Sr. Automation Strategist

Emory Healthcare•Tucker, GA

1d•$58 - $72

About The Position

Emory Healthcare is seeking a Sr. Automation Strategist with deep experience in technology-driven development initiatives and enterprise strategy to support our growing UiPath Automation Team. This role is responsible for shaping and implementing strategies related to automation, data, analytics, business intelligence, and AI across academic, research, and healthcare environments. The strategist will drive cross-enterprise collaboration, governance, and transformation initiatives that align with institutional goals, unlock new value, and ensure sustainable growth through innovation. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with technical fluency, stakeholder management, and process optimization. This invidual will serve as a healthcare process improvement leader who has served as a Business Analyst, Process Engineer, Operational Excellence Consultant, Healthcare Consultant, Product Owner, or Project Manager, and has experience building business cases and facilitating executive discussions, and can independently identify, prioritize, and drive automation opportunities from intake through value realization. This position works on an Automation Development team and you will partner with those team members who will be performing the technical dev scope of these worksteams.

Requirements

Healthcare process improvement experience
Financial Analysis/Analytical capabilities
KPI definition
Familiarity with Epic
Experience with Kanban, Scrum and/or Agile project/product management
Change Management experience with large scale healthcare implementations
Ability to translate requirements to developers (speak the language)
Translate technical concepts into business outcomes
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Healthcare, or related field (or equivalent experience)
8+ years of experience in healthcare or academic environments, with a focus on process improvement, innovation, or technology strategy
Experience building business cases, defining ROI, and validating value with senior stakeholders
Expertise in business process design, requirements gathering, user story development, and technical documentation
Demonstrated success in communicating complex technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences
Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, and visual storytelling techniques
Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across technical and business functions
Experience mentoring others and leading team-based execution efforts

Nice To Haves

Healthcare technology business analysis/project management experience
Lean/Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
PMP
CBAP (Business Analysis)
Prosci Change Management
Azure Dev Ops
UiPath familiarity/exposure
Service Now experience
AI/Intelligent Document Processing exposure
PowerBI dashboard building experience
Revenue Cycle
Patient Access
Pharmacy
Finance
HIM
Clinical Operations
Healthcare Consulting
Epic Optimization

Responsibilities

Process Discovery & Analysis: Quickly understand workflows within each department you interact with, Facilitate process mapping sessions, Separate symptoms from root causes, Identify automation opportunities versus process redesign opportunities, Challenge inefficient processes before automating them
Business Case & ROI Development: Quantify benefits, Estimate effort vs value, Define KPIs, Build executive-level business cases, Prioritize competing opportunities
Executive Influencing Skills: Run steering committees, Present to VPs, Handle resistance, Lead difficult conversations
Project Management & Execution Discipline: Drive timelines, Manage dependencies, Track risks, Coordinate UAT, Ensure signoffs occur, Escalate issues appropriately
Requirements & User Story Development: write/author User stories, Process Definition Documents, Functional requirements, Business exceptions, Acceptance criteria, UAT scripts
Healthcare Operations Experience: Work queues, Operational metrics, Regulatory concerns, Change management in healthcare
Change Management & Adoption Skills: Lead process change, Manage stakeholder expectations, Create communications, Develop training approaches, Drive usage after go-live
Data & Analytics: Using Excel, Analyzing operational metrics, Building dashboards, Identifying trends, Defining KPIs
Technical Curiosity: understand concepts such as APIs, Workflow automation, AI/IDP, System integrations, Queue-based work
Storytelling & Communication: Tell the story of value, Translate technical concepts into business outcomes, Create executive-ready PowerPoints, Write clear summaries