Manager, IT Engineering & Technical Services

Position Highlights:

• Position: Manager IT Engineering & Technical Services
• Hourly Pay Range: $56.94 - $90.68. The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidates expertise and years of experience among other factors.
• Location: 4901 Searle Parkway Skokie IL
• Full Time
• Hours: Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pm
• Hybrid Position
• Some travel to local sites will be required (Arlington Heights - Warrenville)

Job Summary:

As the Manager IT Engineering and Technical Services at Endeavor Health you will be responsible for leading the architecture design development testing configuration optimization and implementation services of technical solutions and platforms specific to areas of technology responsibility. In this role you will be responsible for the full life cycle management from strategic planning development and maintenance to the launch of solutions and platforms ensuring system redundancy and reliability. This role maintains compliance of Systems and Operating Systems to enterprise standards as well as execute on technical vulnerability management mobile device management and compliance management. Build and document best practices to maintain the health and security of those systems.

You will lead a team of engineers to ensure reliable service proactive system maintenance and rapid issue resolution.

In addition you will be responsible for identifying opportunities with the goal of reducing manual efforts contributing to growth of the organization promotion of patient and user experience and creating innovative solutions with operations. You will be developing and fostering strong working relationships with key stakeholders to align technology solutions to the goals of the system. Additionally you will be responsible for promoting the consistent use of available tools techniques workflows and platforms.

To be successful in this role you will be expected to remain updated on the latest solutions and technologies and advocate for the adoption of industry and technology best practices.

What you will do:

• Drives end-to-end activities for the assigned solutions portfolio and developing and leading teams for high performance outcomes.
• Provides support and guidance for solution implementation including planning technical setup building testing training deployment optimizing and support.
• Establishes relationships with domain leaders to understand strategic business needs and user needs; identifies business requirements to guide specifications for ease of business operations.
• Participate in governance committees to collaborate with key stakeholders about priority and workload.
• Develops strong partnerships with other fellow leaders to identify synergies and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborates with vendors to ensure systems and solutions are achieving or exceeding the needs of Endeavor Health.
• Contributes to activities such as: Capital and Operating budgets policy and procedure development and adherence talent management and acquisition governance activities and other duties as assigned.
• Remains updated on latest technologies available in the market and promotes the implementation of relevant technologies. Participates in industry related organizations and conferences such as HIMSS CHIME Epic UGM / XGM VMware World / Explore Cisco Live etc. as appropriate.
• Collaborate and actively participate across functional components led by other leaders ensuring overlaps and touch points are seamless effective efficient and achieve measurable outcomes.
• Provides technical knowledge and enablement to teams within their area of technical responsibility related to the software system platform or infrastructure that is owned.
• Collaborates with senior leadership on analysis of technical requirements throughout Endeavor and IT including requirements analysis product evaluations recommendations for system selection vendor selection negotiation architecture design implementation enhancements and on-going support.
• Ensures that technology is kept within supported versions and consistent to meeting the demands of the Enterprise inclusive of performance and scalability requirements as well as high availability.
• Ensures the team adopts and adheres to rigorous Change Incident Release and Problem Management (ITIL) methodologies in the support and maintenance of systems platforms or infrastructure
• Derives effective monitoring and support schedules to ensure 24/7 operations and support of all responsible systems platforms or infrastructure.
• Generates and presents reports to Senior Management regarding effectiveness of infrastructure and makes recommendations for the adoption of new technologies processes and procedures.
• Possess knowledge of expense and resource management processes as defined within Endeavor inclusive of capital expenditures and budgeting.
• Identifies the appropriate level of resource for a project and understands how resources translate into cost and perform reconciliation of actual versus project plan estimates.
• Uses past experience in engineering/operations to work with team members to identify risks and issues as well as implement appropriate technical resolutions.
• Manages the completion of assignments related to the technology strategy on-going maintenance expansion or upgrade of assigned software systems platforms infrastructure and devices within Endeavor.
• Manages day to day work of employees by monitoring budgets expenses and scope and facilitating project delivery and support for complex projects of critical importance.
• Works closely with decision makers in other departments to identify recommend develop implement and support cost-effective technology solutions for all aspects of the organization.
• Responsible for managing people assigned to technical project(s) involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of a server network software system platform or infrastructure through the design process and into a finished operational state for internal or external customers inclusive of ensuring on-going operational readiness.
• Provides project oversight for a technical project and communicates with respective leads and clients throughout the process managing issues and escalation where appropriate.
• Anticipates issues and develops preventive measures wherever feasible.
• Delivers communication to all management levels without requiring support and instruction from others.
• Provides project oversight for a large or complex projects and communicates with all stakeholders during the process.
• Forecasts complex resource needs identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks set priorities define dependencies schedule activities prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for one or more large projects
• Develops technical project estimates and costs appropriate for each stage of a project.
• Responsible for managing people assigned to technical project(s) focused on the delivery of a server platform software system or infrastructure through the selection and design process and into a finished state for internal or external customers inclusive of ensuring on-going operational readiness.
• Escalates issues or roadblocks in execution or meeting milestones in a consistent and timely manner to Senior Management.

What you will need:

• Education: Bachelors Degree OR equivalent work experience. Masters degree preferred.
• Certification: Preferred not required
• Experience: Three (3) or more years of experience in managing processes applications or systems in a healthcare setting or relevant related industries.
• Two (2) or more years of leadership experience as defined as essential to the role.
• Unique or Preferred Skills:
• Strong verbal written and presentation communication skills essential.
• Solid understanding of information processing fundamentals and best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects with efficiency.
• Strong domain knowledge and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan lead and implement initiatives.
• Personal and ethical accountability
• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking for problem solving / issue resolution.
• A lean towards curiosity out of the box thinking and innovative.
• Focus on people and active engagement in recruitment and retention.
• Build and Maintain Vendor Relationships.

Benefits (For full time or part time positions):

• Premium pay for eligible employees
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical Dental Pet and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality vibrant community-connected care serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25000 team members and more than 6000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals Edward (Naperville) Elmhurst Evanston Glenbrook (Glenview) Highland Park Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information visit .

When you work for Endeavor Health you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

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Diversity equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

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