Executive Director of IT

Company Overview

As a leading healthcare provider in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, Xpress Wellness offer comprehensive urgent care services for non-life threatening illnesses and injuries.  With a focus on providing healthcare resources to underserved areas, Xpress Wellness offers occupational medicine, workers compensation, behavioral health, virtual primary care, facility-based primary care, post-acute medical services, and women’s health. 

Company Background
Founded in 2014, Xpress Wellness opened their first urgent care location in Enid, OK with the goal of providing much needed on-demand healthcare for underserved areas.  Today, the organization continues this mission with 60 locations that cover Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas under two brands, Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care.  The Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care clinics continue the mission that started in Enid, OK by targeting areas with unmet healthcare needs and focusing on an expansion of medical services.  With an aggressive growth plan, Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care strive to bridge the healthcare gap in the communities we serve and live in.

Position overview

The Executive Director of IT drives the technology strategy and operational capabilities for the company. Based on the evaluation of current tech stack and capability and gaps/pain points across the business and operations, this leader will develop and execute a comprehensive, long-term strategy for our business and operational technology portfolios with a strong technical team to execute against the strategy. The Executive Director of IT will serve as a business enabler and a partner with strong relationships across business leaders and operations, working across both clinical and back-office technology.

Role and Responsibilities

• Oversee and develop the technology roadmap and strategy that supports the business objectives
• Recruit and retain top technical talent; define a technology organization with right mix of in-house and contractual (3rd party) talent/ capabilities
• Build strong relationships with business leaders across the company and develop a detailed understanding of their issues, challenges, and opportunities; deliver the right Business Application Architecture (through thoughtful “Build vs Buy” decisions in favor of COTS solutions) to deliver on the priorities for business
• Proactively create a strategic financial investment plan for technology, ensuring that funds are spent in alignment with the company’s mission and goals
• Maintain high standards of performance across the organization through collaboration
• Maintain a strong grasp of industry and technology trends to ensure that the company remains in a leading position with regard to its competitors
• Partner with the business leaders to build a scalable and secure Data Architecture/ Data Model to support the business applications
• Improve operational efficiency and processes using technology (AI/ML, RPA, etc.)
• Conceptualize a strong security posture in line with all industry requirements keeping patient safety and privacy in mind; partner with internal and external partners to deliver on the same
• Help create a scalable architecture through a thoughtful orchestration of SaaS and Cloud partners

Requirements

• 10-15 years of relevant technology and development experience with a minimum of 5 years of strategic leadership experience as a Sr. Executive
• Experience in the healthcare industry, especially working with practice management, patient engagement, EMR, and RCM platforms in a multi-site healthcare environment is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to create and execute a clear strategic vision that supports business objectives, and flex readily when business circumstances change
• Proven track record of success within a VC or private equity-backed environment
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence all levels within an organization, most importantly at the senior executive level
• Sharp business acumen and extremely comfortable building budgets, managing and negotiating contracts and cross-functional partnerships
• Experience building collaborative, trusting relationships, and being comfortable working with colleagues across a range of locations and levels of technology expertise

Benefits

Xpress Wellness offers a great working environment with the following perks:

• Competitive pay
• Bonus potential
• Generous PTO
• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement package with employer match
• Short-term disability + long-term disability options
• Life insurance
• Pay starting at $140,000 annually