**Details** + **Department:** Market Technology Team + **Schedule:** Monday - Friday, 8 hour shift + **Location:** Must be based in Austin, TX **Benefits** Paid time off (PTO) Various health insurance options & wellness plans Retirement benefits including employer match plans Long-term & short-term disability Employee assistance programs (EAP) Parental leave & adoption assistance Tuition reimbursement Ways to give back to your community _Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer._ **Responsibilities** **Business and Technical Acumen:** + **Portfolio Management** - Articulate, and guide the development of long-term goals and initiatives that foster the ministry’s growth trajectory. Develop a mechanism for tracking initiative health and proactively identify risks requiring attention. + **Governance** - Defines and oversees demand management expectations for team and partners. Including but not limited to working with market executives to establish and maintain a robust Market Governance process that ensures all technology requests are strategically aligned, properly vetted, and prioritized. This process encompasses ideation, evaluation, and decision-making, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively and that decisions align with both short-term needs and long-term strategic objectives. + **Escalations and Problem Resolution** - Serves as the primary point within the market for partners and team members to escalate technology problems with both projects and routine operations. Skilled in independently assessing the issue and owning the engagement of the appropriate stakeholders to overcome. + **Expert Advising** - Shape and influence market partners' strategic technology decisions through expert guidance, persuasion, and negotiation. The Director fosters a culture of collaborative decision-making, where market partners are empowered to make informed choices, while also skillfully navigating resistance and setting boundaries without directly rejecting ideas. The goal is to eliminate a passive, "order-taking" mentality and instead create a proactive, solution-oriented partnership. + **Servant Leadership** - Leading, guiding, giving feedback with influence and ownership without direct reporting structure of associates. Collaborating with other leaders to meet customer expectations + **Relationship Management (market)** - Develop and maintain strong relationships with market leaders at various levels resulting in a dynamic where the partners consider the Director their primary point of contact for technology interests and challenges. + **Team Culture** - Building a strong, cohesive culture between a ministry and across the towers within Ascension Technology. Ensure approaches their work as problem solvers (versus problem admiration) - and approaches their work in a way that demonstrates a "We" culture with their AT colleagues **Skills:** + Leadership + Communication + Strategic Thinking + Problem-Solving + Critical Thinking + Collaboration + Multi-tasking + Self-directed **Requirements** Education: + High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management. **Additional Preferences** + 7+ years of Information Technology experience (10+ years preferred) + 5+ years of leadership/management experience preferred + Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree preferred. **Why Join Our Team** When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today. **Equal Employment Opportunity Employer** Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. 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