Vizient, Inc

Program Manager

• Support the day-to-day activities for a portfolio of peer networks offerings.
• Maintain and build knowledge of member network and Vizient offerings.
• Recommend actions to improve member engagement, track and monitor network participation, satisfaction, and engagement metrics.
• Manage virtual Community Platform and member network rosters in CRM.
• Coordinate new member orientation communications.
• Analyze engagement; recommend and own improvement strategies.
• Manage and optimize Network calendar for rolling 3-years.
• Spearhead and engage in internal workgroups aimed at process improvement and member engagement strategy.
• Develop network budget forecasts and track meeting expenses.
• Plan and execute in-person and virtual meetings.

Program Manager – Member Networks

Director

• Lead market outreach to identify, engage, and onboard new clients into the Vizient Reserve program.
• Develop and execute strategies that drive program adoption, engagement, and revenue growth.
• Manage and maintain a sales pipeline, tracking progress against membership and revenue targets.
• Partner with field, marketing, and leadership teams to align outreach and maximize client engagement.
• Serve as the primary liaison for prospective and participating clients, clearly articulating program value.
• Develop and deliver promotional materials, training content, webinars, and presentations.
• Support industry events and in-person engagements to increase program awareness and participation.
• Collaborate with internal contracting and supply chain teams to ensure strategic alignment.
• Engage with suppliers as needed to enhance program value and support a seamless client experience.
• Monitor performance metrics, conduct business reviews, and provide insights to refine program strategy.

Program Services Director

Procurement

• Develop customized contract strategy recommendations within Med/Surg distribution.
• Manage contracting initiatives across the full lifecycle.
• Apply analytical insight and contracting expertise to deliver cost savings.
• Support vendor relationship activities, including product trials and issue resolution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers, and clients.

Sourcing Executive – Med/Surg Distribution

• Serve as the operational backbone for Vizient’s R&D ventures.
• Act as a trusted execution partner to venture leadership.
• Thrive in ambiguity, bringing structure, rigor, and momentum to early-stage and fast-evolving initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional execution from venture inception through scale across product, design, engineering, commercial, and operational workstreams.
• Design scalable operational frameworks to ensure speed and accountability without compromising compliance.
• Collaborate deeply with legal, privacy, and compliance teams.
• Draft and deliver executive communications internally and externally.
• Facilitate structured collaboration across domains.
• Champion continuous improvement, bringing an agile, data-informed mindset to operational tooling.

Senior Director, Venture Delivery

Project Manager

• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of value-based utilization initiatives from concept through launch readiness.
• Drive clarity, structure, and disciplined execution to ensure initiatives are clearly scoped, cross-functionally aligned, and positioned to achieve measurable clinical and financial outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with analytics, clinical, sourcing, and implementation partners while maintaining strong ownership, precision, and accountability in complex, evolving environments.
• Lead initiative planning and execution from idea intake through implementation readiness.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across analytics, clinical stakeholders, sourcing, and implementation teams.
• Define and document initiative scope, including categorization, assumptions, and success metrics.
• Manage timelines, milestones, and deliverables while holding stakeholders accountable to prevent delays.
• Partner with Product Implementation Managers to ensure operational alignment and readiness.
• Validate reporting logic and outputs to ensure alignment with approved scope and definitions.
• Support identification and intake of new initiative opportunities with analytics and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate structured, action-oriented stakeholder meetings focused on outcomes.
• Conduct post-implementation debriefs and drive continuous process improvement.

• Lead complex, cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives that advance Data & Digital strategic objectives.
• Partner with executive sponsors and business leaders to translate strategy into execution—define the “how,” coordinate across workstreams, and ensure alignment, communication, and accountability from start to finish.
• Work within a healthcare technology environment and often support initiatives related to data analytics platforms, solution pilots, and Agile-inspired ways of working.
• Use standardized Project Management Office (PMO) methodologies and Smartsheet as the system of record, to ensure projects deliver measurable outcomes and align with Vizient’s business priorities and strategic objectives.
• Build and maintain project artifacts including charters, stakeholder registers, communication and escalation plans, risk logs, and dashboards using PMO templates.
• Manage project plans and dependencies in Smartsheet to ensure transparent reporting and timely status updates to leadership.
• Facilitate meetings that drive decisions, remove roadblocks, and maintain stakeholder alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Apply process improvement and change management practices to strengthen execution and sustain results.
• Connect project progress and outcomes to Data & Digital OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and strategic initiatives to demonstrate measurable impact.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of PMO processes and tools to promote collaboration and consistency across Vizient.

