JOB SUMMARY:

The Enterprise Storage and Data Protection Manager will lead a team of storage engineers in resource planning, product and services design, and operations and monitoring to meet the strategic direction and priorities of the department. The Manager IT develops and ensures compliance with standards and processes for products and services. Acts as a liaison to business managers to ensure products deliver value and meet business expectations. Leads product managers in analyzing market for new product and service trends, capabilities and scalability.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the design, provisioning and management of ~40+ PBs of data storage supporting clinical, research and administrative systems across multiple geographical sites.
• Experience in managing enterprise storage solutions including Dell EMC Powermax, Isilon, PURE, Brocade SAN, Avamar Data Protection and Data Domain.
• Managing a team of nine engineers including recruiting and training employees, communicating job expectations, assigning projects/tasks, and monitoring performance.
• Ensures staff alignment with mission and strategic plan
• Ensures that projects stay on track and regularly communicates status to department leadership and business/operational leaders.
• Regularly review/implement advances in technology and industry best practices.
• Assists with preparation of operating and capital budgets following established guidelines and using benchmark data.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

LEADERSHIP (INTERMEDIATE): Formulates a vision while motivating & guiding employees promoting engagement. Leaders state precise goals, ensures the commitment of individuals to those goals, defines the methods of measurement, and provides the incentive to accomplish measureable outcomes.

OPERATIONS PLANNING (INTERMEDIATE): Anticipates resource needs to meet objectives and implements appropriate processes.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT (INTERMEDIATE): Interacting, communicating, building relationships and developing employees.

COMPLIANCE (INTERMEDIATE): Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.

BUSINESS RESULTS (INTERMEDIATE): Ability to achieve business results while focusing on quality, customer satisfaction, and stewardship.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT (INTERMEDIATE): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Organizational Impact: Directs activities to achieve operational plans with some near term effect on results of the department/area.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Identifies issues, gathers facts to resolve technical and operational problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth knowledge and skills of a professional/technical area and basic management knowledge to manage the work of the team.
• Team Interaction: Leads a complex department with a focus on implementation. Typically executes on a short to medium term strategies.

About the Department:

VUMC IT

VUMC IT provides hardware, software and service solutions for the entire Medical Center. With over 40,000 workstations in the Medical Center, our teams can assist not only with hardware support, but also software and application support and services to enhance security and protection of your information.

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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 ^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.