AMIA is a community committed to the vision of a world where informatics transforms people’s care. Over the last 35 years, the use of informatics has grown exponentially to improve health and to make better healthcare decisions. Today, informatics is the key to accelerating the current goals of healthcare reform.
AMIA operates in a completely remote work environment and in recent years has been recognized as a Top Employer of Choice for an Effective and Flexible Workplace as a winner of the When Work Works award.
AMIA is pleased to offer benefits that include fully paid medical, dental, long term disability, and life insurance in addition to a retirement program and an attractive paid leave plan.
At AMIA we are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, marital status, religion, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, or any other protected status.
AMIA operates in a permanent remote work environment.
Current Openings
Senior Vice President of Education
The Senior Vice President of Education serves as a strategic leader responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive strategy while overseeing all aspects of the organization’s continuing professional development activities, including CE, non-CE, live meetings, and online digital products. This involves building a comprehensive curriculum that meets the needs of the informatics marketplace, creating a framework for programs that enhance the AMIA brand, developing a product mix to attract decision makers and learners at all levels, and identifying a revenue-generating model to sustain the curriculum and contribute to the member value proposition over time. This role leads a Vice President and provides cross-departmental leadership.
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and implement comprehensive 3-year strategic plans and 1-year cyclical updates aligned with AMIA’s organizational mission and strategic priorities.
- Work with the Board of Directors, CEO, and leadership team to establish an organization-wide methodology to evaluate and prioritize projects and initiatives. Evaluate and prioritize projects based on their potential impact, member/customer value, strategic alignment, and resource requirements. Implement and operationalize the resulting methodology to ensure the organization is working on the most important projects and executing the required resources.
- Work with the COO to ensure the necessary resources are budgeted and available to support the strategic plan and other critical activities.
- Communicate the organization’s strategic vision, progress, and accomplishments to internal and external stakeholders, including members, partners, and the broader informatics ecosystem. Develop processes to provide the organization with frequent updates on progress. Ensure successful execution of approved plans. Evaluate and report on results.
- Serve as a key spokesperson for AMIA on Education issues, representing the organization at national conferences and events.
Financial Management and Data-Driven Decision Making:
- Develop and manage budgets ensuring efficient resource allocation and ROI optimization.
- Drive the establishment of products and services that provide strong non-dues revenue opportunities with a focus on diversification of customers and generation of new products that meet the needs of members and non-members. Oversee revenue management from development through delivery of sales strategies, programs and services, and product development that provide unrestricted and restricted revenue for AMIA.
- Ensure optimal pricing strategies that balance uptake with organizational sustainability.
- Leverage advanced analytics and reports from a variety of sources to drive data-informed decision making.
- Utilize data insights to continuously improve AMIA processes and services
Education Program Operations:
- Work with volunteer leaders and staff to identify key priorities, growth opportunities, and strategic initiatives to drive innovation and enhance AMIA’s impact in informatics and the broader health care ecosystem. Monitor learning and market trends, regulatory changes, and the competitive landscape to inform strategic decision-making and ensure AMIA remains at the forefront of the industry.
- Ensure the successful delivery of all continuing professional development activities, including CE, non-CE, live meetings, and online digital products.
- Direct activities to assure compliance with accreditation criteria, standards, and policies to maintain the standards of ACCME accreditation. Ensure the development and maintenance of all necessary documentation, including policy and procedure manuals, to meet accreditation, funding, and other reporting requirements.
- Provide or oversee the provision of necessary content for writing and submission of grant/partnership proposals for education projects/activities.
- Drive organizational change initiatives to support the implementation of strategic priorities and enhance operational effectiveness. Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures of the organization that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the organization.
- Oversee the management of the Learning Management System, the Learning Experience System, and the Knowledge Center.
Component Relations:
- Provide strategic oversight for the Scientific Planning, CE/Professional Development, and Accreditation Committees ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve processes to keep alignment with consistent membership experience.
Team Leadership and Development:
- Lead, mentor, and develop direct and indirect reports.
- Provide consistent, proactive communication to ensure a well-informed team that is clear on roles, responsibilities, and how their work supports organizational goals.
- Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, member-centricity, and professionalism.
- Motivate staff across the organization to drive change, address concerns, and achieve results.
- Ensure effective succession planning and talent development.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Demonstrated experience managing strategic planning, portfolio management, resource allocation, and change management within the healthcare or nonprofit sector.
- Proven experience in managing complex inter- and intraorganizational relationships, volunteer leadership development, and multi-tiered organizational governance structures within membership associations.
- Strong leadership, relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to work effectively across all levels of management and staff, with a focus on innovation and inclusivity. Ability to marshal resources from across the enterprise to execute responsibilities; must be comfortable and effective in situations where influence without direct authority is required.
- Knowledge of business functions and how business decisions affect financial and non-financial work results. Expertise in negotiation techniques and fiscal management.