Senior Project Manager

• Define and execute the IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy for Digital Workplace and Infrastructure in alignment with corporate IT standards.
• Serve as the executive owner for service quality, performance, reliability, and employee experience outcomes.
• Oversee core ITSM processes including Incident, Problem, Change, Request, Knowledge, and Configuration Management.
• Lead service operations and command center capabilities to ensure proactive monitoring and timely issue resolution.
• Drive the adoption of Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) and Digital Experience Monitoring to improve digital employee experience.
• Establish governance forums to review service performance metrics, user sentiment, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leverage operational data, automation, analytics, and AIOps to eliminate root causes and improve service resilience.
• Partner with engineering, product, and infrastructure leaders to align operational insights with roadmaps and priorities.
• Manage vendor and managed service provider relationships to drive accountability, innovation, and value delivery.

Senior Director, Service Management

• Provide senior leadership to manage and execute strategies for a customized contract and program portfolio.
• Lead a provider-led, physician-engaged strategic sourcing model.
• Partner closely with Cleveland Clinic, OhioHealth, Vizient, and supplier stakeholders.
• Facilitate Excelerate’s contract approval processes.
• Establish and maintain strong strategic relationships with Cleveland Clinic leadership and partners.
• Develop and lead a joint Vizient and Cleveland Clinic sourcing team.
• Oversee management of Excelerate’s customized contract portfolio.
• Drive continuous process improvement to enhance sourcing effectiveness.
• Monitor market dynamics and technology trends.

Senior Director, Excelerate Sourcing

• Oversee a portfolio of projects supporting non-acute and small acute healthcare clients.
• Ensure project execution aligns with Vizient methodologies, timelines, contractual commitments, and client expectations.
• Monitor project health, risks, dependencies, and outcomes, and drive timely issue resolution.
• Promote consistency and best practices across project planning, execution, reporting, and governance.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of project managers through performance management and development planning.
• Manage workload prioritization and capacity planning to support team effectiveness and delivery commitments.
• Partner cross-functionally with sourcing, analytics, operations, finance, sales, and technology teams to align on scope, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Facilitate governance forums and executive-level updates to communicate progress and outcomes.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve project delivery efficiency, scalability, and consistency.

Director, Project Management

• Develop and lead the enterprise information management strategy, aligning with corporate objectives for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and compliance.
• Establish governance frameworks for the creation, storage, classification, and retention of information across digital platforms.
• Oversee intranet strategy and design to ensure effective internal communication and access to organizational knowledge.
• Define and maintain data classification and protection standards to support privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Create and implement playbooks, guidelines, and training to promote consistent information-handling practices across the organization.
• Partner with IT, Legal, Compliance, and Security to align information management with enterprise policies and technology solutions.
• Monitor and report on information quality, usage, and compliance metrics, driving continuous improvement.
• Champion the digital workplace experience by simplifying access to tools and information that empower employees to work effectively.

Director, Digital Information Management

Vice President

• Provide strategic leadership to a team of pharmacy executives, ensuring the success and impact of Vizient’s pharmacy programs.
• Drive client engagement, satisfaction, and value delivery while fostering innovation, collaboration, and strong partnerships.
• Ensure alignment of pharmacy initiatives with organizational goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and client value propositions to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Lead pharmacy executives to deliver exceptional client satisfaction and program success.
• Serve as a national pharmacy leader and primary account contact, driving engagement, renewals, growth opportunities, and issue resolution.
• Conduct regular check-ins with Chief Pharmacy Officers (CPOs) to strengthen executive relationships and align on goals.
• Deliver client financial objectives through contract and Novaplus compliance, cost savings, revenue maximization, cost avoidance, rebate optimization, and reserve program value.
• Achieve targets for pharmacy CNAF, program revenue, client value delivery, renewals, and new business opportunities.
• Guide execution of pharmacy spend management strategies to enhance access, commitment, and resource stewardship.
• Drive financial sustainability and growth across all pharmacy category programs.
• Provide thought leadership to advance program initiatives and maximize member value.
• Develop, coach, and mentor pharmacy executives to strengthen leadership, execution, and client impact.
• Recruit, evaluate, and retain talent to enhance engagement, succession planning, and business continuity.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure seamless implementations and achievement of savings guarantees.
• Contribute to pharmacy pricing strategies for RFPs, new business development, and deal models, including narrative development for proposals and presentations.
• Collaborate with sales, solution architects, spend leaders and pharmacy leaders to support cross-selling, upselling, and client success.
• Foster collaboration across internal stakeholders and provide constructive feedback to program owners.

