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Research Informatics Director Position at Medica Research Institute

Director of Research Informatics and Technology-15223

Big data, Business Development, and Informatics Leadership
The Medica Research Institute is seeking an entrepreneurial leader with business development skills to develop partnerships for the Medica Research Institute’s research informatics capabilities and collaborative contributions on multi-site projects among national and regional networks.
The Director of Research Informatics & Technology provides vision and entrepreneurial leadership to support the organizational goals of the Institute. Externally, this individual will build relationships with other leading research institutions leading to national partnerships for big data and data modeling frameworks.
The primary success marker for this role will be to represent a robust research informatics environment to position the Institute to participate in complex research projects as a collaborator of choice.
Key Accountabilities
• Enterprise and industry collaboration: Identify and develop business relationships nationally that will protect and evolve Institute data assets for research informatics related projects.
• Strategic and tactical planning: Provide vision and leadership for the Research Informatics department. Research existing and emerging IT standards and methods and provide lifecycle recommendations for technology assets.
• Staff Management: Manage a staff of research informaticists who support Institute data acquisition, analysis and technical infrastructure.
• Regulatory compliance and standards adherence: Stay informed on applicable federal and state regulations, and assist staff (both at the Institute and other institutions) in designing and implementing procedures and policies consistent with regulations and industry standards.
• Capability development, education and outreach: Develop best practices and methods for research informatics functions.
Desired Skills and Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in health informatics, business architecture, mathematics, or a quantitative discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of management experience, preferred, with most recent five years of experience as a senior level manager or director with key accountabilities at an executive level, strongly preferred.
• Certified Professional in Health Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) certification a plus.
• Experience with managing and developing a professional staff. Must have the ability to mentor and motivate staff to respond to complex needs of Institute researchers and to produce work at outstanding levels of quality.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare data and the research function.
Contact Mina.Ozturk@Medica .com or call 952-992-2056 or visit: http://MedicaResearchInstitute.org
EOE including Veterans & Disabled Individuals. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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