Strategic Health Systems Director | Mid-Atlantic Region
About the role
The Strategic Health Systems Director (SHSD) is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving enterprise adoption and revenue growth within a defined portfolio of large, complex health systems and IDNs. This role serves as the primary commercial owner of health system strategy in their region, translating national priorities into executable system-level partnerships, agreements, and clinical integration plans.
Core Responsibilities
Regional Health System Ownership & Growth Execution: Own a defined regional portfolio of priority IDNs and health systems, with full accountability for revenue growth, adoption, and expansion. Execute against enterprise account plans aligned to national health system strategy, ensuring consistent and scalable deployment across the region.
Enterprise Selling & Strategic Deal Execution: Lead complex, multi-year enterprise sales cycles, including contract negotiations, pricing strategy, and partnership structuring. Secure system-level agreements that expand access, utilization, and long-term revenue within assigned accounts. Navigate matrixed stakeholder environments, aligning clinical, financial, IT, and operational priorities.
Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain trusted relationships with C-suite, service line leaders, and clinical champions across health systems. Position iRhythm as a strategic partner in cardiovascular care transformation, not a transactional vendor. Influence decision-making through data-driven value narratives, including clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and economic impact.
Clinical Workflow & EHR Integration Leadership: Drive EHR integration and workflow optimization as a core lever for enterprise adoption and scalability. Partner with internal and customer IT/clinical informatics teams to ensure seamless embedding of Zio into order sets and care pathways. Translate integration efforts into measurable commercial outcomes (e.g., prescriber growth, retention, utilization lift).
Cross-Functional Execution & Field Alignment: Align closely with field sales, Digital Solutions, KAMs, Market Access, Clinical, and Customer Experience teams to operationalize enterprise strategy. Lead system-level business planning and quarterly reviews, ensuring visibility to performance, risks, and opportunities. Act as the regional point of integration across functions to execute complex health system initiatives.
Performance Ownership & Market Insight: Own regional performance against quota, growth targets, and system-level KPIs. Maintain accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and deal progression discipline. Provide market intelligence and customer insights to inform broader commercial and product strategy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MPH, etc.)
- 12+ years of experience in enterprise healthcare sales, strategic accounts, or IDN engagement
- Demonstrated success managing large, complex health systems with multi-site influence
- Proven ability to close enterprise-level deals and drive system-wide adoption
- Strong understanding of health system economics, EHR ecosystems (Epic, Cerner), and care delivery models
- Experience in cardiology, diagnostics, or digital health strongly preferred
- Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead without authority
- Willingness to travel 30–50% within region
What's in it for you
- A competitive compensation package
- Excellent benefits (starting day one)
- High-impact work in a mission-driven organization shaping the future of cardiac care
- Benefits include: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) with match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Generous PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, Pet insurance discounts, cultural events, and charitable initiatives
About IRhythm Technologies
iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company that creates trusted solutions that detect, predict, and prevent disease. Combining wearable biosensors and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms, iRhythm distills data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. Through a relentless focus on patient care, iRhythm’s vision is to deliver better data, better insights, and better health for all.