NCDIT - Strategic Initiatives Lead

This is a part-time position working 20 hours a week during core business hours - 8:00AM - 5:00PM.

**The max rate for this position is -/hour.

Position Title

Strategic Initiatives Lead NC HealthConnex

Organization

North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority (NC HIEA)
Division of the NC Department of Information Technology (DIT)

Position Overview

NC HIEA seeks a senior professional to jump-start and organize critical initiatives most urgently a streamlined participant onboarding process for NC HealthConnex and a data-sharing partnership with the State Health Plan (SHP).
This individual will design and launch high-priority workstreams , coordinating consultants, project managers, and NC HIEA subject-matter experts. Once the processes are defined and moving, the Lead will transition day-to-day management to permanent staff while remaining available for strategic guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Onboarding Process Design Create and launch a unified onboarding model that reduces connection time, establishes clear metrics, and integrates supporting technologies.
• State Health Plan Strategy Initiate a joint NC HIEA SHP data strategy and governance framework, expand provider connections, and set up early use cases (care management, population health, quality measurement).
• Enterprise Policy Support Provide high-level policy analysis and strategic planning on other emerging priorities, ensuring smooth hand-off to permanent teams once direction is set.
• Coordinate cross-functional staff and external vendors, keeping stakeholders engaged and progress visible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in health informatics, public health, policy, information systems, or related field (Master s preferred).
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-stakeholder health IT or policy projects from concept to launch.
• Knowledge of health information exchange, EHR integration, healthcare data standards, and privacy/security requirements.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and consensus-building skills.

Employment Details

20 hours per week
Hybrid Raleigh, NC
Salary commensurate with education and experience

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience
Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-stakeholder health IT or policy projects from concept to launch.	Required	7	Years
Knowledge of health information exchange, EHR integration, healthcare data standards, and privacy/security requirements.	Required	7	Years
Strong facilitation, communication, and consensus-building skills.	Required	7	Years

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