IT Program Director EPIC

IT Program Director Epic

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.

Our mission is to make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

The program director will lead and oversee large scale, high complexity programs and projects, specifically Epic implementation. The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of workflows, implementation methodology, in-depth PM philosophy and skills and a full large scale implementation under their belt. Large scale implementations include but are not limited to key organizational initiatives like the Growth Portfolio, enterprise wide programs such as EHR implementations, Application Rationalization, and other high complexity implementations. The Program Director (PD) is accountable for meeting defined program and project objectives. They are responsible for overseeing multi-million dollar program budgets, managing a large roster of matrix resources, partnering and influencing executive level stakeholders, and balancing competing organizational priorities. The PD plays an active role in making decisions involving processes and structures to support enterprise wide change. The PD must have the ability to manage business sponsor relationships and navigate the political landscape. They will oversee large programs and, at times, be simultaneously assigned to multiple projects.

Essential functions include facilitating demand management practices to balance capacity with demand in support of the rolling program delivery process, owning program delivery roadmap and schedule, including critical milestones, finding creative solutions to maximize resource capacity, driving excellence and best practices in multi-delivery methodologies, and owning the consolidated high-level tracking / reporting of the end-to-end investment portfolio.

Required education and experience include a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, minimum of years of experience with a focus on Epic implementations required, 10+ years of program and project management experience, previous experience in Healthcare IT, leadership experience managing cross functional teams, experience leading large programs, spanning multiple years, that include several interconnected projects that holistically deliver a set of program objectives, experience leading programs / projects greater than $50M and staffing of 100+ resources, and Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.

At the heart of CommonSpirit Health's ministry are the national office departments that provide the foundational support, resources, and expertise that empower local communities to focus on what they do bestcaring for patients. Guided by our faith-based values, the national office fosters consistency, alignment, and innovation across CommonSpirit. By centralizing expertise and leveraging economies of scale, we enable each location to operate efficiently while maintaining flexibility to address unique local community needs. From advancing digital solutions to driving health equity, these departments extend the healing presence of humankindness everywhere we serve.