VP, Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery

Consultant

• Provide strategic direction to provider’s medical/surgical portfolio of categories for clinical contracting and sourcing optimization
• Manage and facilitate all sourcing events from RFP processes to contracting
• Drive system enhancements; proactively recognizing and delivering on new or improved processes and reporting
• Identify cost-savings opportunities and develop a formal work plan
• Partner with providers and key clinical stakeholders to address best practice opportunities
• Conduct the entire RFP process through evaluations and vendor assessments
• Build and foster ongoing professional relationships with C-suite and clinical leaders
• Present savings opportunities to provider C-suite and clinical leadership
• Conduct business reviews with key suppliers

Senior Clinical Consultant – Med-Surg

Solutions Engineer

• Design end-to-end solution and reference architectures spanning applications, APIs, integrations, data platforms, identity, and cloud infrastructure
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, CloudOps, Security, and IT teams to embed security and reliability into development workflows and cloud environments
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering teams to guide the design and implementation of secure, reusable components and shared services
• Develop proofs of concept (POCs), automation scripts, tools, and reference implementations across application, data, security, AI, and integration use cases
• Participate in or lead architecture and design sessions with engineering teams and business stakeholders
• Simplify complex technical concepts and communicate them clearly to influence direction and gain stakeholder buy-in
• Architect solutions that meet non-functional requirements including security, reliability, scalability, performance, and compliance
• Drive the long-term technical evolution of systems in alignment with organizational and technology strategy
• Act as a collaborative team member, mentor, and continuous learner while fostering strong cross-functional relationships
• Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise policies, standards, and directives established by the CISO organization and Data Governance.

Solutions Architect

• Lead complex pharmacy consulting engagements for academic medical centers, health systems, and integrated delivery networks.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives, pharmacy executives, and clinical leaders.
• Provide strategic guidance on pharmacy operations, drug spend management, formulary strategy, clinical pharmacy services, specialty pharmacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Deliver executive-level presentations, insights, and recommendations grounded in data and best practices.
• Contribute to the development of Vizient’s pharmacy consulting strategy and service offerings.
• Stay ahead of industry trends including drug pricing dynamics, biosimilars, specialty pharmacy, site-of-care shifts, and value-based care.
• Develop thought leadership content such as white papers, benchmarking insights, webinars, and conference presentations.
• Leverage Vizient analytics, benchmarking tools, and external data sources to identify opportunities for performance improvement.
• Translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives and recommendations for executive audiences.
• Partner with analytics, research, and product teams to enhance pharmacy-related tools and insights.
• Set the strategic direction for the development and growth of Vizient’s pharmacy clients.
• Drive program growth through the establishment of new pharmacy client networks, expansion of membership within existing client networks, and close collaboration with sales, account management, and solution leaders.
• Oversight for P&L of client pharmacy networks and overall satisfaction of all Rx Networks.
• Lead proposal development, client pursuits, and solution design, with full responsibility for all RFPs, SOWs, and contract amendments for new and existing pharmacy clients.
• Attend Sales presentations and board meeting presentations.
• Mentor and support consulting team members, providing guidance on engagement delivery and professional development.

AVP, Pharmacy Enterprise Solutions

• Serve as a Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect, driving the architecture and development of large-scale digital platforms
• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex, cross-domain analytical products
• Define and drive technical strategy for enterprise data and analytics platforms
• Develop high-level architectural blueprints and provide guidance on modern data stacks
• Analyze complex business problems by conducting research and assessments
• Design robust data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and conceptual data models
• Lead proofs of concept (POCs), evaluate technology vendors, and oversee implementation of solutions
• Establish architectural patterns for data products
• Ensure architectures meet enterprise standards
• Drive adoption of AI/ML capabilities
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to operationalize ML solutions
• Act as a trusted architectural advisor