Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

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Job Summary
Directs enterprise-wide technology strategy and architecture, leading modernization across our clinical, administrative, and operational environments. Embeds the most effective technology solutions across the built ecosystem—ensuring scalable, flexible, and secure infrastructure. A key focus is to maximize strategic value creation, ensuring each tech investment accelerates care delivery, operational efficiency, and organizational impact.
Essential Functions

• Architects and maintains a modular hybrid infrastructure—leveraging cloud-native platforms (PaaS/IaaS) alongside legacy systems—to drive agility, scalability, and modernization across service areas.
• Evaluates and integrates technologies—such as IoT-enabled medical devices, EHR systems, automation, and facility management tools—ensuring seamless operation across clinical, admin, and operational infrastructures.
• Implements a robust framework for cloud deployments, aligning security, compliance (HIPAA), and cost-management with strategic priorities.
• Stays abreast of healthcare and enterprise technology advancements—including API-first design, edge computing, modular solutions—and pilot deployments that yield the highest strategic returns.
• Steers IT investment planning with an explicit focus on return—ensuring IT initiatives deliver measurable clinical, operational, or financial benefits that support organizational strategy.
• Guarantees high-performing, reliable infrastructure—from networking to cloud—to underpin modern patient care and digital services.
• Partners with clinical, facilities, admin, and operational leaders to align technology solutions to real-world needs, supporting service delivery excellence.
• Leads vendor selection and management; guide project delivery with a structured focus on outcomes, strategic fit, risk, and ROI.
• Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development

People Management Responsibility

• Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline required
• Master's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline strongly preferred
• Terminal Degree (PhD, MD, etc.) Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline preferred

Experience

• 15+ years relevant computer systems experience required
• 20+ years relevant computer systems experience in a hospital or healthcare setting preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skills in developing strategic and tactical plans to meet business objectives in a large healthcare system.
• Excellent project, technical and problem management skills. Ability to communicate detailed technical information both orally and in writing.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, decision making and team building skills.
• Skills in developing sound proposals and successfully implementing program/project plans. An understanding of health care delivery systems and health care dynamics.
• Demonstrates expert-level problem-solving, creativity, and strategy development in the face of new competitive challenges.

Required for All Jobs

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.
• Employment is at-will. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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