Senior Health IT Consultant

We are partnered with a large academic medical center to develop a PM-ready Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint for Year 1 (2026 to 2027). The Senior Health IT Consultant owns the strategic and stakeholder layer -- translating an existing technology roadmap into a sequenced, dependency mapped execution plan ready for PM handoff by July 2026. 3 Month Engagement Remote (will require travel 1-2x per month for 3-4 days per visit) in San Francisco Pay: Starting at $120/hour What you'll own - Lead all stakeholder interviews and facilitation sessions with health system leadership, including the CIO, CNIO, and Executive Director of Health Tech Solutions - Drive technology prioritization, procurement sequencing, and roadmap decisions across four Year 1 workstreams: Digital Infrastructure, Enterprise Platform Alignment, EHR + Integration Readiness, and Smart Room Lite Pilots - Own the narrative and synthesis — turn findings, assessments, and dependency analysis into the Healthcare Technology Execution Blueprint - Serve as the primary relationship holder with the client leadership team throughout the engagement - Co-produce the PM-ready handoff package and lead the transition briefing with incoming project managers - Collaborate daily with the Senior Solutions Architect to ensure strategic and technical work advances in parallel Key deliverables you'll drive - Current state assessment across all healthcare technology domains - Technology prioritization by domain, grounded in Epic-first evaluation framework - Procurement sequencing and vendor shortlist by domain - Year 1 Execution Plan — sequenced, dependency-mapped, PM-ready - Executive Briefing Summary for leadership and board socialization - Years 2–3 Directional Outline as design context for Year 1 decisions Requirements - 10+ years in health IT strategy, advisory, or consulting — ideally with large academic medical centers or integrated health systems - Demonstrated experience advising C-suite and VP-level health system executives (CIO, CNIO, CMO) on technology strategy and roadmap decisions - Strong familiarity with Epic and the broader health IT ecosystem — digital infrastructure, clinical communications, smart room, and inpatient technology - Proven ability to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder alignment sessions and drive consensus on competing priorities - Experience translating ambiguous strategic intent into structured, actionable execution plans - Excellent written communication — able to produce executive-quality deliverables under tight timelines - Comfortable working fast in a fixed-timeline engagement without sacrificing rigor Nice to have - Experience with smart room, RTLS, ambient clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies - Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems - PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credentialnt clinical workflow, or inpatient experience technologies - Prior work at or with large academic medical centers or Magnet-designated health systems - PMP, FHIMSS, or equivalent credential