Vice President, Information Technology Services (CTO) - UCI Health

Req ID: 110825
Location: Irvine, California
Division: Medical Center
Department: Information Services Admin
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range Minimum: USD $215,200.00/Yr.
Salary Range Maximum: USD $447,000.00/Yr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Incumbent has strategic accountability for establishing the current and long-range vision of the UC Irvine Health IT infrastructure, and IT strategy aimed at keeping the organization on the forefront of change. As a key advisor to the CIO, incumbent in this position provides direction, technical advisement, and authorization to carry out major changes to infrastructure and IT processes or procedures. Incumbent promotes the consistency and standardization of the organization's present technology and the dissemination of technological information throughout the organization.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration capabilities.
• Understanding of leading technological advancements and adaptable to learning and understanding new technologies.
• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle methodologies as adopted by the organization.
• Successful experience in overseeing the direction, development, and implementation of infrastructure software solutions.
• Strong project management experience.
• Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
• Strategic planning and execution leadership experience.
• Specific knowledge of product lifecycle management, sourcing, DC operations, planning and supply chain.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• In-depth knowledge of applicable laws and regulations that relate to healthcare IT
• Experience with systems design and development from business requirements analysis through to day-to-day management.
• Experience leading and mentoring a collaborative team.
• Experience in operations, infrastructure, application development, information security, and IT controls implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Effective at prioritizing multiple initiatives with varying levels of significance and time frames.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to successfully drive people teams, process and technology change initiatives in a dynamic and complex operating environment.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to drive and implement solutions created using abstract concepts.
• Ability to conduct research into hardware and software-related issues and products.
• 10+ years' experience managing and/or directing an IT operation of complex size and scale, including support of operations applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• Master's Degree in Business or Information Technology
• IT leadership at an academic medical center

Total Compensation

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

To apply, visit https://jobs.uci.edu/careers-home/jobs/110825







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