State: CA

City of Hope has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Executive Director of Clinical Ancillary and Support Systems.

City of Hope is one of only 51 National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and an independent biomedical research institution near Los Angeles, California that offers a unique blend of compassionate care and research innovation. By developing scientific breakthroughs, expediting new treatments, providing outstanding professional education, and delivering a personalized, compassionate focus for each individual patient, City of Hope is recognized as being at the forefront of the battle against cancer and other deadly illnesses.

There are City of Hope locations across Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Orange counties, providing patients access to over 725 clinical trials to date. 

City of Hope’s three manufacturing facilities manufactures both biologic and chemical compounds that meet strict good manufacturing practice (GMP) standards. City of Hope holds more than 450 patent portfolios and submits nearly 50 applications per year to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for investigational new therapies. 

City of Hope Research Entities:

  • The Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences (IMGS) is a renowned bench-to-bedside research institute with 100+ principal investigators working toward the treatments and prevention of cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS.
  • Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope was the first of five Beckman Institutes in the United States, which together have fueled scientific advances for more than a generation.
  • City of Hope and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a leading biomedical research institute, formed an alliance to make precision medicine a reality for patients. This alliance enables both institutes to complement each other’s strengths, with TGen’s genomic insights augmenting the level of care available to City of Hope patients.

Many professional sports organizations have supported City of Hope, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Kings, Major League Soccer’s Chivas USA, and the National Football League.

Executive Director of Clinical Ancillary and Support Systems Position Overview

The COH Executive Director of Clinical Ancillary and Support Systems, reporting to the VP of clinical Services,  will oversee clinical ancillaries and support systems.

These areas encompass Epic and clinical support systems, pharmacy and oncology, clinical ancillaries, and precision medicine.  Some of the systems managed include Epic modules such as Willow, Beacon, Radiant, Cupid and OpTime, as well as other applications such as eDonor, Remisol Advanced, Data Innovations, Pyxis, Dragon, and Genomics, research, pathology and research informatics systems. 

Four senior managers report to the Director. 

The Director and their team will also assist with transitioning three newly acquired Cancer Treatment Centers of America hospitals and clinics, as well as a new hospital and offices for COH.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline. (An equivalent combination of experience, training, and/or education may substitute for degree).
  • Advanced degree preferred. 

Experience:

  • 15+ years of IT experience. 
  • 15+ years of progressively responsible management experience.
  • 5+ years of senior leadership experience, preferable working with technologies and applications within the Healthcare Industry.
  • EPIC or Cerner EHR, PeopleSoft or SAP ERP, Imaging Systems, and hospital-based ancillary applications.
  • Experience overseeing and managing complex, organizationally matrix-based programs and schedules in Healthcare is desired.

Desired knowledge, skills, and attributes:

  • Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills demonstrating active listening and negotiation techniques as well as mediation of conflicts with positive outcomes. 
  • Strong relationship-building skills with executive leaders, physicians, and key decision-makers/influencer within the organization.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, appropriate preparation, and presence when speaking to large audiences demonstrating confidence and topic expertise.
  • Experience leading large multi-disciplinary, complex teams. 
  • Experience with software development methodologies, project management techniques, and development life cycle.
  • Demonstrated project management skills.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Margaret Cowan.

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady collaborates with world-class institutions, including: 

  • UC San Diego
  • The Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics Position Overview

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is seeking a Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics to serve as head of data science for the organization. 

This is a new position reporting to the VP of Research and Clinical Management of the Genomics Institute.  

This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced leader to implement state of the art approaches to analyze next generation genomic sequencing and other “omics”.  

The Senior Director will have the opportunity to build a team of data scientists.

The Senior Director will also:

  • Execute data analyses for multiple research studies across a broad range of pediatric health conditions  
  • Provide expertise on study design 
  • Lead analysis and interpretation of next generation genomic sequencing data to advance precision medicine
  • Lead the development of products and data models to support the strategic growth of a state of the art rapid genome laboratory

Culturally, Rady Children’s is a mission-driven organization and progressive children’s hospital.  They seek out employees who “care about their career as much as they care about kids” and they’ve built an exceptional employee culture of strong performers. 

