General Summary/ Overview:



At Mass General Brigham Digital, we pride ourselves on our ability to create maximum strategic, clinical, and operational value from established and emergent technologies for our patients, care teams, researchers, and employees. Digital health will not only enhance the equity and efficiency of healthcare delivery, but it will also help make medicine more personalized and precise.


We recognize that increasing value and continually improving quality while maintaining an inclusive focus are essential to organizational excellence, and we invite you to join us on this journey. The work we do in Digital is a strategic imperative, and there is a strong and growing understanding of how together we will transform Mass General Brigham in innovative and impactful ways.


The Senior Project Specialist will contribute to the success of Digital through the management of one or more large, enterprise-wide projects, and the resources associated with these projects.



Position Summary:



The Senior Project Specialist - Application Integration will report to the DFCI Application Integration Team (AIT) manager.


Responsibilities include managing medium to large integration projects specific to the DFCI Application Integration Team or part of larger initiatives. Projects will include HL7 interfaces, API calls, extension launches, Salesforce MuleSoft integration, and other custom-developed integration solutions.


The ideal candidate should be able to work well independently and help foster collaboration across teams, including Information Services (IS), executive sponsors, business owners, and consultants.


This role is responsible for overseeing the integration project life cycle from collecting business requirements to design to development, testing, product release, and support, including, but not limited to:


• Defining work scope and time estimations and identifying and mitigating risks.


• Managing project budget and resources.


• Maintaining status reports, updating project stakeholders, and escalating as needed.


• Creating integration specifications for end users and integration developers.


• Working with integration team members to set priorities.


• Identifying areas that need system or workflow enhancements.


• Creating unit, functional, and integrated test plans.


• Creating change control entries and cutover plans.


• Producing and maintaining documentation of integration projects and enhancements.



Principal Duties and Responsibilities:


• Develop project goals, objectives, approach, and scope through negotiation and diplomacy that result in a well-defined, well-sponsored project.


• Develop workplans and timelines to meet project goals.


• Develop IT strategies and solutions that align with Digital standards and strategic directions.


• Develop capital and operating funding requirements associated with a project. Manage a project within its budget.


• Work independently but recognize when the involvement of senior management is required.


• Plan, manage and oversee projects, using recognized project management methods including:


o Definition of project scope and objectives


o Management and status reporting tools


o Feasibility and cost benefit studies


o Requirement's definition (functional and/or technical)


o System testing/quality assurance


o Training


o Implementation


o Post-implementation/on-going support


o Project administrative activities


o Documentation


• Manage projects within the context of the larger environment including competing priorities, staffing levels, and budgetary concerns. Provide appropriate and timely problem escalation (including potential solutions where applicable) to both Digital management, project steering committees, and executive management.


• Provide on-going project status reports to Digital management, user groups, project steering committee and executive hospital management.


• Negotiate and acquire the enterprise-wide resources necessary to appropriately implement the project.


• Establish and create a positive project environment through leadership and mentoring.


• Provide quality customer service, providing on-going communication, feedback and follow-through with customers and executive management.


• Use/s the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions, and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration


• Other duties as assigned



Qualifications

Qualifications:



• 8 or more years of relevant experience.


• A combination of education and experience may be substituted for requirements


• Bachelor's degree in an Information Systems-related field is preferred, or 10+ years of experience in system integrations may be considered in lieu of a degree.


• Minimum 8+ years of experience working as an Integration Developer/Architect in Healthcare.


• EPIC experience required.


• EPIC Bridges Certification preferred.


• Experience with HL7 Interfaces is required.


• Familiarity with Healthcare Integration Engines, such as InterSystems IRIS/Ensemble and Salesforce MuleSoft, Rhapsody, Cloverleaf, etc.


• Familiarity with API calls, FHIR, JSON, XML, and other interoperability methods is essential.



Skills/Abilities/Competencies:



• Ability to manage large, complex projects, including their dependencies, team members, other resources, and timeline.


• Ability to prioritize and delegate project demands accordingly.


• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.


• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work with people cooperatively and effectively from all organizational levels and build consensus through negotiation and diplomacy.


• Ability to facilitate and work within a complex, multi-site environment.


• Flexible, adaptable, and versatile.



EEO Statement

Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under the law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.