Information Technology Management

Announcement

Details

Open Date

Requisition Number
PRN46432B

Job Title
Information Technology Management

Working Title
Senior Director of IT

Career Progression Track
M00

Track Level
M7 - Senior Director

FLSA Code
Computer Employee

Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No

Standard Hours per Week
40

Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time

Shift
Day

Work Schedule Summary

VP Area
President

Department
01249 - HCI - IT

Location
Campus

City
Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment
External Posting

Pay Rate Range
110,391 to 253,250

Close Date
12/31/2026

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

Information Technology Management

The Senior Director will establish and execute a multi-year technology strategy spanning HCI's clinical, research, and administrative missions while leading a complex, multi-site IT environment. The position oversees the technology capabilities that enable HCI's clinical, research, and administrative missions, including infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, digital collaboration, research computing, service delivery, and emerging digital technologies.

The role is crucial to ensuring that technology capabilities remain closely aligned with HCI's unique combination of research, clinical care, education, and operational objectives while leveraging the strengths of broader University and Health System technology partnerships.

Just as importantly, the Senior Director will work closely with HCI leaders, researchers, clinicians, administrators, and enterprise partners to identify opportunities where technology can fundamentally improve how HCI operates, conducts research, and delivers cancer care.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

HCI is looking for a leader who can connect technology strategy to institutional strategy.

The successful candidate will bring strong operational discipline while also engaging deeply with emerging opportunities in artificial intelligence, data, digital health, research technology, clinical innovation, engineering, and complex process improvement.

Representative strategic opportunities include:

• Enterprise Technology Modernization - advancing cybersecurity, identity management, cloud, automation, systems integration, and scalable platforms in support of HCI's dynamic growth
• AI & Digital Transformation - moving promising ideas into engineered, scalable solutions across clinical care, research, and administrative operations
• Research Computing & Data Enablement - developing the computing, data, integration, and analytics capabilities needed to accelerate AI-enabled research and scientific discovery
• Clinical & Engineering Partnerships - working directly with clinical departments such as Radiation Oncology where technology, engineering, analytics, instrumentation, and clinical workflows intersect
• Vineyard Campus Technology Development - helping architect the technology foundation for a new cancer campus, including infrastructure, security, integration, digital workflows, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Cross-enterprise collaboration - building strong partnerships across HCI, University of Utah, University of Utah Health, research administration, clinical operations, and other institutional stakeholders to advance shared priorities.

The specific portfolio of strategic initiatives will evolve with institutional priorities. The Senior Director will be expected to identify opportunities, build partnerships, establish priorities, and translate complex technology challenges into practical, scalable solutions.

What You Will Lead

Enterprise IT Strategy, Governance & Transformation

• Develop and execute a multi-year IT strategy and roadmap aligned with HCI's clinical, research, administrative, and growth priorities.
• Establish technology priorities that anticipate the needs of a rapidly expanding, multi-campus cancer center.
• Mature IT governance, policies, standards, architecture, and operating models.
• Establish clear service expectations, performance metrics, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).
• Serve as a strategic advisor to HCI leadership on technology opportunities, risks, investments, and emerging trends.

Digital Infrastructure & Multi-Campus Technology

• Provide strategic oversight of enterprise infrastructure, including data centers, hybrid cloud, storage, virtualization, endpoint management, and collaboration platforms.
• Lead technology planning and implementation for HCI's expanding footprint, including the Vineyard Campus and West Valley clinical operations.
• Partner with University of Utah IT and University of Utah Health IT to ensure technology environments are scalable, secure, interoperable, and aligned.
• Modernize enterprise collaboration, audiovisual, conferencing, classroom, and event technology to create a consistent and high-quality experience across HCI locations.

Clinical, Research & Digital Innovation

• Partner with clinical leaders and University of Utah Health IT to align technology capabilities with HCI's specialized oncology workflows and clinical priorities.
• Lead research IT strategy in partnership with Institute leadership and the research community.
• Support high-performance computing, secure data environments, scientific software, data-intensive research, and compliant research workflows.
• Create an environment in which researchers, clinicians, and operational leaders can responsibly explore emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Help establish practical pathways for evaluating, piloting, governing, and scaling technology solutions.
• Identify opportunities to use technology, data, and automation to improve complex workflows and organizational processes.

AI, Data & Emerging Technology

• Help position HCI to responsibly capitalize on rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and digital health.
• Partner with clinical, research, analytics, and administrative leaders to identify high-value opportunities for technology-enabled innovation.
• Advance data governance, interoperability, security, and responsible use of AI-enabled capabilities.
• Collaborate with University of Utah and University of Utah Health technology and security teams to establish appropriate safeguards for emerging technologies.
• Balance innovation with privacy, security, regulatory, ethical, and operational considerations.

Cybersecurity, Privacy & Risk

• Provide strategic oversight of cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and security awareness.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, NIST frameworks, institutional policies, and applicable research regulations.
• Lead continued maturation of infrastructure and operating models supporting NIST 800-171 compliance, including identity and role-based access management, physical and logical access controls, secure facilities and enclaves, protected data storage, and compliant workflows.
• Partner with institutional cybersecurity leadership to strengthen HCI's security posture while enabling innovation.

IT Service Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Ensure reliable, responsive, user-centered IT services across HCI's multi-site enterprise.
• Mature ITIL-aligned processes for incident, problem, change, and service management.
• Establish and monitor service performance metrics and continuously improve the technology experience for faculty, researchers, clinicians, staff, and patients.
• Build an IT culture centered on responsiveness, accessibility, accountability, partnership, and solution-oriented problem solving.

Financial, Vendor & Portfolio Leadership

• Manage and strategically align HCI's academic and clinical IT budgets.
• Lead capital planning and technology portfolio management, balancing institutional priorities, operational needs, risk, and return on investment.
• Oversee vendor relationships, procurement, contract performance, and technology lifecycle management.
• Ensure technology investments deliver measurable strategic and operational value.

People Leadership & Organizational Culture

• Lead and develop a multi-layer IT organization through subordinate directors, managers, and professional staff.
• Build leadership capacity, succession plans, and a culture of continuous development.
• Recruit, retain, and develop high-performing technology professionals.
• Establish an environment where technology professionals are trusted partners who translate institutional goals into practical capabilities, services, and solutions that advance HCI's mission.
• Model collaborative leadership across a complex academic and clinical matrix.

Business Continuity & Resilience

• Lead disaster recovery strategy, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure technology resilience is aligned with clinical, research, and institutional priorities.
• Participate in institutional emergency preparedness and response activities.

Enterprise Partnerships

The Senior Director will serve as a senior technology partner across a highly collaborative and matrixed organization, building trusted relationships with:

• HCI executive and senior leadership
• University of Utah IT and University of Utah Health IT
• Clinical and operational leaders
• Research investigators and research administration
• Cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and risk partners
• Academic and administrative departments
• External technology partners and industry collaborators

Success in this environment requires connecting technology capabilities to mission outcomes through strong partnerships across HCI, University of Utah, University of Utah Health, and external collaborators.