VP, Enterprise Applications & Platforms

Amsurg•Nashville, TN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The VP, Enterprise Applications & Platforms is an executive role accountable for AMSURG’s application ecosystem supporting center operations, revenue-cycle performance, enterprise financial systems, and the enterprise application foundation. Reporting to the CIO and serving on the IT Core Leadership Team, this leader sets strategy, governance, and organizational accountability across clinical, financial, integration, and platform capabilities. The role holds executive responsibility for uptime, reliability, and performance while advancing modernization, automation, and AI enablement. As a leader of leaders, the VP partners with business, clinical, financial, and technology teams to transform applications and data into secure, scalable strategic enterprise assets that deliver measurable business outcomes. The position provides leadership across enterprise application delivery, production and integration support, business engagement, and continuous improvement, and is responsible for financial and resource stewardship across application-related budgets, software costs, managed services, and vendor spend. AMSURG is an independent leader in ambulatory surgery center services, operating more than 250 surgery centers nationwide in partnership with physicians and health systems. Its centers provide care across specialties including gastroenterology, ophthalmology, and orthopedics. The position is described as remote-centric hybrid.

Requirements

Proven technology leadership with extensive experience leading enterprise applications, revenue-cycle technology, data platforms, and large-scale technology organizations in complex environments.
Track record delivering enterprise transformation, including application modernization, platform optimization, integrations, standardization, and operational stabilization.
Strong foundation in IT governance and operations, including service management, change and release governance, risk management, production support, and regulated healthcare environments.
Demonstrated business and financial acumen, including experience managing budgets, technology investments, vendor contracts, operating expenses, and value realization.
Experience leading enterprise service delivery, vendor partnerships, managed services, and geographically distributed teams, with accountability for performance and outcomes.
Healthcare technology leadership experience required, with knowledge of clinical, revenue-cycle, financial, operational, integration, and corporate application ecosystems.
Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders, build trusted relationships, and translate complex technology concepts into business value.
High emotional intelligence and people leadership capability, with a history of developing high-performing teams, leading through change, navigating ambiguity, and driving continuous improvement.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.
Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience, including significant leadership responsibility across enterprise applications, revenue-cycle technology, data platforms, or related functions.
Minimum five years of experience in the healthcare provider industry.
Experience leading large-scale clinical and technology system implementations, growth-related integrations, or enterprise transformation programs required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior member of the IT Core Leadership Team and executive owner for enterprise applications, revenue-cycle technology, data platforms, and related platform capabilities, aligning them with organizational strategy, growth objectives, operational performance, financial outcomes, and AI readiness.
Establish and advance enterprise application strategy, roadmaps, governance, operating frameworks, and integrated accountability across systems supporting center operations, revenue-cycle performance, enterprise functions, and data capabilities.
Provide executive accountability for performance, reliability, security, compliance, resilience, interoperability, supportability, and lifecycle health of clinical, enterprise, revenue-cycle, data, integration, and platform environments.
Lead application portfolio governance, including demand intake, prioritization, funding alignment, lifecycle planning, risk management, performance oversight, modernization, rationalization, retirement, and investment alignment to measurable business value.
Direct the full application lifecycle and service delivery model, including selection, implementation, optimization, integration, production support, administration, enhancements, testing, release and change management, upgrades, conversions, standardization, and operational stabilization.
Lead and develop a high-performing organization responsible for enterprise application delivery, production support, integration support, business engagement, and continuous improvement; build leadership bench strength, clarify accountabilities, support succession planning, and foster collaboration, accountability, service excellence, and operational discipline.
Partner with executive, business, clinical, financial, operational, compliance, cybersecurity, infrastructure, procurement, legal, project, and vendor leaders to align technology capabilities, contracts, service levels, scope, value realization, renewals, escalations, and enterprise priorities.
Oversee service performance, operational risk, and resilience, including availability, service levels, customer satisfaction, vendor performance, incident, problem, change, release, and service management practices; access governance, user provisioning, segregation of duties; disaster recovery, business continuity, runbooks, and operational readiness testing.
Manage application-related operating and capital budgets, software costs, managed services, vendor spend, and investment planning; balance internal capabilities, external partners, and managed services to provide sustainable, cost-effective, high-quality services.
Communicate application strategy, operational performance, risks, priorities, modernization opportunities, automation capabilities, emerging technology value, and major initiative progress to senior leadership and stakeholders.
Perform other assigned duties and uphold company conduct, ethics, handbook, policy, procedure, compliance reporting, mandatory training, and clarification obligations, consulting Compliance, Human Resources, or Legal as needed.

Benefits

Paid time off, accruing each pay period; depending on position, employees can earn a minimum of 20 days and up to 25 days per calendar year.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Disability insurance.
Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Limited Healthcare FSA, transportation and parking FSAs, and HSAs.
Matching 401(k) plan.
Nine observed holidays.
Paid family leave.
Benefits, recognition, training, and opportunities for professional growth.