Description The Opportunity Senior Director, Supply Chain Strategy & IntegrationLeads supply chain strategy, integration, business intelligence, and program management across the health system. Partners with executive leadership to align supply chain operations with organizational priorities and drive initiatives that advance financial performance, operational effectiveness, interoperability, innovation, and continuous improvement. Provides strategic direction for enterprise-wide transformation efforts while ensuring sustainable execution and measurable outcomes. This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option.
Key ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Director, Supply Chain Strategy & Integration plays a critical role in advancing the health system's strategic and operational objectives by:
- Developing and executing the enterprise supply chain strategic roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, financial targets, and operational priorities. Establishes governance structures, performance metrics, and implementation plans that drive measurable business outcomes.
- Leading the organization's supply chain analytics and business intelligence strategy. Oversees the collection, validation, interpretation, and reporting of supply utilization, clinical, operational, and financial data to support informed decision-making, identify opportunities, and optimize performance across the enterprise.
- Directing large-scale integration and transformation initiatives, including system implementations, operational consolidations, process standardization efforts, and mergers or acquisitions. Ensures effective project governance, resource alignment, risk mitigation, budget management, and successful transition of new capabilities into ongoing operations.
- Partnering with executive leaders, finance, clinical stakeholders, and operational teams to develop innovative solutions that improve efficiency, reduce costs, enhance service delivery, and support organizational growth. Integrates strategic, financial, and operational planning processes to maximize value creation.
- Driving a culture of continuous improvement through the application of Lean principles, performance benchmarking, process optimization, and change management methodologies. Identifies opportunities to improve supply chain effectiveness, customer satisfaction, resiliency, and operational sustainability.
- Advancing supply chain technology and digital capabilities by collaborating with information technology partners to enhance data integration, automation, reporting tools, and system interoperability that improve visibility and decision-making across the supply chain network.
- Providing leadership and oversight for department operations, including budgeting, workforce planning, talent development, and performance management. Builds high-performing teams and fosters strong relationships with internal customers, suppliers, and strategic partners.
Candidate QualificationsThe successful candidate is a strategic and results-driven healthcare leader with demonstrated expertise in supply chain transformation, integration, analytics, and operational excellence. This individual possesses a proven ability to lead complex enterprise initiatives, influence executive stakeholders, and drive measurable organizational outcomes. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with exceptional leadership, communication, and change management skills, and has experience translating strategic objectives into sustainable operational results within a large, complex healthcare environment.
Education- Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related clinical or business discipline.
Experience- Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience leading large-scale, complex initiatives involving strategy development, integration, operational improvement, analytics, or supply chain transformation.
- Minimum of five (5) years of leadership experience with direct accountability for managing teams, budgets, and organizational performance.
Skills & Traits- Demonstrates strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate vision into action.
- Builds effective partnerships across executive, clinical, operational, and financial teams.
- Uses data and analytics to drive informed decision-making and measurable results.
- Leads complex initiatives with a focus on accountability, execution, and outcomes.
- Champions continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.
- Communicates effectively and influences stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Develops high-performing teams and fosters a culture of collaboration and engagement.
- Navigates change with agility and resilience in a complex healthcare environment.
Pay: $192,816 - $308,500 annual base pay. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Recognition
- Performance bonus: UCHealth offers an Annual Performance Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.
- Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
- Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.
Health and well-being
- Medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
- Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
- Free Care.com membership.
- Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
- Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
- Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
- Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability.
Retirement and savings
- 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
- Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
- Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.
Education and career growth
- UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
- Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
- Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
- Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.
* Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
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