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Technical & Interoperability Lead

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Illinois Public Health Institute
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-14
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Systems Engineer, IT Project Manager, IT Consultant, Systems Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 83000 - 107000 USD Yearly USD 83000.00 107000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

JOB SUMMARY

The Technical & Interoperability Lead provides senior leadership for the CIE’s day‑to‑day technology and interoperability activities. This position guides technical implementation, systems integration, interoperability planning, technical governance, vendor coordination, enterprise architecture alignment, and continuous improvement of the CIE’s technology environment. Working closely with the CIE Managing Director, Virtual Chief Information Officer, Solution Architect, Privacy & Security Officer, Technical Implementation Project Manager, Data Steward, consultants, vendors, and partner organizations, the Technical & Interoperability Lead translates organizational priorities into coordinated technical execution.

The position serves as the CIE’s primary internal technical resource, ensuring technical decisions, implementation activities, vendor deliverables, system integrations, and interoperability capabilities remain secure, scalable, sustainable, and aligned with organizational priorities. This role provides the internal technical judgment and continuity necessary to guide system integrations, interoperability standards, technical governance, vendor coordination, and implementation readiness while preserving institutional knowledge within the CIE.

This position is full‑time, exempt, and reports to the CIE Managing Director. IPHI’s standard work week is 37.5 hours

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESTechnology and Interoperability Planning
  • Translate the CIE’s organizational strategy into technical and interoperability priorities.
  • Develop and maintain Technology and Interoperability work plans in alignment with organizational goals, implementation requirements, partner needs, and funder expectations.
  • Support development and maintenance of the CIE’s long-term technology roadmap.
  • Establish technical implementation priorities across systems, integrations, vendors, consultants, and partner initiatives.
  • Identify emerging technical needs, risks, dependencies, and opportunities requiring organizational action.
  • Recommend technical approaches that support scalability, sustainability, interoperability, privacy, security, and partner adoption.
Interoperability Strategy and Standards
  • Lead day‑to‑day execution of the CIE’s interoperability strategy.
  • Establish implementation guidance for secure, scalable, and sustainable data exchange.
  • Guide the application of interoperability standards and capabilities, including HL7, FHIR, APIs, Master Patient Index, identity management, consent management, access controls, and system integration.
  • Monitor developments in healthcare, public health, human services, and cross‑sector interoperability and recommend appropriate organizational responses.
  • Ensure technical solutions support secure information exchange across healthcare, public health, human services, government, managed care, and community‑based organizations.
  • Maintain interoperability standards, technical guidance, integration documentation, and related technical reference materials.
Enterprise Architecture and Systems Integration
  • Guide technical planning for integrations with electronic health records, health information systems, HMIS platforms, 211 systems, managed care organizations, public health systems, and other partner technologies.
  • Work closely with the Solution Architect to ensure technical designs align with organizational strategy, partner workflows, scalability needs, privacy and security requirements, and interoperability standards.
  • Review proposed technical designs, integration approaches, system changes, and vendor recommendations.
  • Coordinate architectural decisions across vendors, consultants, implementation partners, and internal CIE functions.
  • Maintain technical documentation, system inventories,…
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