Director Data Platforms and Engineering

Franciscan Alliance - Beech Grove, IN

Full-time - Senior

Beech Grove, IN

Hospitals

About the position

The Director of Data Platforms and Engineering at Franciscan Health is responsible for leading the data strategy and enablement framework across the enterprise. This role involves overseeing the development of modern data architecture, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the data engineering team. The director will manage vendor relationships, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay updated on industry trends to enhance the organization's data capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the data strategy and data enablement framework for the enterprise, including people, process, policies, and technology.
• Oversee the development of a modern data architecture that includes data ingestion, processing, and storage.
• Define and reinforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices for data analytics solutions.
• Provide thought leadership to leverage data and analytics tools across the department.
• Design a data engineering architecture roadmap and execute the vision in partnership with IS leadership.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships to align with organizational needs and cost constraints.
• Establish collaboration within the team across data architecture, engineering, archiving, and integration functions.
• Hire, retain, and grow a team of managers, data engineers, and data architects.
• Stay updated on data analytics trends and continuously improve data architecture capabilities.
• Develop partnerships with other Information Service teams for cross-functional initiatives.
• Contribute expertise to technology planning, tool selection, and platform management.
• Create a culture of employee engagement, accountability, and innovation.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and protection regulations.
• Implement security measures to safeguard sensitive data.
• Work with analytics and governance teams to support effective data warehouse design.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Business, Healthcare Management, Information Services, or related field required, or a Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of additional relevant work experience.
• 8 years of hands-on work experience with data engineering and architecture, with a strong track record of designing and implementing data analytics solutions.
• 5 years of experience leading and managing a technical team of data and information management professionals.
• 5 years of strong knowledge of SQL programming and Microsoft SQL Server platform, as well as data integration and transformation tools.

Nice-to-haves

• 5 years of experience with key systems such as Informatica, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Tableau, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, SAS.
• 5 years of experience with Epic EMR Cogito tools/platform.