Executive Director, Health Technology
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals · Field, MN · 1 wk ago
Information Technology$288k–$352k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as Madrigal’s subject matter expert on EHRs, clinical decision support, and health system technology infrastructure.
- Develop strategies to integrate therapies, diagnostics, and care pathways into EHR systems (e.g., test order sets, alerts, documentation workflows).
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology to improve patient identification, prescribing efficiency, and time-to-therapy.
- Define and advance Madrigal’s strategy for integrating AI/ML-driven capabilities within EHRs and digital health platforms to enable scalable patient identification, risk stratification, and clinical decision support.
- Stay current on evolving health IT standards, interoperability, and digital health innovations impacting IDNs.
- Partner with Key Account Directors (KADs) and account teams to support technology-driven pathway and protocol implementation within IDNs.
- Engage directly with health system IT, informatics, and clinical operations leaders to facilitate adoption.
- Translate clinical and access strategies into scalable, system-level technology solutions.
- Support prioritization of accounts based on technical readiness and opportunity for impact.
- Work closely with Marketing, Medical, Diagnostics, and Market Access to ensure alignment between strategy and technical execution in alignment with corporate and brand strategies.
- Support field teams by providing technical expertise in account engagements and executive discussions.
- Collaborate with Diagnostics to ensure testing workflows are integrated into EHR-driven patient identification processes.
- Map and analyze end-to-end clinical and operational workflows within health systems to identify friction points.
- Design and recommend technology-enabled solutions to streamline prescribing, approvals, and therapy initiation.
- Champion the use of advanced analytics and AI/ML (including EHR-integrated algorithms, predictive modeling, and NLP) to drive scalable patient identification, stratification, and proactive care pathway optimization.
- Identify and address operational and technical barriers to adoption.
- Provide ongoing insights into health system technology trends, EHR capabilities, and digital adoption barriers.
- Inform internal strategy by translating account-level learnings into scalable best practices.
- Continuously assess emerging AI and digital health innovations (e.g., ambient AI, real-world data models, EHR-native algorithms) and translate them into actionable opportunities to accelerate diagnosis and treatment of MASH.
- Partner with internal teams to evaluate and pilot innovative digital solutions that enhance access and adoption.
- Develop executive-ready materials to support IDN engagements involving technology and workflow integration.
- Represent Madrigal as a technical expert in discussions with health system stakeholders.
- Support strategic account planning by identifying technology-driven opportunities to differentiate and accelerate adoption.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, MS in Health Informatics, or related field) preferred.
- 15-18+ years of experience in health sciences industry (health systems, pharma/biotech or related work).
- 10+ years of experience in health IT, informatics, EHR/EMR integration, or digital health, within pharma/biotech, provider systems, or health technology companies.
- Deep expertise in EMR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner), clinical decision support, and health system workflows.
- Experience with AI/ML applications in healthcare (e.g., EHR-based patient identification, real-world data analytics, or clinical decision support tools) strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of IDN structures and how technology supports clinical and operational decision-making.
- Experience working cross-functionally and supporting complex account engagements.
- Familiarity with diagnostics integration, data interoperability, and patient identification strategies.
Core Competencies
- Technical & Informatics Expertise: Deep knowledge of EMRs, clinical workflows, and digital health solutions.
- Health System Acumen: Understands how technology decisions are made and implemented within IDNs.
- Strategic Enablement: Supports pathway adoption by translating strategy into technical execution.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively partners across internal teams and account stakeholders.
- Problem Solving: Identifies and removes technical and operational barriers to adoption.
- Executive Communication: Clearly articulates complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Pay
A good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position, applicable to all candidates, is $288,000 - $352,000 per year. We comply with all applicable minimum wage laws.