Vice Chair - Digital Strategy and Business Operations

Location: Rochester
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic. Benefits Highlights • Medical: Multiple plan options. • Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage. • Vision: Affordable plan with national network. • Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses. • Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future. Responsibilities Aligns digital health initiatives with Mayo Clinic’s long-term strategy, ensuring operational efficiency, financial sustainability and regulatory compliance. Key Responsibilities: • Develops and executes Mayo Clinic’s digital transformation strategy, ensuring alignment with Mayo Clinic’s Bold. Forward. Unbound Strategy • Identifies and evaluates new partnerships and innovation areas in digital health. • Manages budgets and financial planning for digital initiatives, ensuring cost-effectiveness and return on investment (ROI). • Analyzes market trends, competitor activities and emerging technologies to inform strategic decisions. • Develops and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics for digital health initiatives. The Vice Chair is a contributing member of the Mayo Clinic technology organization and reports to either the Chief Digital Officer or the Chief Information Officer. The Vice Chair will play a pivotal role in transforming technology at Mayo Clinic including implementation of a flexible, outcomes-focused organizational framework designed to better support innovation. This model establishes clear decision-making rights and consistent prioritization for major technological initiatives, improves key technologies, enhances our talent, and fosters inspired thought leadership along with an outcomes-focused culture. The Vice Chair works cooperatively with physicians, department chairs, administrative colleagues, and allied health staff across Mayo Clinic. They may also serve as a liaison to sites, other Mayo business entities, or other Administration. The Vice Chair participates in planning and implementation of the strategic and operational objectives in support of Mayo Clinic’s technology goals. The Vice Chair is accountable for providing guidance, leadership development, and administrative support to their teams and assigned committees. This role partners closely with physician/scientist allies to foster a category of one data and digital ecosystem through collaboration spanning the sites, shields and administrative shared services. A Vice Chair ensures their organization, and themselves personally, achieve the outcomes as defined by the CIO/CDO. They build a world class team of experts and creates a culture of excellence, efficiency and innovation. As an enterprise leader, the Vice Chair has a scope of operations with all Mayo Clinic business entities. The Vice Chair is accountable for ensuring that the functions/operations of their area meet site and other Mayo business entity strategic objectives while keeping Mayo Clinic mission and values at the forefront. They develop organizational structures and processes to ensure convergence and efficient operations of assigned activities. The Vice Chair is accountable for ensuring the most effective and efficient enterprise technology services, strategies, plans, technologies, processes, standards, and skills. The Vice Chair coordinates support activities with site leadership, Mayo business entity leaders, and corresponding administrative functions. They may also work closely with physician and administrative partners to develop strategies and tactics required to meet organizational objectives. The Vice Chair will collaborate closely with the other leaders in the technology organization. They coordinate with the Chief Information Security Officer to ensure the implementation of security and privacy policies. The Vice Chair is responsible for the development of operating expense and capital budgets within the guidelines of the organizations overall goals and objectives. They may also partner closely with other organizations and vendors, and manage those relationships at the highest level, to ensure to meet Mayos vision. They also monitor organizational performance related to such budgets and support the CDO/CIO in assuring the organization operates in a cost-effective manner. The Vice Chair carries out responsibilities assigned by the CDO/CIO and acts on their behalf in their absence to ensure continuity of all organizational operations, in accordance with the prescribed standards, philosophy, and policies. Qualifications A bachelor’s degree in technology, health care administration or related field; a minimum of ten years of significant leadership and management experience is required. Leadership and management experience must include working with physicians and allied health staff in a variety of assignments. Must have demonstrated competencies in leadership, management, operations, finance, and excellent communication skills. Master’s degree preferred. A Vice Chair models behaviors that contribute to success by embodying Mayo values, maintaining a customer-centric approach, fostering innovation in alignment with unified goals, demonstrating accountability and ambition, being flexible and adaptable, exhibiting curiosity and empowerment, relying on data and value-driven decisions, and maintaining an action-oriented mindset. A Vice Chair must have administrative experience working with physicians, administrators, and allied health staff and a demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership within the technology organization. A Vice Chair must have exceptional business acumen, the demonstrated ability to drive transformational change, excellent communication, both internal and customer facing, as well as strong team building and collaboration skills. A Vice Chair must have the demonstrated ability to consolidate multiple related activities into a comprehensive program and the ability to effectively manage budgets and drive efficiency in operations. A Vice Chair must have the demonstrated ability to drive transformational change, and the ability to stay abreast and incorporate industry trends.

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