There is a lot of tenure within the organization, and for an individual committed to making a difference, this is a great position. 

Qualifications

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine seeks candidates with strong training in the analysis and interpretation of next generation genomic sequencing data to advance precision medicine. 

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to build and sustain a stellar team of data scientists, contribute and participate in internal and external presentations, peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference proceedings, and applications for extramural funding. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • PhD required in an area of study in a field related to the position
  • 10+ years of related experience
  • 5+ years of experience providing data science leadership in the field of Genomic Medicine 
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • Expert level familiarity with data science and statistical modeling (e.g. Python, R, Stark, SAS and equivalent) 
  • Familiarity with the data science challenges facing the modern genomics laboratory and healthcare settings including common workflow models; capable of planning for future growth and change
  • The ability to use machine learning and other artificial intelligence methods 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • PMI Certification 
  • Research Administration Certification 
  • Clinical Research Coordination Certification 
  • Membership in regional or national research administration professional organization

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director, Genomics Research & Projects.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady collaborates with world-class institutions, including: 

  • UC San Diego
  • The Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Director, Genomics Research and Projects Position Overview

Reporting to the VP of Genomics Research and Clinical Management, the Director Genomics, Research & Projects functions as both a collaborative and independent administrator, strategic planner, and project manager. 

The Director will design, implement, maintain, and monitor institute-wide research and project priorities, initiatives, activities and policies and procedures that optimize day-to-day operations, promotes research, and builds a positive culture to support research across the institute. 

Responsibilities include seeking new extramural funding sources and communicating with external funding agencies. 

Additionally, this person oversees the regulatory aspects of research and ensures with ongoing compliance. As a skilled technical writer, the director facilitates and mentors team members developing scientific presentations and articles. 

Additionally, the Director:

  • Assists with harmonizing data sets
  • Engages in decision making which has a positive impact on people, cost, risk and quality of services
  • Develops and fosters optimal communication and collaboration between leadership, staff, faculty and collaborators 

Culturally, Rady Children’s is a mission-driven organization and progressive children’s hospital.  They seek out employees who “care about their career as much as they care about kids” and they’ve built an exceptional employee culture of strong performers. There is a lot of tenure within the organization, and for an individual committed to making a difference, this is a great position. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree 
  • 7+ years of related experience 
  • 5+ years of project management experience

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • PhD, in an area of study in a field related to the position
  • PMI Certification 
  • Research Administration Certification 
  • Clinical Research Coordination Certification 
  • Membership in regional or national research administration professional organization

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

MemorialCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Enterprise Resource Planning Director.

MemorialCare is a nonprofit health system that includes four hospitals, two medical groups, imaging centers, and surgical centers serving millions of patients at over 200 locations in Southern California. MemorialCare is one of the leading health systems in Orange and Los Angeles County with all four hospitals achieving national recognition for excellence.

The integrated health system includes:

  • Primary care at over 30 health centers
  • Urgent care locations
  • Free-standing imaging centers
  • Ambulatory surgical centers
  • Dialysis centers

MemorialCare offers more value-based products than any other health system in Southern California. Their Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) include a customized, direct contract between MemorialCare and Boeing, the MemorialCare Health Alliance, as well as other innovative plans like Aetna Whole Health, and Vivity offered by Anthem Blue Cross and created in partnership with 6 other leading health systems in the LA market. 

Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach has recently opened pediatric outpatient locations across the region, with specialty centers in Irvine, Fountain Valley, and Torrance. MemorialCare is also in a strategic partnership with UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital that is enhancing children’s services across Southern California.

Enterprise Resource Planning Director Job Overview

MemorialCare’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Director owns responsibility to oversee the effective operation of all applications in the ERP ecosystem and the integration of data to this environment.  

They lead the identification, review, selection, and integration of new applications into the organization and manage changes to existing applications such as PeopleSoft, MTM, and Strata. 

The ERP Director is ultimately accountable for ensuring the organization’s repository of ERP ecosystem software applications through best practices and appropriate staffing, including the administration, monitoring, and support of software and ancillary systems. 

The ERP Director works with the ERP manager to ensure planning, coordination, direction, and the design of operational activities of the IS department, as well as provides direction and support for IS solutions that enhance mission-critical business operations. 

