Strategy & Execution - Deal Technology - Health - Enterprise Architect - Director

Location:

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hoboken, Houston, Los Angeles, McLean, New York, San Francisco

As a Director in EY-Parthenon’s Strategy & Execution – Deal Technology practice focusing on Health IT, you will lead high-impact engagements that drive both cost optimization and top-line growth across complex transactions and corporate transformations. You will work with C-suite executives, private equity clients, and IT leadership to identify, plan, and execute healthcare technology-driven strategies that enable innovative delivery of patient care, operational efficiencies with health plans, and accelerated revenue and digital innovation during mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and technology transformation initiatives.

• Lead value-creation technology projects spanning cost optimization and growth enablement.
• Guide clients through IT-focused strategies that enhance operational efficiency and unlock new revenue opportunities.
• Advise senior stakeholders, collaborate across functions, and apply emerging technologies (clinical and revenue cycle management platforms, AI, cloud, data analytics) to deliver measurable business impact.
• Balance commercial mindsets with innovation to achieve success.

• Build Trusted Relationships — ability to manage senior client relationships and influence client perspectives.
• Strong Problem Solving and Storytelling — lead problem solving from identification to recommendation with a compelling narrative.
• Outcome-driven — translate client needs into approach and outcomes for project delivery.
• Effective collaboration — contribute to project teams across EY-Parthenon sub-service lines.
• Business and Commercially Driven — work in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to clients.
• Business Development — drive pursuits, including presentations and client meetings; support practice development initiatives.
• Talent Development — coach junior colleagues to become high-performing.
• Learning — develop technical and personal skills through structured learning, coaching, and experiences.

• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information and Operations Management, Analytics or related field and 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 3 years of related work experience.
• Experience in a healthcare professional services firm or health technology company, IT strategy, digital transformation, and transaction advisory.
• Expertise in the following IT skillsets:
  • Hands-on technical implementation of major acute EHR platforms (Epic or Cerner) and/or ambulatory platforms (Epic, Athena Health, Nextgen, eClinicalworks, etc.).
  • Enterprise architecture of clinical platforms and revenue cycle management platforms including integration engines such as Cloverleaf, Mirth Connect, or Boomi.
  • Enterprise or solution architecture for modern enterprise/back-office and admin application platforms.
  • Software-centric product environments (SaaS, cloud native, API-based ecosystems).
  • Software architecture and custom application development (e.g., Java, C#, Python, APIs, and data lake platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Fabric).
  • Network infrastructure architecture and design (LAN/WLAN, Internet Edge, Zero Trust Security Framework), and SD-WAN.
  • Azure AD, Entra
    
    ID, MFA, PAM/IAM experience a plus.
• Certifications in TOGAF, Agile Scrum (CSM), or ITIL, highly desired.
• Proven experience in cost optimization (e.g., AI/Digital Transformation, IT synergy planning, post-merger integration or carve-out execution) and in tech-driven growth initiatives.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical, financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights; balanced cost efficiency with innovative tech-driven growth strategies.
• Comprehensive understanding of IT cost structures – including TCO, shared services, outsourcing, and digital transformation levers and an ability to convert technology opportunities into dollar and financial impact.
• Experience in merger & acquisition contexts – e.g., involvement in IT due…