DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

POSITION DESCRIPTION THE POSITION: Director of Information Resource Management This individual will play a key role in setting the direction of the Company's IRM efforts. He/she will assume total responsibility for the IRM Group. The role of this group is to develop a corporate-wide data warehouse and the policies and procedures that must be implemented to insure that corporate data can be maintained within a complex operations environment. Reporting to the CIO, the IRM Director will be responsible for issues including data modeling, data administration, data quality and security as well as application development and support. This is an integral management position in the Information Services Division. The Director of Information Resource Management will addres the following notable priorities: * The IRM Director will be responsible for building the enterprise data warehouse, coordinating with key user champions to identify and understand data requirements and ensuring that those requirements are met through the warehouse function. * Manage two teams dedicated to data modeling and data warehousing initiatives; this includes several direct management reports. This position will require aggressive expansion within the department; group size is expected to triple in order to meet corporate data goals. * Identify how data flows and relates across the different applications, understand and mapping the operational uses of data throughout the organization. * Develop and enforce data management policies, ensuring the separation of data from applications, standards, and methods to facilitate the use of the organization's data resources. * Define and organize data structures and standardizing formats such as naming conventions and measurements which vary across databases and applications. * Participate in HCHP's system architecture and System Development life cycle by setting data modeling standards. * Evaluate, select, and implement an enterprise data repository system. * Ensure the quality and integrity of enterprise data, including responsibility for reworking badly defined elements through fixing the existing source of data or building edits at the point where it is being loaded into the data warehouse. * Provide development services for decision support systems, using desktop technology including database access on multiple platforms via desktop machines, as well as automated tools for both users and developers. THE CANDIDATE: The successful candidate will be able to provide strong technical leadership in the following areas: * Client/Server technology. * Data warehouse technologies and tools, including data bridging tools, getaway products, warehouse management products, etc. * Database management systems, including Sybase and DB2 packages. * Experience with front end tools including PowerBuilder and SAS applications. * Demonstrated proficiency with CASE tools, such as Bachman's System Architect application. * Familiarity with data repository offerings including DB Excel and Brownstone offerings. This is an exciting and exceptional career opportunity for a senior level executive in MIS to significantly impact and contribute at a high level in a very dynamic organization. As the chief architect in developing and implementing the overall data administration and warehousing strategies for the Company, he/she will lead and develop the skills of the Data Administration and Data Warehousing teams, building a superior data services function to serve the Company's IS goals and end user needs. THE COMPANY: Harvard Community Health Plan provides care to approximately 540,000 members through a network of health centers and medical groups, primarily in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. HCHP employs 6,000 people with annual revenues in excess of one billion dollars. COMPENSATION: A lucrative compensation package with outstanding benefits will be offered. PLEASE FAX or EMAIL US YOUR RESUME IF INTERESTED: (on a confidential basis) Please address it to Linda Mercedes Correia. FAX: (617) 742-6544 EMAIL: MercedesCo@aol.com _________________________________________________________________________ Perhaps if you like, shed some light for us in the following areas: 1) Are you aware of any specific companies that are launching (or have launched) innovative corporate-wide data warehousing initiatives. 2) Are you aware of any specific individuals who have provided leadership and management as well as technical expertise with regard to cutting-edge client/server data warehousing systems? All information will be gladly accepted.