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Vizient

Healthcare performance improvement and supply chain

Engineering Manager

Full-Time
$214.4k/yr+ Incentive eligible
Senior
Bachelor's
Irving, TX, USA
RemoteWork from home is available within commuting distance of the Irving headquarters; up to 10% domestic travel is required.
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • Five years of related, progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in a software development or engineering occupation is required.
  • At least 60 months of experience performing data analysis and validation with complex T-SQL/SQL queries, including joins and subqueries, and implementing triggers and primary-key/foreign-key constraints to enforce business rules and data integrity.
  • At least 60 months of experience designing and developing ETL solutions using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), including advanced transformations and control-flow automation.
  • At least 60 months of experience deploying and supporting production ETL processes, including SSIS package configurations, event handlers, checkpoints, logging, operational troubleshooting, and error handling.
  • At least 60 months of experience automating ETL scheduling and batch workflows using Automic (UC4) jobs, job plans, and event triggers, including file-transfer automation.
  • At least 60 months of experience developing data-movement solutions across heterogeneous sources and formats using SSIS, BCP, Bulk Insert, or DTS; integrating Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server; and ingesting flat files, Excel, CSV, or XML.
  • Experience requirements may be gained concurrently.
Responsibilities
  • Oversee and direct the technical execution of software and data engineering teams, ensuring delivery using appropriate engineering methods, best practices, and modern technologies.
  • Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts to gather requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions and data products, and deliver high-quality outcomes on schedule.
  • Establish, enforce, and continuously improve engineering standards, including coding standards, documentation, testing practices, peer code reviews, and release controls, to ensure maintainability, performance, and security.
  • Oversee implementation plans and enterprise solution alignment, ensuring architecture consistency, platform integration, and adherence to organizational technology standards.
  • Lead and improve software development lifecycle and agile practices by driving agile ceremonies, refining engineering processes, and promoting team cohesion to improve predictability and throughput.
  • Identify, escalate, and resolve delivery blockers, including technical dependencies, operational issues, process gaps, and cross-team impediments, to maintain project momentum.
  • Ensure product and platform quality, reliability, and performance through operational-readiness practices, monitoring and alerting expectations, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
  • Evaluate, select, and standardize development tools and technologies; stay current with industry trends and guide teams on tool adoption and consistent usage.
  • Drive adoption of AI/ML-enabled solutions by collaborating with analytics and data science teams to evaluate use cases, support model operationalization patterns, and integrate AI/ML capabilities into engineering platforms and products in a governed and scalable manner.
  • Mentor and develop engineers through one-on-one coaching, performance feedback, review cycles, and targeted upskilling plans to strengthen technical capability and career growth.
  • Supervise the work of Software Developers, Business Intelligence Analysts, and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers.

About the company

Vizient, Inc. helps healthcare providers improve performance and lower costs. It serves academic medical centers, health systems, community and rural hospitals, and ambulatory care groups by delivering knowledge, solutions, and expertise through members. The company’s main products are in supply chain management, clinical and operational performance improvement, and strategic consulting. It uses data analytics and industry insights to help members optimize operations, increase efficiency, and improve patient outcomes. Revenue comes from membership fees, consulting services, and performance improvement programs, and the company expands capabilities through acquisitions such as Intalere to better serve its member base.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$2B

Headquarters

Irving, Texas

Founded

1977

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What believers are saying

  • Empierus adds IT spend management just as 2026 IT inflation hits 5.66%.
  • Q3 2025 renewals included UNC Health, Duke-adjacent networks, and Hawaii Pacific Health.
  • Vizient's Winter 2026 outlook warns indirect spend inflation remains structurally elevated through 2027.

What critics are saying

  • Premier and HealthTrust attack Vizient's core GPO contracts as hospitals consolidate in 2026.
  • Endure's 2026 antitrust fight shows suppliers keep challenging Vizient's contracting power.
  • Hospitals can insource analytics and direct sourcing, shrinking Vizient's relevance and fees quickly.

What makes Vizient unique

  • Vizient serves more than two-thirds of U.S. acute care providers as member-owned infrastructure.
  • Its $156 billion contract portfolio creates unmatched purchasing leverage and pricing data.
  • Empierus, Kaufman Hall, and Syntellis deepen analytics, IT contracting, and advisory breadth.

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Benefits

  • Five weeks (25 days) of PTO
  • Nine paid company holidays & one floating holiday
  • Four weeks to work from anywhere in the U.S.
  • High-deductible health plans
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Health savings account with company contribution
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Headspace wellness app
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 5 percent
  • Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Short-term illness and long-term disability coverage
  • Tuition assistance program

Company News

Business Wire
Jun 15th, 2026
Vizient Acquires Empierus to Expand IT Spend Management and Cost Optimization Capabilities

The acquisition builds on Vizient’s continued investment in specialized expertise across indirect spend categories.

FinancialContent
Jun 11th, 2026
Vizient acquires Empierus to boost IT spend management for healthcare organisations

Vizient has acquired Empierus, a healthcare-focused advisory firm specialising in information technology contracting and cost optimisation. The acquisition strengthens Vizient's capabilities in managing indirect spend categories as healthcare organisations face mounting financial pressures, particularly in technology-related areas. With healthcare organisations spending over $55 billion annually on IT across cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence and digital transformation, the acquisition aims to help clients bring more technology spend under contract and reduce avoidable costs. Empierus delivered over $36 million in savings for Vizient clients in 2025 through an established partnership. Empierus employees will join Vizient's team of over 250 experts across indirect spend and purchased services categories. Existing client relationships and contracts will remain unchanged.

Associated Press
Apr 20th, 2026
Vizient unveils integrated supply chain platform to strengthen healthcare purchasing governance and performance

Vizient is showcasing integrated supply chain capabilities at the Spring IDN Summit in Orlando, designed to help health systems strengthen trust across purchasing, analytics and strategic partnerships. The capabilities include Procure-to-Pay, the only ISO 9001 certified healthcare solution managing the full purchasing process from order through payment; Procedural Analytics, which links pricing and patient data to identify variation and connect supply chain decisions to patient outcomes; and the Vizient Partnership Program, packaging analytics, contracting, purchasing and advisory services to improve enterprise non-labour spend. The healthcare performance improvement company serves over two-thirds of the nation's acute care providers. Its contract portfolio represents $156 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Business Wire
Jun 26th, 2024
Vizient to Acquire Kaufman Hall, Expanding Advisory Expertise for Healthcare Industry

Vizient announced that it has exercised its option to acquire the remaining interest in Kaufman Hall, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry.

Business Wire
Oct 31st, 2023
Vizient Announces Acquisition of PrefTech OR, a Next-generation Physician Preference Card Management Technology

Vizient announces it has acquired PrefTech OR's next-generation, cloud-based preference card management software for healthcare providers.