Deputy Managing Director, CIE

About the Organization At IPHI, we collaborate to advance health justice through equitable policy, systems and institutional change. We bring together healthcare providers, public health agencies, community-based organizations, government entities, and other stakeholders to address complex public health challenges and improve access to services and resources.

Our work is carried out through a range of activities, including facilitating cross-sector collaboration, providing training and technical assistance, supporting organizational and system improvement efforts, engaging community partners, sharing information and best practices, and advocating for policy and systems level changes to improve health outcomes. We work alongside our partners to develop practical, sustainable solutions that respond to the needs of the communities they serve.

We are seeking individuals who are committed to improving public health, strengthening communities, and working collaboratively across organizations and disciplines. If you are passionate about systems change, partnership, continuous improvement, and making a meaningful impact through your work, we encourage you to explore opportunities to join our team.

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The Deputy Managing Director provides operational leadership for the Chicago Region wide Community Information Exchange (CIE) by overseeing internal operations, coordinating organizational priorities, supporting executive decision-making, and ensuring strategic initiatives move efficiently from planning through implementation.

Working closely with the Managing Director of the CIE, this position coordinates work across internal departments, consultants, vendors, finance, legal, contracts, human resources, communications, and technology functions while supporting organizational planning, budget coordination, procurement, staffing, governance activities, and implementation.

The Deputy Managing Director serves as the CIE program’s operational integrator, ensuring that priorities remain aligned, decisions are operationalized, risks are proactively managed, and organizational resources are effectively coordinated to support the CIE program’s continued growth.

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

• Lead day‑to‑day organizational operations in partnership with the Managing Director.
• Translate strategic priorities into operational work plans, timelines, and implementation activities.
• Monitor organizational priorities, identify operational risks, and recommend solutions.
• Improve internal workflows, operating procedures, and organizational effectiveness.

• Coordinate executive priorities across departments, consultants, vendors, and partner organizations.
• Prepare executive briefings, recommendations, decision support materials, and implementation plans.
• Support governance activities, Board meetings, leadership meetings, and executive planning.
• Ensure executive decisions are effectively communicated and operationalized.

• Provide executive oversight for the program’s functional leaders.
• Coordinate programmatic priorities across Community Engagement, Partner Success, Strategic Engagement, Privacy & Security, Training & Education, Technical Operations, and Operations.
• Ensure functional strategies remain aligned with the CIE's strategic direction.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration and programmatic decision‑making.
• Remove operational barriers that affect execution across functional areas.
• Monitor programmatic performance and recommend operational improvements.