Job Specifications
Contract to hire
No third party vendors
This is a hybrid role. The resource must be able to come on-site in Edison, NJ, to facilitate working sessions and engage stakeholders as needed.
Key responsibilities include:
Serve as a strategic business partner to Health Applications leadership, driving vendor management and commercial governance for a portfolio of health applications vendors, including EHR (Epic preferred), integrated clinical applications, interoperability-related services, and managed application services providers.
Structure, negotiate, and manage contract vehicles including MSAs, SOWs, order forms, amendments, and BAAs, ensuring appropriate protections for healthcare compliance (HIPAA/HITECH), data privacy and security requirements, and clear downstream vendor obligations (including flow-down terms for subcontractors).
Lead vendor engagement strategy and planning for new initiatives and expansions, translating business and clinical goals into clear scopes, deliverables, assumptions, acceptance criteria, and operating governance.
Coordinate and facilitate RF(x) sourcing events, vendor selection activities, and negotiation cycles in collaboration with DTS leadership and Strategic Sourcing.
Support contracting and negotiation efforts for EHR modules, professional services SOWs (implementation, optimization, upgrades), and application managed support engagements, ensuring commercial clarity, pricing transparency, and risk-appropriate terms.
Partner with clinical and operational stakeholders to align vendor deliverables to clinical workflows and operational readiness, supporting upgrade planning, go-live execution, hypercare support, and stabilization activities.
Establish and operationalize vendor performance management frameworks, including SLAs (availability, response, resolution), escalation paths, service reporting requirements, issue triage models, and KPI scorecards.
Drive vendor accountability through recurring operating cadences (weekly checkpoints, monthly reviews, QBRs), ensuring issues are surfaced early and remediated with documented corrective action plans.
Coordinate cross-functional alignment with Clinical Leadership, HIM, Privacy, Security, and Legal for matters related to interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR), data exchange, security controls, audit readiness, and compliance obligations.
Build and maintain executive-ready reporting on vendor performance, risk, renewal timelines, financial stewardship, and value realization; develop dashboards and presentations for senior stakeholders.
Identify opportunities to reduce cost and risk through vendor rationalization, contract optimization, rate-card governance, improved commercial terms, and standardization of vendor engagement models.
Maintain templates, playbooks, and operating procedures that improve consistency, reduce cycle time, and strengthen governance across Health Applications vendor engagements.
Other duties and projects as assigned; adheres to Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
About the Company
Optimum Healthcare IT is a Best in KLAS healthcare IT digital transformation and consulting firm based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Optimum's comprehensive service offerings include Enterprise Application Services, Digital Transformation, and Workforce Management, which features our skill development program, Optimum CareerPath(r). Backed by a leadership team with extensive expertise, we deliver tailored healthcare consulting solutions to diverse organizations. We specialize in digital transformation and consulting servic...
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