Sr. Vice President, Technology

IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY FOR SR. VP, TECHNOLOGY

Medversant Technologies is a market leading information technology company providing web-based solutions for the healthcare industry that help its clients drive decisions and shape strategies in terms of network management and regulatory compliance. The company has grown aggressively over the last 2 years, both organically and through acquisitions. This growth is poised to more than double revenues over the next year with the release of our latest revolutionary, web-based application.



The Candidate:
Medversant Technologies is looking for an outstanding individual for the position of Sr. Vice President, Technology. The Sr. VP will assist the Executive Management Team in establishing strategic corporate objectives and have the responsibility to drive that strategy tactically through his/her operational direction of the Technology function, including product engineering, professional services, and IT Network administration.

This is an outstanding opportunity to: Be a member of the Company’s executive leadership team. Play a high impact role in the business strategy of the company through his/her contributions in designing the technology strategy of the company.


The ideal candidate would be an individual with a track record of significant successes in the following areas: Scaling the operations and technology of a software and services company to capture its aggressive growth strategy. Correspondingly building agile infrastructure to support that kind of growth. Building and developing winning departmental teams capable of achieving aggressive growth plans of the Company. Driving new software product engineering and product releases to market. Cost control while maintaining quality commitments of the company.


Professional Competencies: Executive-level leadership experience in rapid growth scenarios. Experience in healthcare and off-shore partnerships in China, Mandarin fluency, a major plus. 10 years of engineering management experience in small to mid-size software technology companies ($10 - $50 million). Technical background in object oriented Architecture, .Net application, ASP, SQL Database management and database administration highly desirable. High interpersonal skills. Ability to function in a collaborative and congenial environment, demonstrate high integrity, generate trust and build alliances with co-workers, peers and partners. Strong mentorship and enabling skills. Experience implementing complex IT projects with hands-on experiences in full lifecycle management. Strong project management skills. Familiar with design and development methodologies. Familiarity with healthcare billing systems and Spring Framework.Net would be a plus. BS/BA Degree in Software Engineering or related degree.Masters level degree preferred. Strong drive and career aspirations but not a compulsive job hopper.

 
Performance-Based Job Objectives of the Sr. VP, Technology position: Design and implement new product release processes with focus on release of new product by December ’08.  The Sr. VP will be the lead person to drive the release plan with executable components like Product Release schedules, Timelines and Scopes. Focus on developing and building an agile and scalable product development/engineering team for the company capable of hitting aggressive production milestones of the company. The immediate steps would include: Benchmarking: Determine skill sets required at various levels; benchmark the ideal requirements of each position relative to the company’s growth plans; map existing team against benchmark; determine areas of re-training or transition and hiring plans. Acclimating the team to a professional and performance focused culture. Integrate and scale internal enterprise systems with focus on Finance, Client Services, Human Resources and Sales operations. Provide leadership over IT Networking area of the Technology group to ensure that it is well integrated with the product engineering and internal IT infrastructure side. Currently, this function has been outsourced. Evaluate the quality vs cost issues. Calculate budget within the first 90 days. Meet EBIDTA targets and execute against those targets Maintain and improve costs. More effectively manage resources and pricing of services.


Compensation is commensurate with experience.  Full benefits.  Travel required.