Senior Automation Strategist

Overview

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At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be.  We provide: 

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1 
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs 
• Family-focused benefits  
• Wellness incentives 
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs  
• And more  

100% remote opening, however applicants residing in or able to relocate to the following states are eligible for hire: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin

Description

Emory Healthcare is seeking a Sr. Automation Strategist with deep experience in technology-driven development initiatives and enterprise strategy to support our growing UiPath Automation Team. This role is responsible for shaping and implementing strategies related to automation, data, analytics, business intelligence, and AI across academic, research, and healthcare environments. The strategist will drive cross-enterprise collaboration, governance, and transformation initiatives that align with institutional goals, unlock new value, and ensure sustainable growth through innovation. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with technical fluency, stakeholder management, and process optimization.  This individual will serve as a Healthcare Process Improvement Lead, leveraging experience as a Business Analyst, Process Engineer, Operational Excellence Consultant, Healthcare Consultant, Product Owner, or Project Manager. The role requires strong expertise in building business cases, facilitating executive and stakeholder discussions, and independently identifying, prioritizing, and driving automation opportunities from initial intake through value realization. Working within the Automation Development team, this individual will partner with developers and solution architects to translate business needs into scalable RPA solutions, ensuring successful delivery and measurable operational outcomes  This is a 100% remote opening, eligible states we can hire from are noted in our overview, and will also be listed in our application.   RESPONSIBILITIES:   Process Discovery & Analysis (Most Important): 

• Quickly understand process workflows within each department you interact with 
• Facilitate process mapping sessions with SMEs to build automation idea pipelines 
• Identify automation opportunities versus process redesign opportunities for manual processes 
• Challenge inefficient processes before automating them 

Business Case & ROI Development 

• Quantify benefits 
• Estimate effort vs value 
• Define KPIs 
• Build executive-level business cases 
• Prioritize competing opportunities 

Executive Influencing Skills 

• Facilitate steering committees with business leaders 
• Present to executive leadership, including VP and C-suite stakeholders 
• Handle resistance 
• Lead difficult conversations  

Project Management & Execution Discipline 

• Drive timelines 
• Manage dependencies 
• Track risks 
• Coordinate UAT efforts and documentation 
• Ensure signoffs occur 
• Escalate issues appropriately 

Requirements & User Story Development, Write/author The Following 

• User stories 
• Process Definition Documents for RPA automation development  
• Functional requirements 
• Business exceptions 
• Acceptance criteria 
• UAT scripts 

Healthcare Operations Experience 

• Revenue Cycle work queues in Epic 
• Operational metrics 
• Regulatory concerns 
• Change management in healthcare 

Change Management & Adoption Skills 

• Lead process change 
• Manage stakeholder expectations 
• Create communications 
• Develop training approaches 
• Drive usage after go-live 

Data & Analytics 

• Using Excel 
• Analyzing operational metrics 
• Building dashboards 
• Identifying trends 
• Defining KPIs 

Technical Curiosity, Understand Concepts Such As 

• APIs 
• Workflow automation 
• AI/IDP 
• Process Automation Development LifecycleSystem integrations 

Storytelling & Communication 

• Tell the story of value 
• Translate technical concepts into business outcomes 
• Create executive-ready PowerPoints 
• Write clear summaries 

Simplified Summary 

• Healthcare operations background (In a Digital/IT function or with technical implementations) 
• Strong business analysis skills 
• Proven process improvement experience 
• ROI/business case development experience 
• Executive presentation skills 
• Project management capability 
• Experience facilitating workshops and requirements sessions 
• Experience with automation using Robotic Process Automation tools 

Must Have 

• Healthcare process improvement experience 
• Financial Analysis/Analytical capabilities 
• KPI definition 
• Familiarity with Epic 
• Experience with Kanban, Scrum and/or Agile project/product management 
• Change Management experience with large scale healthcare implementations 
• Ability to translate requirements to developers (speak the language) 
• Translate technical concepts into business outcomes 
• Familiarity with RPA and AI automation tools (UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Healthcare technology business analysis/project management experience 
• Lean/Six Sigma Green or Black Belt 
• PMP 
• CBAP (Business Analysis) 
• Prosci Change Management 
• Azure Dev Ops
• Service Now experience 
• AI/Intelligent Document Processing exposure 
• PowerBI dashboard building experience 

Healthcare Business Line Areas Of Experience 

• Revenue Cycle 
• Patient Access 
• Pharmacy 
• Finance 
• HIM 
• Clinical Operations 
• Healthcare Consulting 
• Epic Optimization 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Healthcare, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum Experience:
  • 8+ years of experience in healthcare or academic environments, with a focus on process improvement, innovation, or technology strategy
  • Experience building business cases, defining ROI, and validating value with senior stakeholders
  • Expertise in business process design, requirements gathering, user story development, and technical documentation
  • Demonstrated success in communicating complex technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences
  • Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, and visual storytelling techniques
  • Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across technical and business functions
  • Experience mentoring others and leading team-based execution efforts

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at [email protected]. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.