Associate Division Chief ICL

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The Health Emerging & Advanced Technologies (HEAT) Division is dedicated to improving individual and population health through advances in the capture analysis and standards-based interoperable communication of health data. Our goals are 1) to advance foundational technologies in health data analytics; 2) to promote interoperability and open-source platforms in health; 3) to support healthcare partners in maximizing the value of their data resources; and 4) to foster scalable and secure health research locally and globally.

The HEAT Division works with a broad range of sponsors including federal and state agencies health systems industry academia and foundation partners. Our two main branches include 1. the Health Analytics and Phenotyping Branch specializing in data analytics artificial intelligence electronic health records and claims data cost analytics public health data and training; and 2. the Health Interoperability and Standards Branch which focuses on developing infrastructure for connecting data across health computing systems including electronic health records public health research and other repositories as well as implementing AI infrastructure for research and public health.

Lead multiple sponsored research projects. Assist Division Chief with operations including overhead budget management hiring AIS support and facilities management.

• Manage Division space and facilities including moves furniture office assignments and equipment
• Manage Division overhead budgets including RMA Professional Development and Materials and Supplies
• Ensure sponsored research projects are appropriately supported
• Assist Division Chief with hiring

• Support Division Chief in development and execution of the Division strategic plan including identification and maturation of new health technology research thrusts and capabilities.
• Mentor project directors principal investigators and emerging technical leaders in best practices scientific approaches sponsor engagement and project execution.
• Coordinate development of large multi-disciplinary proposals in collaboration with ICL other GTRI laboratories Georgia Tech academic units and external partners.
• Oversee technical execution schedule and budget for a portfolio of HEAT Division sponsored research projects and internal investments.
• Coordinate staffing and labor planning across Division projects in collaboration with project directors principal investigators and the Division Chief.
• Ensure Division compliance with GTRI and sponsor policies related to research integrity security data governance and regulatory requirements relevant to health technologies.
• Coordinate with ICL and GTRI support units (e.g. OSP HR Security Finance etc.) to execute planning activities and resolve operational issues affecting the Division and Division projects.
• Contribute to resource planning for specialized HEAT infrastructure (e.g. secure computing environments data platforms testbeds and demonstration environments).
• Support development and maintenance of Division-standard processes templates and tools for project planning reporting configuration management and risk management.
• Represent the Division in internal GTRI forums cross-lab working groups and selected external technical and industry groups relevant to health technologies.

• 913 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors degree in a related field; 711 years with a Masters degree; or 48 years with a Ph.D. or M.D. in a related field.
• 5 years of experience leading complex multi-year sponsored research or development projects in health technologies biomedical informatics digital health clinical data systems public health informatics or closely related applied R&D domains.
• 5 years of experience managing scientific and/or technical personnel
• Demonstrated ability to develop solutions to complex problems requiring ingenuity and creativity including integration of multiple health data sources systems or technologies.
• Proven track record of successfully defining objectives work plans and execution approaches for major programs or portfolios serving as the primary programmatic point-of-contact with external sponsors (including senior sponsor personnel) and guiding successful completion of those programs with full responsibility for technical quality schedule budget and program risk management.
• Experience applying or supporting data management and governance practices for sensitive data (e.g. PHI/PII) and working with health-related data systems such as EHR/EMR platforms health information exchanges registries or clinical data warehouses and associated data integration technologies (e.g. FHIR HL7 APIs).
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and lead multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. engineers data scientists clinicians public health practitioners UX researchers) across organizations or institutions to achieve technical and programmatic objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully developing and managing project and team budgets.
• Experience contributing to and overseeing high-quality technical reports sponsor briefings and project deliverables documenting methods results and recommendations.

• Experience serving as principal investigator co-PI program manager or technical lead on large multi-year multi-institutional health technologies programs.
• Demonstrated experience in shaping negotiating and executing contracts and other project vehicles with federal government sponsors (e.g. DoD VA CDC/FDA/CMS)
• Experience collaborating with clinicians public health practitioners or health policy stakeholders on applied research programs.
• Experience coordinating or contributing to training workforce development or technical assistance programs in health technologies.
• Experience working directly with healthcare delivery organizations (e.g. health systems safety-net providers FQHCs) public health agencies or health IT vendors.
• Experience enabling implementing or managing secure computing environments and pipelines for sensitive health data (e.g. controlled research environments secure enclaves or cloud environments configured for PHI).
• Experience with large-scale multi-site or multi-organization health technology pilots evaluations or implementation projects.
• Familiarity with a range of health-related federal sponsors and mechanisms (e.g. HHS CDC NIH ONC VA DoD health agencies) their associated reporting and compliance requirements and experience shaping and winning significant proposals (BAAs RFPs grants or cooperative agreements).

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This position vacancy is an open-rank final job offerwill be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 9 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree inData Science/Analytics Health Informatics/Biomedical Informatics Public Health (with strong quantitative or informatics focus)Computer ScienceBiomedical Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering
• 7 years of related experience with a Masters degree inData Science/Analytics Health Informatics/Biomedical Informatics Public Health (with strong quantitative or informatics focus)Computer ScienceBiomedical Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering
• 4 years of related experience with a Ph.D. inData Science/Analytics Health Informatics/Biomedical Informatics Public Health (with strong quantitative or informatics focus)Computer ScienceBiomedical Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

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