Senior Health IT Consultant

Tech Firefly

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Health IT Consultant will partner with a large academic medical center to develop a PM-ready Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint for Year 1 (2026 to 2027). This 3-month engagement focuses on translating an existing technology roadmap into a sequenced, dependency-mapped execution plan, ready for project management handoff by July 2026. The role requires strategic and stakeholder management, including leading interviews with health system leadership and driving technology prioritization and roadmap decisions across various workstreams. The position is remote but requires travel 1-2 times per month for 3-4 days per visit to San Francisco.

Requirements

10+ years in health IT strategy, advisory, or consulting — ideally with large academic medical centers or integrated health systems
Demonstrated experience advising C-suite and VP-level health system executives (CIO, CNIO, CMO) on technology strategy and roadmap decisions
Strong familiarity with Epic and the broader health IT ecosystem — digital infrastructure, clinical communications, smart room, and inpatient technology
Proven ability to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder alignment sessions and drive consensus on competing priorities
Experience translating ambiguous strategic intent into structured, actionable execution plans
Excellent written communication — able to produce executive-quality deliverables under tight timelines
Comfortable working fast in a fixed-timeline engagement without sacrificing rigor

Nice To Haves

Experience with smart room, RTLS, ambient clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies
Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems
PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credential

Responsibilities

Lead all stakeholder interviews and facilitation sessions with health system leadership, including the CIO, CNIO, and Executive Director of Health Tech Solutions
Drive technology prioritization, procurement sequencing, and roadmap decisions across four Year 1 workstreams: Digital Infrastructure, Enterprise Platform Alignment, EHR + Integration Readiness, and Smart Room Lite Pilots
Own the narrative and synthesis — turn findings, assessments, and dependency analysis into the Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint
Serve as the primary relationship holder with the client leadership team throughout the engagement
Co-produce the PM-ready handoff package and lead the transition briefing with incoming project managers
Collaborate daily with the Senior Solutions Architect to ensure strategic and technical work advances in parallel
Current state assessment across all healthcare technology domains
Technology prioritization by domain, grounded in Epic-first evaluation framework
Procurement sequencing and vendor shortlist by domain
Year 1 Execution Plan — sequenced, dependency-mapped, PM-ready
Executive Briefing Summary for leadership and board socialization
Years 2–3 Directional Outline as design context for Year 1 decisions