Beacon Health System seeks a dynamic and accomplished executive to serve as its Chief Applications Officer. This is a distinctive leadership opportunity within one of the most respected, financially strong and forward-thinking community-based health systems in the United States.
Beacon Health System is a locally owned, nonprofit integrated health system headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, serving communities across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. Following its 2025 acquisition of four hospitals and 35 outpatient clinics in southwest Michigan, Beacon now operates an 11-hospital network and continues to expand its regional footprint. Beacon remains focused on delivering high quality, patient centered care through its hospitals, growing outpatient network, and Beacon Medical Group provider practices.
Reporting to the Chief Information and Digital Execution Officer (CIDEO), the Chief Applications Officer serves as a trusted partner to clinical, operational, and administrative leaders across the organization. This role drives effective operations and execution, enhances user experience, and delivers measurable outcomes through disciplined application management and thoughtful adoption of emerging technologies.
The Chief Applications Officer provides executive leadership for the strategy, governance, integration, and optimization of Beacon’s enterprise application portfolio. This includes responsibility for electronic health records, ERP, revenue cycle, population health, and digital health platforms. In addition, the Chief Applications Officer ensures these systems are reliable, interoperable, secure, and fully aligned with clinical, operational, and strategic objectives. A central focus of the role will be leading Beacon’s Oracle strategy, including defining the roadmap and timeline for optimizing its beta partnership. The individual will also partner closely with the digital team to advance patient-facing initiatives such as the digital front door and patient portal.
The ideal candidate will be a physician leader who brings a deep understanding of care delivery alongside demonstrated experience in informatics, digital health, or enterprise applications leadership. This role is particularly well suited for an individual with aspirations to grow into a CIO or CIDO position and who is energized by the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation. In addition to core applications leadership, the individual will play a significant role in advancing AI, digital strategy, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
The incoming leader will play a critical role in supporting Beacon’s continued transition and integration across hospital and ambulatory environments, ensuring seamless workflows and consistent system performance across the continuum of care. The successful candidate will garner credibility as a subject matter expert, bring hands-on experience with large-scale system implementations, and demonstrate exceptional relationship building and communication skills required to influence, align, and lead across a complex organization. The ability to lead change effectively is essential. This is an exceptional opportunity to partner with senior leadership and further elevate and optimize the application ecosystem of a growing, mission-driven community health system that places a strong emphasis on technology, transparency, quality, and long-term sustainability.
Applications, inquiries, and nominations are welcome. You may perform any of these activities by contacting Nick Giannas or Wendy Kerschner, at [email protected] or preferably through the WittKieffer Candidate Portal by using the buttons below.