Summary

Under the direction of the CIO, and in collaboration with other senior leadership team members, this senior technology leadership position is responsible for defining, governing, and executing the organization's enterprise data and analytics strategy. The position serves as the primary strategist for data warehousing, business intelligence, and clinical and operational analytics; owning the architecture, governance, lifecycle management, and continuous evolution of the analytics ecosystem, including Epic Caboodle/Cogito, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and cross-system reporting. The position drives the transition from a fragmented reporting environment to a governed, Epic-forward, data-driven organization while maintaining reliable current-state reporting. Direct reports include Business Intelligence Developers, Epic Analysts, and the IS Clinical Decision Support team. The position collaborates closely with clinical operations, finance, quality, revenue cycle, and population health leadership and requires considerable judgement, strategic vision, and the ability to function with a high degree of autonomy.

Job description

Job Summary

Under the direction of the CIO, and in collaboration with other senior leadership team members, this senior technology leadership position is responsible for defining, governing, and executing the organization's enterprise data and analytics strategy. The position serves as the primary strategist for data warehousing, business intelligence, and clinical and operational analytics; owning the architecture, governance, lifecycle management, and continuous evolution of the analytics ecosystem, including Epic Caboodle/Cogito, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and cross-system reporting. The position drives the transition from a fragmented reporting environment to a governed, Epic-forward, data-driven organization while maintaining reliable current-state reporting. Direct reports include Business Intelligence Developers, Epic Analysts, and the IS Clinical Decision Support team. The position collaborates closely with clinical operations, finance, quality, revenue cycle, and population health leadership and requires considerable judgement, strategic vision, and the ability to function with a high degree of autonomy.

Essential Functions

Define and own the enterprise data and business intelligence strategy, aligned with clinical, operational, and organizational goals.
Establish Epic Caboodle as the authoritative analytics foundation, with a roadmap for cloud integration and external data ingestion.
Develop and maintain a multi-year technology roadmap balancing cloud innovation, on-premise infrastructure, and Epic ecosystem maturity.
Design and implement a formal data governance framework, including data dictionaries, metric definitions, named ownership, and content lifecycle standards.
Establish a content certification process (Prototype > Pilot > Certified) and standards for report intake, prioritization, validation, and retirement.
Lead metric harmonization efforts to eliminate conflicting definitions across clinical, financial, and operational domains.
Oversee all enterprise reporting infrastructure (Epic Reporting Workbench, Radar Dashboards, Cogito/SlicerDicer, Power BI, legacy tools) and drive Radar adoption as the enterprise operational dashboard standard.

Duties & Responsibilities

Manage the strategy for ingesting external data sources (workforce, financial, and population health) into the governed analytics environment.
Support quality measure reporting, ACO performance tracking, and payer data submissions with accurate, auditable, and timely data.
Assist with strategic direction and operational standards for the IS Clinical Decision Support Manager, including Practice Advisories (OPA's), clinical metrics as well as guiding the coordination of AI Governance and oversight.
Serve as the primary IT partner to senior, clinical, and operational leadership on data strategy, analytics capabilities, and reporting reliability; facilitate governance committees and executive briefings as needed.
Champion data literacy and self-service analytics adoption within a governed hub-and-spoke model.
Maintain the enterprise data strategy including: roadmap, data catalog, metric registry and more.
Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Nursing, Clinical Informatics, Information Services, or Data Analytics
5 or more years of progressive experience in healthcare data, analytics, or business intelligence
Willingness and ability to obtain required certifications
Proficiency in SQL and data modeling
Familiarity with ETL processes and enterprise data integration
Experience with enterprise BI visualization tools (Power BI preferred)
Epic Caboodle and/or Cogito certification strongly preferred
Additional Epic application certification(s) strongly preferred

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Life Insurance Day One
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
403(b) Match up to 6%
Employer Paid Life Insurance
Supplemental Life Insurance
Adoption Assistance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Forgiveness

Company overview

Lexington Health is a comprehensive healthcare network serving the Midlands region of South Carolina, formerly known as Lexington Medical Center. Established in 1971 as Lexington County Hospital with just 125 beds and 250 employees, the organization has grown into a major regional healthcare system. Today, Lexington Health operates a 607-bed teaching hospital that serves as the flagship facility, along with six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, and employs more than 9,000 healthcare professionals. The network is the only locally owned, independent healthcare system in the Midlands region and maintains an affiliation with Duke University School of Medicine. Lexington Health provides a full spectrum of medical services including cardiovascular care, cancer treatment through its Duke Cancer Institute affiliation, women's services delivering over 4,000 babies annually, emergency care treating more than 105,000 patients each year, and specialized programs in orthopedics, neurology, and other medical specialties. The organization has earned numerous accolades including being ranked as the #1 hospital in Columbia for four consecutive years and achieving Magnet with Distinction recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, making it the only hospital in South Carolina with this distinction.