Chief Data Officer (CDO)

At Childrens Wisconsin we believe kids deserve the best.

Childrens Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care specialty care urgent care emergency care community health services foster and adoption services child and family counseling child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families and encourages you to be at your best every day please apply today.

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Job Summary
The Chief Data Officer (CDO) provides visionary leadership over enterprise-wide data strategy analytics infrastructure and governance tailored to a healthcare provider setting. This role empowers data-driven decision-making advances population health management and enhances clinical and operational excellence. The CDO fosters a secure interoperable data ecosystemspanning EHRs medical devices research and academic partnershipsto elevate patient outcomes support academic medicine and improve the health and well-being of children and families. The CDO continuously monitors industry advances in AI ML and cloud-native data platforms to ensure that our analytics platform remains modern performant and aligned with healthcare-focused best practices.

Essential Functions

• Strategic and Clinical Data Leadership
  Develops and stewards a healthcare-aligned data center of excellence to foster governance compliance data quality (especially patient and clinical data) and scalable infrastructure.
• Governance Compliance & Data Stewardship
  Implements enterprise-grade EHR data management that aligns with HIPAA meaningful use and regulatory standards. Establishes cross-departmental processes for secure compliant data sharing and population health analytics.
• Interoperability & Data Integration
  Orchestrates seamless integration across systemsfrom EHRs to registries and clinical devicessupporting clinical research care coordination and statewide health data initiatives.
• Innovation with AI ML and Cloud Analytics
  Scouts and adopts advanced analytics strategies (including AI/ML pipelines and cloud-native platforms) to drive predictive modeling early risk detection and value-based care initiatives. Oversees MLOps and AIOps for model lifecycle governance and IT operations automation.
• Enterprise Reporting & Advanced Analytics
  Centralizes Standardizes BI capabilities and standardizes reporting tools to deliver real-time clinical dashboards operational metrics and financial reporting. Supports clinicians and leaders with self-service analytics.
• Collaboration with Academic Medicine
  Partners with academic institutions and research teams to build shared secure data platforms that support clinical trials translational research and outcomes improvement.
• Technology & Vendor Strategy
  Evaluates implements and manages vendor partnerships for healthcare-specific analytics tools ensuring alignment with clinical workflows IT standards and budget efficiency.
• Change Management & Culture Building
  Promotes data literacy across the health system through training governance committees and executive alignmentbridging clinicians researchers and operational leaders.

Education

• Bachelors Degree Computer Science Information Technology Mathematics or related discipline required
• Masters Degree Computer Science Information Technology Mathematics or related discipline preferred

Experience

• 3 years experience with developing and deploying ML and AI Operations and Infrastructure preferred
• 3 years prior experience as a Chief Data Officer or Chief Analytics Officer or Chief ML/AI Officer or Chief Data Scientist or Chief Research Information Officer preferred
• 15 years related experience required
• Experience in data analysis statistical modeling and data mining required
• Experience with business intelligence tools and technologies required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Skills in developing strategic and tactical plans to meet business objectives in a large healthcare system.
• Excellent project technical and problem management skills.
• Ability to communicate detailed technical information both orally and in writing
• Strong interpersonal leadership decision making and team building skills.
• Skills in developing sound proposals and successfully implementing program/project plans.
• An understanding of health care delivery systems and health care dynamics
• Demonstrates expert-level problem-solving creativity and strategy development in the face of new competitive challenges.

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• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.
• Employment is at-will. This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise.

Childrens Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity respect and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color religion sex gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation national origin age disability veteran status or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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