athenahealth · 19 hours ago
Executive Director, Data & Analytics Platform
Boston MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $322K/yrathenahealth is building an AI-first future for healthcare, and they are seeking an Executive Director to lead product strategy and execution for their Data & Analytics Platform. This role owns the product vision and outcomes for how data is ingested, modeled, governed, and activated, supporting analytics, intelligence, and AI across the athenahealth ecosystem.
Enterprise SoftwareHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end product strategy for athenahealth’s Data & Analytics Platform, spanning data ingestion, pipelines, storage, analytics, and customer-facing reporting
Define and evolve a modern data platform architecture that supports scale, reliability, trust, and regulatory-safe reuse in a healthcare environment
Lead product strategy for enterprise data warehouse / lakehouse capabilities, including batch and streaming pipelines, large-scale data migrations, and imports
Drive platform enablement for AI-first product development, including real-time data access, feature availability, feedback loops, and observability
Establish and evolve semantic layers, metrics frameworks, and analytics platforms that enable consistent, trusted insight across products and customers
Own the vision for customer-facing analytics and reporting experiences, ensuring they are actionable, intuitive, and embedded in workflows
Enable real world evidence use cases through reusable, governed, high-quality de-identified data assets
Set clear outcomes for platform adoption, product velocity, customer impact, and business value, not just technical delivery
Build and lead high-performing product teams, developing senior talent and setting a strong culture of accountability and clarity
Partner closely with Engineering leadership to align product strategy with architectural decisions and execution realities
Act as a trusted peer to AI/ML leaders, shaping how data platforms accelerate copilots, agents, and embedded intelligence
Collaborate with Product, UX, and GTM leaders to ensure data and analytics capabilities are differentiated, consumable, and valuable to customers
Operate effectively with executive stakeholders, influencing roadmap priorities, investment decisions, and long-term strategy
Serve as a visible leader across athenahealth, translating complex platform concepts into clear, outcome-oriented narratives
Qualification
Required
Proven experience leading large-scale data or analytics platforms as a senior product executive
Deep fluency in modern data platform concepts, including lakehouse architectures, streaming data, semantic modeling, and platform enablement
Strong point of view on AI-first product strategy and the role data platforms play in accelerating intelligence at scale
Demonstrated ability to operate across infrastructure-adjacent platforms and user-facing products
Track record of building and leading senior product teams with high standards for execution and impact
Preferred
Experience in healthcare, regulated industries, or complex enterprise environments is a strong plus—but not required
Benefits
Commuter support
Employee assistance programs
Tuition assistance
Employee resource groups
Collaborative workspaces
Flexibility
Book clubs
External speakers
Hackathons
Company
athenahealth
Athenahealth is a provider of medical practice automation and claims management software to medical groups and health systems.
Founded in 1997
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (94)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$40MKey Investors
Venrock
2021-11-22Acquired
2017-05-18Post Ipo Equity
2007-09-20IPO
Leadership Team
Eddie Ross
Vice President, Payer
Anil Patil
Executive Director Engineering
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