Vice President Of Engineering

Vatica Health is a leading provider of tech-enabled risk adjustment solutions to risk-bearing providers and health plans with access to 1.3M payer-approved lives today. Vatica offers a unique model that pairs Vatica’s expert clinical teams with cutting-edge, EMR-agnostic technology at the point of care, improving financial performance, reducing risk for health plans and providers, and optimizing care delivery. The company operates in a large and growing market, and its solutions are proven to drive differentiated results relative to competitors and tech-only solutions. Vatica has formed a new partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners and is positioned for accelerated growth and long-term expansion of its technology and services.

The VP of Engineering will be responsible for ensuring the successful execution of Vatica Health’s mission through development and deployment of the company’s products. Overseeing a team of four direct reports, this leader will be responsible for driving the creation, implementation, and enhancement of Vatica Health’s applications.

Essential Duties and Expected Outcomes:

The primary duties and expectations of this position include the following. Others may be assigned over time.

• Drive successful execution of technical delivery, from conceptualization to go-to-market, in collaboration with product and executive leadership team.
• Support an efficient planning process by creating technical designs that achieve the platform capabilities envisioned by product leadership.
• Lead evaluation and re-alignment of resources and skillsets relative to the company’s strategic to Identify gaps and development milestones for the company’s engineering team, ensuring ongoing enhancement of capabilities.
• Evaluate and optimize use of contract and offshore labor to access external expertise which drives down the cost of delivery and enables flexibility for scale.
• Establish and maintain a data-driven culture to drive accountability in technical delivery and operations.
• Proactively identify and build technical and data management capabilities that will enable AI and analytics initiatives that maximize efficiency and value for Vatica’s clients
• Partner with head of infrastructure and architectural leads to align architecture design with responsible cloud resource consumption. Own cloud cost governance and operations and security cost posture.
• Develop and execute a vision for incorporating enterprise applications and data into a comprehensive date lake architecture that will enable operational efficiency and enterprise analytics.
• Collaborate with engineering leads to continuously enhance security posture, modernize application architecture, reduce technical debt, and adopt industry best practices for technology stacks and development methodologies including best CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) practices.

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to toggle between driving strategy and hands on solutioning and design work.
• Comfortable operating in a highly regulated environment and exposure to HITRUST, SOC 2 etc.
• Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Thought leader with the ability to influence up or down.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and skill set that can build for purpose, actualize, and continuously improve.
• Ability to envision services that meet consumer needs and solve business problems.
• Attentive to detail with superior analytical capabilities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing application development AND engineering teams in high growth, regulated healthcare environments.

• Experience managing a $MM IT budget.
• Vision and experience for automating software QA.
• CI/CD implementation experience.
• Experience with EMR and clinical data interoperability & integration.
• Understanding of a scaled, agile framework.
• Cloud application development and Azure experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science, business administration, or related discipline. Master’s Degree is preferred.

Benefits

WORKING AT VATICA HEALTH ADVANTAGES

Prosperity

• Competitive salary based on your experience and skills – we believe the top talent deserves the top dollar
• Bonus Potential – if you go above and beyond, you should be rewarded
• 401k plans– we want to empower you to prepare for your future
• Room for growth and advancement- we love our employees and want to develop within

Good Health

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans
• Tax-free Dependent Care Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability

Happiness

• Excellent PTO policy (everyone deserves a vacation now and then)
• Great work-life balance environment- We believe family comes first!
• Strong supportive teams- There is always a helping hand when you need it