Director, Enterprise Support
GeneDx delivers personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis, direct treatment, and improve drug discovery. The company is uniquely positioned to accelerate the use of genomic and large-scale clinical information to enable precision medicine as the standard of care. GeneDx is at the forefront of transforming healthcare through its industry-leading exome and genome testing and interpretation services, fueled by the world's largest, rare disease data sets.
The Director of Enterprise Support is responsible for leading and continuously evolving enterprise-wide support services, including IT Service Desk and Contact Center Operations Support, within a regulated healthcare laboratory environment. This role ensures seamless technical support, operational excellence, and compliance with healthcare standards such as HIPAA and HITRUST.
In this role, you will drive strategic initiatives to modernize support services, leverage emerging technologies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement to meet evolving organizational needs.
Job Responsibilities
- Define and execute a multi-year enterprise support strategy, including operating model, team structure, and tooling
- Ensure alignment with SLAs and KPIs while fostering a culture of accountability and responsiveness.
- Continuously rethink the services the department delivers, how it is measured, and what capabilities are offered
- Collaborate and communicate with other teams to ensure alignment and remove ambiguity
- Lead service and support incidents, ensuring communications and escalations SOPs are followed, and perform retros for continuous improvement of incident processes.
- Develop and implement a knowledge management process to ensure documentation, SOPs and KBs are up to date and available for both internal and external stakeholders as well as automations
- Proactively identify support trends and how they may need to be met and initiate programs to address with the relevant teams and leaders.
- Manage key vendor relationships to ensure service levels are maintained and identify opportunities for new vendors to augment mission critical needs.
Service Desk Leadership
Oversee a multisite and hybrid IT Service Desk supporting 1,000+ end usersDrive continuous improvement in service delivery, ticket resolution, and user satisfaction.Implement and manage ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira) to streamline workflows and reporting.Collaborate with Endpoint & Productivity teams to resolve access issues and enforce Conditional Access Policies.Establish on-call rotations to ensure continuous coverageEvolve and grow Service Desk team members, preparing them for future roles at GeneDx as part of our talent pipeline.Contact Center Operations
Establish a team dedicated to the success of contact center operations from a technical support perspective.Lead enterprise contact center support for internal and external stakeholders, including contact center supervisors, clinicians, key vendors or MSPs, and administrative staff.Develop and maintain scripts, escalation protocols, and performance dashboards.Collaborate with contact center leaders to identify support gaps and develop solutions to fill them.Identify and remediate technical challenges through direct engagement with internal and external engineering teams.People Manager
Manage more than one team consisting of leads and individual contributors.Education, Experience, and Skills
8+ years of experience in IT support and leadership, preferably in healthcare or life sciences.Proven experience managing service desks and contact centers in hybrid work environments.Strong understanding of healthcare compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST).Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Entra ID, and endpoint management tools.Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred but not requiredAbility to maintain professional accuracy and deadlinesExperience with New York State-licensed laboratory preferredCertificates, Licenses, Registrations
Related certifications such as ITIL Foundation or higher, HDI Support Center Manager, or similar desired but not required.Physical Demands
Ability to stand, walk, and sit for extended periods.Work Environment
Work is primarily performed in an office setting with a typical climate-controlled environment.Occasional exposure to manufacturing or warehouse areas, which may involve loud noises, dust, and varying temperatures.The role may require occasional travel to other GeneDx sites, with potential exposure to outdoor weather conditions.Standard work hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern, with occasional overtime required during peak periods.Pay Transparency, Budgeted Range : $183,000 - $200,000 USD