Executive Director, Database Services, KPIT Job in Pasadena, California US
Executive Director, Database Services, KPIT
Kaiser Permanente's Information Technology (IT) organization is responsible for acquiring, developing and operating all Kaiser Permanente (KP) systems. The Shared Application Services (SAS) organization provides centers of excellence for database, middleware/application infrastructure, non-production environment support and vendor management services to all of IT. In addition, SAS provides centralized quality assurance services to the Health Plan Business Information Organization (BIO). The Database Services (DBS) Center of Excellence provides strategy, consulting, design, delivery and support of OLTP and decision support databases for the insurance, care delivery, hospital operations and corporate services organizations using a number of database management system technologies and tools. DBS helps KP benefit from it's investment in information technology by reducing the cost and time to implement new capabilities, enabling effective and efficient use of data. Essential Functions: - Drives and supports the implementation of database architecture at KP - The successful candidate must have a proven track record of working effectively across organizational boundaries. S/he must be able to identify staff/skill gaps and work collaboratively with technology leaders to fill said gaps. - Directs DBS COE leadership to ensure alignment of delivery with BIO goals. Develops the competencies of the team as needed to successfully ensure all programs are delivered as committed. - As a senior member of the SAS team, s/she must be able to effectively communicate status, recommend actions and determine priorities with technology leadership. - S/he must be able to support simultaneous programs and activities within the scope of the DBS COE, and be a single point of engagement with key stakeholders, technology and architecture leads, and project resources. - Provide technical guidance and stewardship for a distributed team of DBAs in database design, benchmarking, tuning, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance. - Recruit, mentor and motivate the Database team in technical aspects as well as project management. - Ensure overall database performance, scalability, and reliability on behalf of our clients. - Responsible for database security and SOX Compliance. - Work with Architecture Standards Committee to purchase DBA tools (hardware and software). - Negotiates with and manages strategic partners and external vendors in order to deliver solutions. - S/he must posses strong conflict resolution skills and apply sound business strategy and technical acumen to keep the program moving forward in a timely and cohesive manner - Ensure deliverables meet the standards for successful implementation into production, and ongoing support of database processes. - Ensure management team follows good financial practices and project costs are forecast with consistently increasing predictability. - Ensure resources on projects are sourced appropriately, based on the balance of needs including cost, speed of acquisition and strategic organizational development. - Direct the resource supply and demand proactively, working with partners across the technology organization. - Implement project management practices and tools to increase effectiveness in project delivery. - Collaborate with the SAS chief of staff to provide transparency to program delivery metrics and measures. - Manage a total operating expense budget of $20.0M+ and capital expenditures of approximately $10.0M+. - Manage a team of approximately 70 -100 individuals consisting of direct reports, indirect reports, re-charged resources, and consultants. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Minimum of 8 years of experiencewith hands-on database management and technical leadership. - Recent experience in managing large (100+ TB) datasets in production environments. - Excellent communication and project skills, using pragmatic short-term milestones to achieve ultimate goals. - Experience in managing relationships with outsource providers.