Job Details

The Executive Director of Health IT Operations is responsible for aligning Health IT strategies with UCSF Healths goals, overseeing governance structures, and assists in the management of the IT portfolio to ensure operational and strategic excellence. This role will ensure that the strategic initiatives of the organization are prioritized effectively in collaboration with other IT and Operational leaders from across the organization. The Executive Director, Health IT Operations will also oversee the continual professional development and engagement of the Health IT staff and partners with leadership to address organizational and operational challenges. Additionally, they oversee the Health IT Project Management Office (PMO), manage change initiatives and ensure clear and effective communication across teams. By fostering cross-departmental collaboration and optimizing IT operations, this leader plays a pivotal role in advancing UCSF Healths mission and strategic priorities. The Executive Director will also champion continuous improvement of the departments efficiency and effectiveness to meet the evolving needs of UCSF Health.

At UCSF, collaboration and innovation are at the heart of our mission in our hospitals and clinics, classrooms, labs, and offices. To advance excellence in support of patient care, research, and education, we are strengthening our on-site presence across the university. As part of this commitment, most IT teams are expected to work in some capacity to support campus-based work. This senior management role will be expected to work onsite four days per week to meet operational and departmental needs.

IT Program and Portfolio Management

• Oversees the Health IT PMO and Portfolio management function.
• Direct leadership of the major IT Restructuring program that includes consolidation of information technology from across UCSF Health.
• Partners closely with the Campus IT Operating Model Program Executive on migration of UCSF Health to the IT Operating model to mitigate the root causes of information security deficiencies.
• Partners with the Enterprise Portfolio Manager for UCSF Health in development of consistent portfolio management tools, and alignment to enterprise objectives and standards.

IT Governance

• Establish the governance structures required to appropriately engage departmental and information technology leaders in the prioritization and decision-making process associated with Health IT systems.
• Oversee the governance program to ensure ongoing productivity and interconnectivity of the governance groups.
• Assists CIO Health with preparation of materials for SET, CEO Council, and other executive forums.
• Ensures UC-wide teams have relevant participation. Aggregates initiatives and learnings and tracks what is being applied at UCSF.

Strategy:

• Collaborates across UCSF Health to fulfill key elements of the UCSF Health strategic plan and the role IT plays in realizing the outcomes of that strategy.
• Coordinates and oversees the IT portfolio of projects in alignment with the priorities and strategy of the Health System Executive Team.
• Focused on UCSF Health, this role is responsible to integrate the Health technology roadmap and investment plan with key Campus focused IT leaders such as the ACIO Research, ACIO Education and the Campus IT Operating Model Program leader.

Human Resources:

• IT People Development Program: training, education, and continual professional development, role-based team operating model, and new technology skills.
• Collaborates with HR Strategic Business Partners to understand key trends including staff retention/turnover, recruitment time and vacancies, and identified diversity gaps and related initiatives.

The incumbent is a strategic business partner to the senior clinical, business, and operational leaders of UCSF Health, and with the research, teaching, and patient care missions of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry as they relate to care delivery.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $300,000 - $340,000 (Annual Rate).

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