VP Digital Care and Virtual Hospital

Essential Responsibilities

• Perform management responsibilities to include, but not limited to involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.
• Plan, organize, staff, and manage the day-to-day operations of the team; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; manage to assigned budgets.
• Lead Strategic Vision for Digital Care Delivery
• Drive the architectural shift towards a virtualized hospital model, define the strategic roadmap for extending high-acuity care into the home, and serve as the executive architect for new modalities of medicine across the enterprise.
• Operate and Expand the AHN Virtual Hospital
• Oversee the complex operational entity of the AHN Virtual Hospital, including its P&L accountability, quality metrics, and staffing for service lines such as digital nursing, virtual ICU, virtual sitting, and remote specialist consults.
• Deploy & Scale Advanced Digital Technologies
• Lead the implementation, optimization, and scaling of cutting-edge digital health technologies, including Agentic AI, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions, and an integrated device strategy to enhance care delivery and automate administrative burdens.
• Advance Population Health & Data-Driven Insights
• Leverage sophisticated data ecosystems and AI-driven insights to proactively close care gaps, manage chronic conditions, and inform patient identification for virtual care programs, while ensuring clinical governance of algorithms.
• Foster Strategic Partnerships and System Integration
• Cultivate and manage critical peer relationships across Highmark Health, AHN, and Helion to ensure seamless integration of virtual care services, drive system-wide patient flow, and align technological capabilities with logistical needs.
• Maintain Active Clinical Practice
• Engage in continued part-time clinical practice to maintain credibility with medical staff and ensure a firsthand understanding of clinical workflows, patient needs, and operational effectiveness of digital interventions.

Qualifications

• Medicine (MD or DO)
• 5 years of progressive executive leadership experience within a large, complex healthcare delivery system or integrated delivery network.
• 5 years of direct experience designing, launching, and scaling virtual care programs.
• Demonstrated understanding of the current AI landscape, cloud platforms, and interoperability standards.
• Proven track record of taking a digital pilot and scaling it to an enterprise-wide standard of care.
• Active, unrestricted PA Medical License
• Substitutions MD Required
• Preferred Board Certification in Clinical Informatics (ABPM)

Skills

• AI/Tech Fluency
• Operational Scale
• Visionary & Pragmatic
• Collaborative Influencer
• Data-Driven