Director of Information Technology

Olmsted Medical Center•Rochester, MN

About The Position

The Director of Information Technology is responsible for leading IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, standardizing business applications, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the organization. This role involves assessing and communicating risks associated with IT investments, developing and communicating technology plans to stakeholders, and managing hardware and software acquisition contracts. The Director will also be responsible for developing and executing an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan, ensuring the continuous delivery of IT services, and managing the IT budget. Additionally, this position supervises technical and data management staff, analyzes organizational and patient care systems to recommend automation, and oversees the implementation and management of new and existing information systems. The Director will also develop and manage the IT department's operating and capital budgets, maintain security management for IT systems, and oversee network, telecom, and operations IT managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
Participate in strategic and operational governance processes of the business organization
Experience in strategic planning and execution
Proven experience in IT planning, organization, and development
Considerable knowledge of business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations
Excellent understanding of project management principles
Demonstrate leadership in project governance and adherence to key IT project management disciplines to maintain project timeliness and budget integrity
Manage the development of team by ensuring, when possible, that project tasks are in line with each team member’s career interests
Inspire co-workers to attain goals and pursue excellence
Identify opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change
Manage the process of innovative change effectively
Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practices
Consistently acknowledge and appreciate each team member’s contributions
Effectively utilize each team member to his/her fullest potential
Motivate team to work together in the most efficient manner
Keep track of lessons learned and share those lessons with team members
Mitigate team conflict and communication problems
Communicate effectively with internal clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions
Continually seeks opportunities to increase internal client satisfaction and deepen client relationships

Nice To Haves

Keep current with trends and issues in the IT industry, including current technologies and prices

Responsibilities

Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals.
Foster innovation, prioritize IT initiatives, and standardize business applications.
Coordinate the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems.
Assess and communicate risks associated with IT investments.
Develop and communicate technology plans to executive team, staff, partners, and customers.
Approve, prioritize, and control projects and the project portfolio for major application implementation or infrastructure migrations.
Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
Review hardware and software acquisition and maintenance contracts.
Pursue master agreements to capitalize on economies of scales.
Act as the focal point for negotiation of significant IT contracts for hardware and software vendors.
Direct the development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
Ensure continuous delivery of IT services.
Develop, track, and control the information technology annual operating and capital budgets.
Ensure the IT operation adheres to applicable laws and regulations (HIPAA, PCI, USAC).
Keep current with trends and issues in the IT industry.
Supervise the technical and data management staff.
Manage technically diverse, geographically dispersed information systems.
Analyze organizational and patient care systems and recommend automation.
Analyze informational needs and information work flow within each network and operations divisions.
Work with IT staff to develop and implement procedures for the efficient, secure exchange of data.
Oversee the implementation and management of new information systems and the upgrading of and integration of existing information systems.
Evaluate policies and procedures for collecting, retrieving, storing, and securing of data and recommend changes.
Implement systems which collect and evaluate data and provide productivity and enterprise performance.
Develop and execute IT strategic plan.
Develop IT budget and department plans.
Manage IT department personnel.
Enable the consistent and smooth execution of all technology-related processes.
Provide leadership for planning the IT department’s future technological needs and strategies.
Provide information technology leadership and management to the company.
Develop and manage the information technology department’s operating budget and associated capital budgets.
Maintain, audit, and continuously improve security management for the IT computer systems and network.
Oversee network, telecom, and operations IT managers.
Drive Operational Excellence and Innovation.
Understand the market and industry direction.
Commit to new approaches and embrace changes that are realistic.
Foster Learning and Develop People.
Create structure and processes to ensure a learning environment.
View people, their knowledge, and capabilities as organizational core assets.
Effectively Lead Change.
Lead others to adapt and remain effective amidst ongoing change.
Build constructive and effective relationships.
Strategic Thinking.
Seek to achieve outcomes in best interest of the organization.
Identify potential options and constraints.
Partner with Privacy Office on company initiatives, requirements, and legislative rules.
Conduct effective performance evaluations and mentor those with less experience.
Approve expense reports.