“The Director for Data Management and Analytics (DMA) position is located within the VHA Office of Health Informatics (OHI), Clinical Informatics and Data Management Office (CIDMO), DMA division. The incumbent leads VA’s premier analytical team that drives clinical process improvement associated with informatics implementations. The incumbent will also lead OHI collaborations to design and build out VAs advanced analytical capabilities.”
Responsibilities:
- Works as a clinical champion to maximize the impact of health informatics services to improve patient outcomes
- Utilizes data and analytics to inform management of structure, processes, and outcomes
- Leads translation and development of best analytical practices including analytics DevSecOps for more robust and manageable approaches to construction of algorithms or instances of methods
- Leads translation and development of new analytical methods for process analytics
- Engages in mutually beneficial collaborations with innovation partners in academic affiliates, other VA offices, and other organizations
- Develops effective collaborations with other technical divisions in CIDMO, other VACO offices, the field and OIT for the effective development/acquisition of new clinical IT products and value delivery.
- Engages in mutually beneficial collaborations with partners in the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, Department of Defense (DoD), other government agencies, industry organizations, professional associations, standards organizations, and other healthcare systems
- Leads, develops, and implements the following DMA plans: Vision and Strategic Plan, Communication Plan, Industry Engagement Plan
- Employs a value-based performance improvement framework that engages all relevant stakeholders, measures costs and outcomes, and feeds virtuous learning cycles. Develop an evidence base for best informatics practices for the division
- Develops effective relationships with key clinical leaders and program offices to ensure that they promote the mission of DMA and that DMA best meets their needs
- Leads product management (buy, build, or configure) of enterprise and health-specific data and analytics IT solutions
- Work with business and technical leads to integrate data analysts, researchers and informaticists into the management and governance of IT portfolios
- Work with leads for requirements, data architecture, and informatics in other offices and agencies to enable the most effective analytical capabilities to meet the clinical need
- Supports investment strategy and governance for data and health information technology by matching BI and research needs to technical platforms and solutions according to an architecturally guided roadmap
