Vice President, IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity

Vice President IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

Location: Springfield Illinois

About the Opportunity

The Vice President of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity is a visionary and collaborative executive responsible for leading all technology functions across a five-hospital and ambulatory health system. This role ensures that infrastructure platforms and digital capabilities support system continuity high-quality patient care and an exceptional colleague experience. The VP drives innovation efficiency and cost-effective solutions while leading high-performing teams in infrastructure cybersecurity data and analytics and enterprise architecture. This position plays a critical role in enabling virtual care remote operations and responsiveness to a dynamic clinical environment.

The VP of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity will embody the Memorial Health values of safety integrity quality and stewardship to support the mission and vision.

Education:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering or related field required; Masters preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership in healthcare technology including enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity
• Proven success leading large teams and complex implementations in a multi-entity health system

1. Defines and executes the enterprise technology strategy in alignment with clinical operational and business goals.
2. Ensures technology platforms are scalable secure and resilient to support continuity of care and system-wide operations
3. Champions innovation in infrastructure cloud services and digital enablement to support future-ready healthcare delivery
4. Oversees all technology infrastructure including network cloud data centers and endpoint management
5. Ensures high availability performance and disaster recovery capabilities across all clinical and business systems
6. Leads modernization efforts to support virtual care remote workforce and mobile-enabled operations
7. Leads enterprise cybersecurity strategy governance and operations to protect patient data and organizational assets
8. Collaborates with compliance legal and clinical teams to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and best practices
9. Fosters a culture of security awareness and proactive risk mitigation across the organization
10. Oversees enterprise data architecture governance and analytics platforms to drive actionable insights
11. Partners with clinical and operational leaders to develop dashboards predictive models and decision support tools
12. Ensures data integrity accessibility and alignment with strategic priorities
13. Leads and develops a large multidisciplinary team of technology professionals including infrastructure cybersecurity and analytics experts
14. Promotes a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement
15. Partners closely with CMIO CNIO and operational leaders to ensure technology solutions meet frontline needs
16. Drives efficiency and cost-effectiveness in technology operations vendor management and capital planning
17. Champions service excellence by establishing and monitoring technology support response standards that prioritize speed and resolution quality. Lead cross-functional efforts to enhance end-user experience reduce incident resolution times and ensure consistent customer-centric service delivery across infrastructure and cybersecurity operations.
18. Establishes performance metrics service level agreements and continuous improvement initiatives
19. Ensures technology investments deliver measurable value and support high-quality equitable care

1. Performs other related work as required or requested.