This Director will ensure solid, repeatable, documented process & policies are in place, followed and maintained.  

Highlights:

  • Oversees an ERP team of ten, which includes an ERP Manager 
  • Reports to the VP of Information Services 
  • Opportunity to make PeopleSoft a premier application it should be within the MemorialCare system 
  • High visibility to key system executives.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Master’s degree is preferred

Required Experience:

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience
  • Experience in implementing information systems, clinical initiatives, including electronic healthcare, academic and research systems
  • Experienced in best practice application architectures, integration frameworks, technical strategies to ensure stability and reliability
  • Proven ability to create a clear strategic vision for information services that supports business objectives and execute on that vision

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • True executive leadership in addition to proficiency in managing an ERP area
  • Past success driving organizational change
  • Team player favoring collaborative approaches for working with internal and external partners
  • Project management skills
  • A history of successful peer level engagement
  • Competency producing and delivering presentations to diverse audiences and senior leaders
  • Ability to promote and maintain good interpersonal relationships, and a proficiency in team building, conflict resolution, and group interaction; proven ability to manage and coordinate individuals with different professional training, skill sets, and personalities

The Work Environment:

  • While there will be opportunities for a periodic remote work environment, the ERP Director should live or relocate to within a 90-minute driving distance of MemorialCare

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director of Bioinformatics.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers, and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating, and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is accelerating the pace of discovery and building the evidence base to advance delivery of Rapid Precision Medicine™ as the standard-of-care for children with genetic diseases.

They are best known for their ability to perform rapid whole genome sequencing among critically ill patients who have underlying rare genetic disorders. In 5 years they have grown from implementing rapid whole genome sequence for critically ill infants and children in one hospital (RCHSD) to 70 hospitals throughout the US and Canada.

Senior Director of Bioinformatics Job Overview

Rady Children’s Hospital leads the field of pediatric genomics, one of the most innovative forces in healthcare today. The Senior Director of Bioinformatics will play a key leadership role as Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) embarks on their vision for the next 5-10 years sequencing genomes of rare diseases.

During the next five years, the Bioinformatics division plans to increase the number of whole gene sequencing from 2,800 to over 10,000. 

They also plan to move from diagnostic to therapeutic work while partnering with the pharmaceutical industry to identify new therapeutic agents. 

In addition, they plan to disseminate the vast knowledge accumulated through sequencing to benefit the 70 children’s hospitals that use their services. 

The Senior Director of Bioinformatics will provide the leadership for the department that includes four service lines:

  • Genome informatics
  • Applications and systems engineering
  • Technical and software development
  • Data services

The position reports to the VP of Research and Clinical Management and leads a team of four managers and approximately 15 individuals. 

The Senior Director will not only grow their team but also grow RCIGM’s premier status in the hottest area of genomics.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Master’s degree required
  • Doctorate degree preferred

Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience providing BI leadership in the field of genomic medicine
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • Knowledgeable about BI challenges facing modern genomics laboratory and healthcare settings, including common workflow models, and the capability to lead future growth
  • Knowledgeable about regulatory, legal, and accreditation standards
  • Able to work with budgets and planning models
  • Comfortable operating with tight timelines
  • Demonstrated experience developing, leading, and mentoring a team
  • Experience leading the development of products and software to support strategic growth of a state-of-the-art rapid genome laboratory
  • Experience with agile methodologies

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

El Camino Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Assistant Vice President/CISO.

El Camino Health provides a personalized healthcare experience at two non-profit acute care hospitals in Los Gatos and Mountain View and at primary care, multi-specialty care, and urgent care locations across Santa Clara County in California.

For nearly sixty years, the organization has grown to meet the needs of individuals and communities it serves. Bringing together the best in new technology and advanced medicine, the network of nationally recognized physicians and care teams deliver high-quality, compassionate care. Key medical specialties include heart and vascular, cancer and lifestyle medicine.

Assistant Vice President/CISO Job Overview

Assistant Vice President/CISO establishes and maintains the enterprise Security vision, strategy and program to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected.

