Staff VP & CIO, Carelon Advanced Primary Care & Palliative Care
Elevance Health - Costa Mesa, CA
posted 5 days ago
About the position
The Staff VP, Technology is an integral member of Carelon Technology's senior leadership team and is a key contributor to the definition and execution of our business strategy. Our organization is working to establish a digital-first enterprise and redefine the future of health. Using the power of data and AI, we are creating predictive, proactive, and personalized health solutions that will lower the costs of care, improve access to providers, and enhance our stakeholder experiences. This position leads a team of technology and information professionals in defining and executing a strategy-aligned business capabilities platform which positions the company for growth, value, and market leadership. The Staff VP will need to be prepared to manage change, digital transformation, Gen AI adoption and implementation, with a focus on software development for Carelon Advanced Primary Care & Palliative Care, which is comprised of 43 clinics and 1300 clinicians who provide care wherever the patient needs it: in their home, at the hospital, in our clinics, and virtually.
Responsibilities
- Plans, directs, and manages resources and efforts of a primary functional area of the IT CEE.
- Responsible for overseeing the fulfillment of company and IT objectives.
- Defines direction and oversees technology strategy, architecture, development, installation, and ongoing platform and information maintenance.
- Procures resources such as people, funding, material, and support for accomplishments.
- Provides leadership for teams to achieve IT's goals and objectives.
- Builds a robust team through training and effective organizational development tactics.
- Implements company's policies, practices, and procedures, along with those of IT organizations.
- Has fiscal responsibility for a technology budget.
- Participates with business unit executives (US based and abroad) to establish strategic plans and objectives.
- Makes final decisions at the business unit level and ensures effective achievement of objectives.
- Coordinates project management across departmental and divisional lines.
- Establishes collaborative and responsive advisory relationships with business users and digital and technology partners.
- Obtains resources (people, funding, material, support) to achieve strategic priorities of the organization.
- Provides effective leadership and management oversight in mobilizing and motivating teams to accomplish goals and objectives.
- Develops a strong team culture through training and effective organizational development practices.
- Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports.
Requirements
- Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 15 years of experience managing and/or leading project teams and providing direction to associates.
- A minimum of 5 years successful digital delivery including cloud-based, multi-tenant, advanced data analytics and/or service experience solutions.
- Experience working in service-oriented, open API architecture, automation, machine learning; emerging software and data management innovations, methodologies, technologies, and capabilities.
- Experience creating strategic software product roadmaps driving efficiency across processes and operations.
- Experience working in a bi-modal organization, maintaining, and servicing existing solutions, while building, transforming new solutions and capabilities.
- Experience with solutions that provide Software as a Service (SaaS).
Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrated ability to motivate, coach, counsel and train staff, effective communication skills, including facilitation, consultation, negotiation, and persuasion.
- Experience working and managing in a complex matrixed enterprise organization.
- Experience understanding the business processes that the system supports.
- Experience managing complex release and deployment processes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a diverse, global workforce in a virtual and hybrid environment.
- Experience successfully communicating with customers about technical issues in non-technical terms.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, dental, vision benefits
- Short and long term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Wellness programs
- Financial education resources
