Director, Software Engineering and Innovation

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

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Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2024 - Becker's Healthcare

Names One of the Diversity Leaders 2024 – Modern Healthcare

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024 - Newsweek

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024 – Newsweek

Names One of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters 2024 – Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900+ providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.

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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

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Jon Dirksen

Executive Talent Partner

jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities

• Prioritizes and directs the planning, development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise-wide software solutions in support of strategic initiatives.
• Responsible for systems, operational tooling, developer portals, and infrastructure for running microservices.
• Represents engineering and architecture to external and internal partners. Drives major decisions that enable system data and analytics to be more productive and set the example on how to build and maintain software.
• Balances technical constraints and customer needs to enable consistent architecture and high-quality software, using innovative thinking.
• Drives data driven improvements to both product quality, engineering excellence and efficiency across the health system.
• Ensures teams, the health system, and the communities have a clear understanding of the direction of projects and the reasons behind decisions.
• Collaborates with executive leadership to ensure effective communication and clear vision of the organization’s technical future, ensuring alignment with overall mission and market trends.
• Leads multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, understanding and excellence.
• Recruits, engages, develops, leads, and manages assigned staff. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, statistics, mathematics, actuarial science, public health, health informatics, healthcare administration, finance or related field

Experience

• Seven years’ experience, with five years in direct people management/leadership

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Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.