The Assistant Vice President serves in the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and is responsible for all IT security aspects of the organization’s information technology and systems, including policies, standards, and oversight of the security program and security operations management of El Camino Hospital.

This Assistant Vice President oversees a team of 4-5 security professionals and reports to the CIO.

The Assistant Vice President will serve a variety of roles including internal consultant, educator, security cheerleader, trusted advisor, and will be the “go-to person” for security questions within the organization.

The selected candidate will show a history of continually questioning how improvements can be made, and will exhibit exemplary relationship building and customer service abilities.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Fifteen years of information technology experience including 5 years of management experience with solid background in the development and execution of an enterprise wide information security program
  • Five years of people management experience including hiring, coaching, and developing internal staff members and managing external resources to achieve goals and deliverables
  • Demonstrated understanding of overall organizational operations and how work is accomplished between departments and divisions, and its implications for all impacted stakeholders, including technology resources and infrastructure requirements
  • Proven ability to lead and influence the organization’s leaders to support efforts and implementation of strategic initiatives that impact the organization’s performance, systems, processes and structure
  • High degree of executive presence

Desired:

  • Master’s degree
  • A healthcare technology background (strongly preferred)
  • Security certifications

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Sharp HealthCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for CIO job candidates.

Sharp HealthCare is a nationally-recognized integrated healthcare delivery system with four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, and three affiliated medical groups. Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving 3.2 million residents of San Diego County.

Sharp is consistently recognized for outstanding achievement and aspires to top decile performance in each of its seven pillars of excellence (Quality, Safety, Service, People, Finance, Growth, and Community). Sharp was recognized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Nation’s highest honor for quality excellence in 2007, one of the first health systems in the country to have received this honor.

SVP/Chief Information Job Overview:

The Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (SVP/CIO) at Sharp Healthcare is an incredible opportunity for an experienced healthcare IT leader seeking a high-profile, strategic position with a highly respected health system in a beautiful location.

The SVP/CIO will oversee infrastructure, applications, risk and information security, analytics, informatics, contracting and vendor management, and special projects. Clinical engineering and bio-medical devices support is outsourced to GE. The technology team is approximately 600 people.

Qualifications:
  • Ten or more years of experience in a leadership role in a complex information systems environment
  • Healthcare industry experience is strongly preferred
  • Experience working closely with physicians and other healthcare providers on strategic IT initiatives
  • Previous experience with Cerner and Allscripts clinical applications is a strong plus
  • Visionary leadership and strong tactical and strategic expertise, negotiation and facilitation skills, along with the ability to motivate, persuade and build consensus
  • Demonstrated value-based leadership skills that emphasize creation of strategic vision, innovation, communication, finance, project management, human resource management and development and ability to be a team player
  • Experience implementing LEAN management methods aimed at simplifying processes and reducing costs
For more information about the organization, the SVP/Chief Information Officer job, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Senior Director, Chief Technology Officer position.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego (RCHSD) is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties. It is a nonprofit, 524-bed pediatric- care facility dedicated to excellence in care, research and teaching.

RCHSD is the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and the region’s only designated pediatric trauma center.

Senior Director, Chief Technology Officer Position Overview:

Rady Children’s current CTO is retiring, creating a vacancy in this key leadership role. The new CTO will continue partnering with executive leadership, physician leaders, and clinicians throughout the organization who are striving to provide the best possible care for their patients.

The current CTO says it is a “green field” of opportunity, with many projects, such as deploying VNA and HCI, as well as continuing with HPC for a leader to make a difference in the organization.

Culturally, Rady Children’s is a mission- driven organization and progressive children’s hospital. For an individual strongly committed to making a difference, this is a great position.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in field related to the position
  • 10+ years of IT leadership experience
  • Experience managing teams of 40+ people
  • Experience leading a complex, 24×7, mission critical IT
    operation
  • Experience managing multi-million dollar budgets
  • Evidence negotiating, developing and sustaining collaborative
    internal and external partner relationships

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Graduate degree
  • Healthcare background
  • Epic experience
  • Genomics experience
  • Clinical/biomedical experience
For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

 

Avanir Pharmaceuticals has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Associate Director, Information Security position.

