Senior Director of Epic Optimization & Transformation

OhioHealth • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

The Senior Director Epic Optimization will serve as the strategic leader responsible for optimizing the EPIC platform across OhioHealth. This role will drive the transformation of care and experience, ensuring the organization maximizes its investment in EPIC and achieves board-defined goals for operational excellence, clinical innovation, and customer experience. The role will lead a dedicated transformation team, establish robust governance and council structures, and coordinate with executive leadership to advance EPIC-optimized strategies and digital health initiatives. The role is accountable to the Executive Steering Committee/CAO/CIO and will be measured by the outcomes achieved represented in improvements in EPIC staying current metric, best practice usage, star ratings, and successful adoption of new functionalities and improvement in key performance indicators.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• 10+ years’ experience in healthcare operations, clinical leadership, or technology transformation
• 5+ years’ experience leading large-scale change initiatives, preferably in health IT or clinical transformation
• 3+ years demonstrated experience with EPIC or similar EHR platforms
• Minimum 3 years commitment to role
• Deep understanding of EPIC platform capabilities, governance, and optimization strategies
• Experience as a leader on a major healthcare system conversion to EPIC desired or acting in a role that maximizes use and best practice adoption of capabilities
• Clinical process optimization and common standard practices supported by EPIC and experience rolling them out
• Organizational change management experience connecting associates to the why and driving operational excellence that can be measured and tracked
• Team builder and connected leader – with significant strengths leading through influence v. direct authority across multiple service lines and care sites
• Experience in project management, analytics, and data-driven decision making
• Strong relationship-building skills with leaders and associates at all levels
• Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills
• Ability to work independently and with limited direction
• Experience with governance structures, council leadership, and cross-functional teams
• Commitment to information security and privacy standards

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate for this role must be versatile, multi-functional and can drive transformative change across clinical, operational, and technology domains.
• You must possess strong organizational, documentation, and communication skills with experience developing and managing milestone schedules/timelines.
• This role provides privileged access to confidential and highly sensitive information, requiring a candidate who acts with the utmost integrity and ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex, enterprise-wide Epic optimization initiatives from opportunity assessment through implementation, adoption, and measurable outcomes.
• Identifies, prioritizes, and shapes high-value improvement opportunities in partnership with clinical, operational, and technical leaders.
• Develops strategic recommendations, business cases, and roadmaps that advance Epic-first solutions and enterprise standardization.
• Influences governance forums and stakeholder groups by presenting analysis, tradeoffs, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Uses data and performance measures to monitor results, improve adoption, and accelerate value realization across workflows and service lines.
• Serves as a senior subject matter expert on Epic capabilities, workflow innovation, automation, AI enablement, and digital experience improvements.
• Creates executive-ready analyses, presentations, and documentation to support decisions, alignment, and change adoption.
• Coordinates cross-functional efforts to remove barriers, sustain momentum, and ensure successful delivery of strategic optimization priorities.
• As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

Benefits

• OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, innovative healthcare system delivering world-class patient care in a supportive, professional environment filled with limitless opportunities to learn and grow.
• We are a unique organization in the healthcare field.
• Our model system of facilities encompasses a wide scope of expertise and care.
• For professionals, we are a place where people committed to doing their best are given the tools and resources to accomplish our mission every single day.
• OhioHealth is recognized as a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM organization.
• The Great Place to Work® is a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures.
• This recognition is one measure of our success in achieving a part of our vision ̶ to be an organization "where people want to work."

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior