in 2018, will bring together clinicians, scientists and scholars from across UK’s campus to reduce health gaps in Kentucky. These health gaps include cancer, cardiovascular disease & stroke, diabetes & obesity, substance abuse, and neuroscience & aging.
Research at UK is a dynamic enterprise encompassing both traditional scholarship and emerging technologies. UK is one of eight universities in the U.S. that has well-established programs in agriculture, engineering, medicine and pharmacy on a single campus, leading to groundbreaking discoveries and unique interdisciplinary collaboration.
In 2013, the UK Markey Cancer Center announced its designation as a National Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. This designation places UK among an elite group of 22 research universities that can boast the "Triple Crown" of federal research awards: NCI designation, the Clinical Translational Sciences Award, and a federally supported Alzheimer's Disease Center.
UK HealthCare
UK HealthCare has strategically developed an incredible capacity to serve the Commonwealth through its state-of-the-art patient care pavilion and emergency rooms, advanced biomedical and biological research, and a network of affiliate health care agencies throughout Kentucky. Passion for people and a vision for the "medical campus of the future" have inspired leading physicians and researchers from across the United States to join UK. Their research agenda is balanced with outreach to affiliated and partner hospitals, so Kentucky families can receive high-quality health care at home and travel to Lexington for only the most advanced, complex medical care and procedures.
Living in the Bluegrass
Ranked as one of the nation's best places to live and work, Lexington offers many diverse educational, cultural and commercial opportunities. With a population of more than 314,000 people, Lexington supports cultural attractions such as opera, ballet, theater and musical events. Surrounded by rolling hills and horse farms, the Bluegrass Region is known for its natural beauty. For more information: http://www.uky.edu/hr/employment/working-uk/life-in-lexington.
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