Avanir Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company committed to delivering central nervous system (CNS) solutions.

Avanir Pharmaceutical has two main products used for treatments of CNS disorders:

  • NUEDEXTA is the first and only FDA approved treatment for PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA), a medical condition that causes involuntary, sudden, and frequent episodes of crying and/or laughing in people living with certain neurologic conditions or brain injury.
  • ONZETRA® Xsail® is the first intranasal medication delivery system for the acute treatment of adult migraines.
Associate Director, Information Security Position Overview:

The Associate Director, Information Security is responsible for the overall design, execution and day-to-day management of Avanir’s information security capabilities in alignment with appropriate global information security standards. As the architect and thought leader in developing a comprehensive, risk-based information security strategy and roadmap, drive the maturity of Avanir’s people, processes and tools to support and enhance this critical business capability.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering or related technical or business field
  • 14+ years of related experience in an Information Technology role; 7+ years’ experience serving in a management and leadership role within an Information Security function (IT Security, IT Audit, etc.) or a similar consulting organization is required
  • Strong technical skills relevant to Information Security such as secure coding standards, ethical hacking techniques, IDS/IPS, and SEIM
  • Working knowledge of information security technologies, markets and vendors including firewall, intrusion detection, assessment and monitoring tools, encryption, certificate authority, and cloud identity management
  • Proficiency with MS Office applications and common web applications
  • Familiarity with global Information Security industry standards/best practices and relevant regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, ISO, CobiT, ISF) CISSP, CISM, CISA, GCIH, CEH or other related information security certifications preferred
  • Core competencies for this role include: Adapt to Change – demonstrate Organizational Awareness, Self-Awareness, Proactivity and Learning Agility, Work Collaboratively – embody Teamwork, Influence without authority, and demonstrate Technical Expertise, Apply Judgment – effectively leverage Prioritization, Problem Solving and Decision Making skills to achieve superior results
For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby.

Keck Medicine of USC has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their next Chief Technology Officer.

Keck Medicine of USC is the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Encompassing academic excellence, world-class research and state-of-the-art clinical care, they attract internationally renowned experts who teach and practice at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the region’s first medical school.

In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck Medical Center of USC among the top three hospitals in Los Angeles and top seven in California.

Facilities:

  • Keck Medical Center of USC, includes two acute care hospitals: Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital
  • USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (a community hospital)
  • More than 40 outpatient facilities, some at affiliated hospitals, in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare and Ventura counties
  • USC Care Medical Group, a medical faculty practice
Working at USC:

USC is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles and the city’s largest private employer, responsible for more than $5 billion annually in economic activity in the region.

An award-winning employer, USC has been honored every year since the Chronicle of Higher Education began its Great Colleges to Work For program in 2008, including two mentions on their prestigious Honor Roll (“the best of the best”).

Chief Technology Officer Position Overview:

The Chief Technology Officer aligns the technical information technology vision with Hospitals’ and Health Sciences Campus (HSC), which includes Keck School of Medicine’s (KSOM) and USC Care Medical Groups, with overall strategy by integrating processes with the appropriate technologies to meet current and future needs.

The CTO actively contributes to the development and implementation of an IT strategic plan for the Health Sciences Campus and serves as senior technical IT leader for HSC with responsibility for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives.

The CTO has responsibility for day-to-day management and operations work covering architecture, design and development, security, operational integrity, system support and maintenance of existing enterprise information and clinical systems, computer operations, email, and IT financial and human resource management.

The CTO reports to the CIO and manages a staff of approximately 125 people.  Keck Medicine recently made significant investments in technology infrastructure. The incoming CTO will benefit from having a solid infrastructure in place and will be tasked with developing impactful solutions that are aligned with the organizational strategic plan.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred)
  • Demonstrated track record of progressively increasing sustained leadership within a complex environment across all areas of information technology
  • Comprehensive technical knowledge of and experience with systems design and leadership for a large and diverse organization
  • Successful, large-scale project management experience
  • Proven operational skills and keen sense of managing technology
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret technology and market trends as a foundation for technology and product roadmaps
  • Experience leading IT security
  • Experience in teaching or academic healthcare setting preferred
For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters.  If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby.