Senior Health IT Consultant

Salary$120/hr
LocationUnited States
Work moderemote
Typecontract
SenioritySenior
Experience10+ yrs
Company size28+ people
PostedMay 18, 2026 · 4mo ago
Verified live20h ago
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10+ years in health IT strategy, advisory, or consulting — ideally with large academic medical centers or integrated health systems
Demonstrated experience advising C-suite and VP-level health system executives (CIO, CNIO, CMO) on technology strategy and roadmap decisions
Strong familiarity with Epic and the broader health IT ecosystem
Proven ability to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder alignment sessions and drive consensus on competing priorities
Experience translating ambiguous strategic intent into structured, actionable execution plans
Excellent written communication — able to produce executive-quality deliverables under tight timelines
Comfortable working fast in a fixed-timeline engagement without sacrificing rigor
Experience with smart room, RTLS, ambient clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies
Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems
PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credential
Skills
Epic
RTLS
About the role
We are partnered with a large academic medical center to develop a PM-ready Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint for Year 1 (2026 to 2027). The Senior Health IT Consultant owns the strategic and stakeholder layer – translating an existing technology roadmap into a sequenced, dependency mapped execution plan ready for PM handoff by July 2026.
3 Month Engagement
Remote (will require travel 1-2x per month for 3-4 days per visit) in San Francisco
Pay: Starting at $120/hour
What you’ll own
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Lead all stakeholder interviews and facilitation sessions with health system leadership, including the CIO, CNIO, and Executive Director of Health Tech Solutions
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Drive technology prioritization, procurement sequencing, and roadmap decisions across four Year 1 workstreams: Digital Infrastructure, Enterprise Platform Alignment, EHR + Integration Readiness, and Smart Room Lite Pilots
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Own the narrative and synthesis — turn findings, assessments, and dependency analysis into the Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint
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Serve as the primary relationship holder with the client leadership team throughout the engagement
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Co-produce the PM-ready handoff package and lead the transition briefing with incoming project managers
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Collaborate daily with the Senior Solutions Architect to ensure strategic and technical work advances in parallel
Key deliverables you’ll drive
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Current state assessment across all healthcare technology domains
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Technology prioritization by domain, grounded in Epic-first evaluation framework
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Procurement sequencing and vendor shortlist by domain
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Year 1 Execution Plan — sequenced, dependency-mapped, PM-ready
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Executive Briefing Summary for leadership and board socialization
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Years 2–3 Directional Outline as design context for Year 1 decisions
Requirements
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10+ years in health IT strategy, advisory, or consulting — ideally with large academic medical centers or integrated health systems
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Demonstrated experience advising C-suite and VP-level health system executives (CIO, CNIO, CMO) on technology strategy and roadmap decisions
•
Strong familiarity with Epic and the broader health IT ecosystem — digital infrastructure, clinical communications, smart room, and inpatient technology
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Proven ability to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder alignment sessions and drive consensus on competing priorities
•
Experience translating ambiguous strategic intent into structured, actionable execution plans
•
Excellent written communication — able to produce executive-quality deliverables under tight timelines
•
Comfortable working fast in a fixed-timeline engagement without sacrificing rigor
Nice to have
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Experience with smart room, RTLS, ambient clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies
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Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems
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PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credentialnt clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies
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Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems
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PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credential