- Advanced interpersonal skills and demonstrated a high level of confidence and poise with a strong service orientation. Assertive, ability to command credibility and influence across the organization.
- Ability to analyze data, communicate with stakeholders, and develop recommendations for solving problems while exhibiting a realistic understanding of issues.
- Ability to anticipate, identify, analyze, and capitalize on growth opportunities. Embrace rapid change and ambiguity.
- Ability to think strategically and act tactically. Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity.
- Demonstrated commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
- Experience planning and project management with proven ability to drive multiple and simultaneous projects to successful completion.
- Experience with contracting, negotiations, and change management procedures.
- Ability to critically review ideas and business plans and fine tune them for presentation.
As a member of our leadership team, you will be expected to uphold the following responsibilities, which are consistent across all VPs:
- Conflict Resolution: Work to resolve conflicts directly, quickly, and completely. Be able to give and take criticism constructively.
- Clear Communication: Communicate clearly in one-on-one meetings and team meetings. Ensure written communication is clear, concise, well-organized, and carefully proofread.
- Deadline Management: Communicate deadlines with sufficient lead time for the team.
- Problem-Solving: Offer solutions or other options to improve current systems when identifying issues or presenting problems.
- Customer Service: Deliver a high level of customer service for both internal and external customers.
- Proactive Communication: Implement strategies to anticipate problems, build trust, and be clear, active, and responsible in all interactions.
- Continuous Improvement: Engage in ongoing discussions to improve team satisfaction related to communication and reduce project delays due to miscommunication.
- Training Utilization: Apply training in proactive communication and share any blocks and successes with the leadership team during meetings.
- Collaboration and Efficiency: Foster a collaborative and efficient work environment, ensuring all team members feel heard and valued.
- Regular Review: Participate in regular reviews and discussions of progress in leadership team meetings, with progress evaluated at the end of each month.
Proactive Communication Expectations
- Set Expectations: Clearly communicate what you need from others.
- Ask Questions: Seek clarification if needed.
- Provide Thoughtful Responses: Think through the consequences of your responses.
- Show Genuine Interest: Understand and value others' perspectives.
- Follow Up: Ensure all communications are followed up on.
These responsibilities ensure that all AMIA leaders are aligned with the company's leadership goals and responsibilities, fostering a cohesive and proactive leadership team.
- Education – Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.
- Significant knowledge of health informatics, healthcare practice, and biomedical research preferred.
- High level of knowledge associated with management of association education program and component management.
- Work Experience – 10-15 years of progressively responsible experience working in a non-profit organization, membership association, or healthcare industry.
- Skills – Excellent organizational, computer, oral and verbal communication skills
- Conditions – Must be able to travel frequently for extended periods of time
Senior Manager, Database
The Senior Database Manager provides a wide variety of complex professional level work in analysis, design, configuration, implementation, administration, problem solving, and technical optimization of the Association Management System (AMS).
The Senior Database Manager:
- Serves as the internal subject matter expert for AMIA’s AMS (SalesForce/Fonteva).
- Administrating user licenses within live and test AMS environments.
- Collaborate with business units to identify and implement necessary fields, configurations, flows, dashboards, and reports that drive business objectives.
- Develops and implements processes to ensure security, hygiene, and governance standards are applied.
- Assures accurate and timely reporting.
- Must have a deep understanding of database structure and relationships to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
- Must be able to effectively translate business requirements into functional requirements when collaborating with internal business units and external vendors.
- Must be able to establish and implement items, campaigns, flows, reports and dashboards, documenting all work.
- Must be adept at managing multiple projects with varying timelines and deliverables, ensuring timely and successful completion.
- Must possess strong research skills to investigate and gather necessary information for the successful performance of duties.
- Own member issues until resolved or until another team member accepts responsibility for issue resolution
- Crosstrain in other roles of the team - as appropriate
- Actively collaborate and participate in staff and cross functional meetings
- Aid and assist the team to accomplish planned work
- Actively experiment to improve current systems and offer solutions/options when presenting problems
- Resolve conflicts directly, quickly, completely, and be able to give and take feedback across all interactions
- Communicate clearly by being clear, concise, well organized, and carefully proofread all correspondence
- Share status/information on projects to assist other team members in their work
- Communicate deadlines with lead-time for the team
- Contribute to cooperative, healthy, team spirit
- Communicate individual and team issues in a positive way
- Proactively provide data and useful resources to staff
- Deliver a high level of customer service for internal as well as external customers
- Education - College degree preferred
- Knowledge – Knowledgeable about the importance of accuracy and access to data and reporting to inform strategy and business decisions. Member association experience preferred.
- Work Experience - Highly motivated and organized with a strong work ethic. Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Technical Skills - Proficient in computer skills and experience with Association Management Systems (SalesForce/Fonteva) strongly preferred; knowledge of databases and relational data structure required
- Conditions - Possible to travel to the annual meeting in November; possible occasional extended hours as required.