Role Description Are you interested in advancing open technology that supports equitable access to the global financial system? The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is expanding its scientific and technological research efforts and looking for someone to help guide that growth with purpose, depth, and a commitment to the public good. Since 2014, SDF has stewarded the development of the Stellar network, an open-source, large-scale blockchain platform that enables inclusive, efficient financial infrastructure around the world. SDF Research plays a critical role in this mission, focusing on both practical and long-term challenges in distributed systems, cryptography, mechanism design, and the broader societal impact of decentralized technologies. In this role, you will: - Shape the research vision: Define and lead a long-term scientific research agenda that supports SDF’s mission while contributing to broader conversations in computer science and decentralized systems. Identify both mission-aligned applied challenges and foundational open problems to guide internal research and community engagement. - Foster deep academic and industry collaboration: Build strong, lasting partnerships with top researchers, labs, and institutions. Support initiatives that lead to joint publications, open-source contributions, and shared advancement of knowledge—both within and beyond the Stellar ecosystem. - Balance innovation with exploration: Oversee a portfolio of research efforts ranging from mission-critical applications to blue-sky investigations in areas such as cryptography, distributed systems, and incentive design. Champion rigorous thinking that leads to practical outcomes and advances the state of the art. - Build and support a strong, mission-driven research team: Recruit and develop a diverse group of research scientists and applied researchers, from early-career PhD interns to experienced domain experts. Create a supportive environment where a range of perspectives, backgrounds, and research styles can thrive. - Translate insights into real-world impact: Ensure that research outcomes inform product strategy, ecosystem standards, and protocol development—helping strengthen Stellar’s role in building accessible, resilient financial infrastructure. - Engage with the global research community: Represent SDF at conferences, academic workshops, and standards bodies. Contribute to the broader discourse on decentralized systems and financial inclusion through publications, presentations, and thought leadership. Qualifications - PhD in Computer Science, Cryptography, Distributed Systems, or a related field. - 10+ years of research experience in academia (e.g., tenured or tenure-track faculty) or industry (e.g., senior research scientist or director-level role). - Strong track record of high-impact contributions, such as peer-reviewed publications, patents, open-source projects, or foundational technical work. - Demonstrated experience leading research programs or teams, including setting strategy and managing multi-year initiatives. Requirements - Experience working in both academic and applied research settings, with an ability to translate deep technical insights into practical impact. - Familiarity with open-source software development practices and/or participation in open standards communities (e.g., IETF, W3C). - Proven ability to collaborate across disciplines and institutions, including with academic labs, research consortia, and industry partners. - Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders, represent the organization publicly, and contribute to technical and policy discussions. - Commitment to mentoring and supporting researchers across career stages, and to fostering a collaborative and inclusive research culture. - Interest in or experience with the societal, economic, and ethical dimensions of decentralized systems, particularly in the context of financial access and inclusion. Benefits - Competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $210,000 - $365,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. - Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents. - Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break. - Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents. - Gym reimbursement ($80 per month). - Life & ADD (up to $50K). - Short & Long term disability. - 401K with 4% match. - Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts. - Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution. - Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution. - Family building benefits through Kindbody. - Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace). - L&D budget of $1,500/year. - Daily lunch and snacks in office. - Company retreats.

• Lead the implementation and adoption of enterprise-aligned I4.0 digital solutions across select sites or enterprise-wide deployments. • Gather business and technical requirements across Business Units to inform solution design. • Partner with Enterprise Services to support the build and configuration of digital solutions. • Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring system functionality meets defined requirements. • Coordinate pilot activities and manage structured rollout plans for broader deployment. • Plan and execute site engagement strategies, including leading onsite or virtual training sessions for users and champions. • Partner with the OpEx Program Manager on change management activities, including communication, stakeholder alignment, and readiness assessments. • Support the scaling of solutions to additional sites or Business Units as capabilities mature. • Track solution adoption, assess user satisfaction, and gather feedback to inform continuous improvement. • Develop and support executive communications, including updates, briefings, and deployment status reports. • Manage capacity and prioritization of deployment activities, recognizing variability based on the number of participating sites and scope of deployment.

• Act as primary operations support for the implementation of new projects, regional initiatives, and process standardization efforts. • Responsible for new opportunity management, serving as the common link between GCM business management team, regional real estate, in-country solutions design, finance, engineering and operations. • Ensure new opportunities are designed, priced and commercially negotiated for long-term success. • Responsible for post-business award transition to DSV Business Change Management (BCM) team in region or country. • Remain engaged during implementation for support and steering. • Partner with Global Customer Management (GCM) Center of Excellence (CoE) sub-program leads to ensure activities are understood, adopted, implemented and upheld in the region. • Collaborate with GCM Business Management, Customer Enablement and Center of Excellence (CoE) teams to align overall strategy, future growth and best approach for business growth and sustainment. • Build and sustain long-term customer relationships. • Act as primary regional point-of-contact (POC) for customer new project and change requests. • Provide visibility to GCM. • Partner with regional customer and DSV operations on continuous improvement, innovation and best practice sharing. • Supports change management programs linked to the strategic scope that supports customer strategy.

Role Description In this role, you will lead complex, analytics-driven consulting engagements that help healthcare clients optimize indirect spend, improve operational performance, and achieve measurable financial value. You will serve as a strategic advisor to healthcare executives by translating complex data into actionable insights, driving informed decision-making, and leading large-scale purchased services and indirect spend initiatives. You will oversee multi-workstream engagements, mentor consulting team members, and support business development efforts while delivering sustainable outcomes for clients. - Lead complex consulting engagements focused on indirect spend, purchased services, and operational improvement initiatives for healthcare provider clients. - Analyze complex datasets, product utilization, contract performance, and national benchmarking data to identify financial value and cost reduction opportunities. - Evaluate contract penetration, market share, standardization opportunities, substitution strategies, and utilization trends to maximize contract value and client savings. - Translate analytical findings into executive-level presentations, strategic recommendations, and actionable implementation plans. - Facilitate discussions with C-suite and senior healthcare leaders to align priorities, influence decision-making, and drive value realization. - Serve as Project Lead for advisory engagements by managing scope, deliverables, timelines, priorities, and resource coordination across multiple workstreams. - Partner with clients on-site and remotely as a trusted advisor to identify, influence, and implement operational and financial improvement opportunities. - Establish strong client relationships through proactive communication, accountability, and delivery of high-quality consulting outcomes. - Support business development activities through solution design, proposal support, client presentations, and expansion opportunity identification. - Mentor consultants and contribute to capability development, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the consulting practice. Qualifications - Relevant degree preferred. - 7 or more years of relevant experience required. - Direct experience leading indirect spend, purchased services, or operational improvement initiatives within healthcare organizations required. - Experience in healthcare consulting, advisory services, or complex healthcare systems preferred. - Proven ability to manage large, multi-workstream consulting engagements and influence executive stakeholders required. - Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and develop actionable financial and operational insights required. - Strong executive communication, presentation, and relationship management skills required. - Experience developing and presenting strategic recommendations to C-suite healthcare leaders preferred. - Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring consultants and supporting team development preferred. - Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables. Requirements - Estimated Hiring Range: $117,600.00 to $206,000.00. - This position is also incentive eligible. Benefits - Comprehensive benefits plan available. - Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers Equal Opportunity Employer The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.