Strategic Program Director (Healthcare Quality Systems & Enterprise Support)

Strategic Program Director (Healthcare Quality Systems & Enterprise Support)

Location: Remote / Washington D.C. Metro Area

Position Type: Full-Time (Contingent Hire)

Position Overview

The team is seeking a Strategic Project Director to oversee a comprehensive support framework for a suite of high-visibility, mission-critical Healthcare Quality Initiatives. This role is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team that provides the "foundational engine" for national-scale clinical data collection, quality reporting, and payment incentive systems.

The successful candidate will possess a unique blend of Lean-Agile leadership, health informatics awareness, and enterprise-level operational expertise. They will ensure that technical architecture, cybersecurity, and shared operational services are seamlessly integrated to support federal mandates and improve clinical outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Healthcare Portfolio Synchronization: Lead the strategic alignment of diverse healthcare quality programs (e.g., clinician reporting, facility-based quality assessments, and value-based payment models) into a unified operational roadmap.
• Agile Governance of Quality Systems: Orchestrate the delivery of mission-critical healthcare applications by facilitating Program Increment (PI) planning and managing Agile Release Trains (ARTs) focused on data ingestion and quality measure calculation.
• Integrated Data Foundation Oversight: Direct the "Information Foundation" teams responsible for clinical data integrity, ensuring that data pipelines for healthcare quality reporting remain resilient, compliant, and secure.
• Regulatory & Compliance Stewardship: Ensure all systems and services meet rigorous federal healthcare standards, including HIPAA, FISMA, and interoperability mandates (e.g., FHIR standards).
• Enterprise Service Enablement: Oversee the specialized support functions that enable thousands of external healthcare providers and internal stakeholders to access systems, including automated onboarding and identity management.
• Strategic Risk & Resource Management: Maintain an Enterprise Risk Dashboard that specifically tracks technical debt and security vulnerabilities within the context of high-stakes healthcare reporting cycles.

Required Qualifications

• Leadership Experience: 10+ years of experience directing large-scale federal programs (50+ FTEs) with a focus on Healthcare IT or Quality Measurement.
• Healthcare Domain Expertise: Proven experience with Value-Based Care models, Clinical Quality Measures, or electronic health record (EHR) data integration.
• Scale & Complexity: Demonstrated success managing "interconnected" technical pillars (e.g., security, architecture, and dev-ops) in a highly regulated federal healthcare environment.
• Agile Proficiency: Extensive experience in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), specifically leading large-scale transformations from waterfall to agile delivery models.

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)
• Health Information Technology (HIT) related certifications (e.g., CPHIMS)

Salary Range: $180,000 - $210,000 annually

Education: Bachelors Degree Required

Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust/Suitability, which includes a requirement of U.S. residency for three out of the last five years

Location: Remote / Washington D.C. Metro Area

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