Job Description
Job Description
About Cognitive :
Cognitive is an IT and software engineering services company dedicated to elevating the quality, speed and delivery of today’s US government healthcare programs. With a wealth of clinical expertise and hands-on experience, our team understands the significant challenges our government clients—and their customers—face every day. This real-world experience equips us to develop IT solutions that seamlessly connect all facets of healthcare delivery. At Cognitive, we’re guiding government agencies to the forefront of technology innovation in healthcare delivery.
Position Overview :
Cognitive is seeking a Vice President of Technology to be responsible for leading the development of innovative and differentiating technical and engineering solutions for our Federal Government opportunities. The VP, Technology will collaborate with all line managers, business development, and strategy leaders to drive solutions for priority captures, proposals, and major programs. In addition to overseeing solutioning and engineering efforts, this role will also lead the company’s Corporate IT functions—driving efficiencies in back-office systems, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity and CMMC requirements, and managing internal IT operations and staff. The VP, Technology will actively participate in the definition and implementation of long-term technology strategies that meet both customer and corporate technology goals and objectives. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated DoD, VA, and HHS healthcare IT and legacy systems technology experience and possess strong credentials as an inspirational leader who can prioritize effectively, communicate clearly, and manage cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities :
Engineering Lead
- Recommend and document software development best practices, testing practices, standard tooling, and infrastructure to promote code maintainability, security, and quality.
- Act as technical lead and supervisor identifying client requirements for software solutions and developing sound technical solutions that fulfill those requirements in a reliable and cost competitive manner.
- Keep abreast of new technologies and how they can be best implemented to meet customer needs.
Provide technical expertise in analysis, design, and development of business applications.
Define and maintain department metrics for determining implementation effectiveness and compliance with recommended tools and practices.Develop business relationships and integrate activities with other IT partners both internal and external to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts.
Lead a team of subject matter expertsSolutions Lead
Develop the technology solution for new business opportunities by partnering with the business development team to learn customer pain points and leverage technology to meet their requirements.Lead the technical solution of the proposal response to include creating a Concept of Operation, best practices, and comparative market analysis.Collaborate with management and sales teams to ensure seamless integration of specialist sales with other sales activities.Develop business relationships with product companies and stay apprised of their technology to incorporate into our solution.Articulate technology solutions via written form and participate in proposal writing as a part of the Business Development team.Meet with current and potential customers to brief them on technology trends, company offerings and, ultimately, deliver technology solutions to meet their needs.Corporate Information Technology Lead
Lead the Corporate Technology team to deliver a high-quality information technology services and solutions to the company and its customers.Set strategy and make executive technology decisions on behalf of the organization, including managing a technology budget and making the necessary investments to align the organization with its vision for its technological needs.Lead corporate certifications such as NIST, CMMI, CMMC, and ISO.Participate in the company’s Strategic Planning Team.Participate in the company’s Management Team.Required Education, Experience, and Clearance :
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or other engineering or technical disciplines.10 years of relevant technical or engineering work experience.10 years minimum experience in complex, mission critical software systems is required.Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership to large scale proposals and captures for Health programs in DoD, VA or HHS.Experience with Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud environments.Ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written modalities.Ability to obtain a Position of Public Trust – Medium Background Investigation (MBI).Preferred Education, Experience, and Clearance :
Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a Technology, Engineering or Software field, and be a recognized technology leader (or equivalent experience)Prior technical roles within organizations of similar size and scope ($50M and 100 employees) with growing duties and responsibilitiesSignificant experience supporting capture activities to include chairing / participating in Business Opportunity Gate Reviews, writing specific sections of proposals, providing preliminary technical guidance for solutions, and task cost estimation.A well-developed sense of strategy and the ability to communicate and inspire others to follow.Subject matter expertise as a full stack developer with the ability to learn new programming languages with minimal time and effort to meet demands of new projects.Why Join Us?
Be part of a mission-driven organization making a difference in healthcare IT.Collaborate with innovative and passionate professionals that are there to support you at every turn.Enjoy a supportive work / life balance with the flexibility of a 100% remote company.Benefit from opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic environment.