Executive Director, IS Applications - Supply Chain

Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: East Irvine
Posted on: July 1, 2025

Job Description:

Are you a dynamic innovator with a passion for healthcare technology? Do you excel at leading transformative initiatives and building strategic partnerships to enhance healthcare delivery? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! The Role: As the Executive Director of IS Applications at Providence St. Joseph Health, youll be the catalyst for application excellence and strategic innovation - focusing on managing the third-party business applications related to supply chain. The Executive Director will lead the charge in implementing and supporting our organizations application management strategies across its vast network, including affiliates. Youll drive forward our strategic application plans, roadmap execution, resource optimization, and operational excellence. Your role will also encompass nurturing vendor relationships, expertly managing budgets, and steering the execution of individual application roadmaps. You will be pivotal in collaborating with executives and senior leaders, ensuring the seamless integration and integrity of application development and product launches. What Youll Do: Become a Visionary Leader: Craft and execute application roadmaps, champion implementation efforts, and ensure robust production support. Manage vendor partnerships with precision, uphold budgetary excellence, and mentor a team of directors, managers, and staff toward success. Collaborate Strategically: Cultivate and sustain influential partnerships with key stakeholders to drive organizational achievement. Champion Integrity: Safeguard the integrity of application development and infrastructure, ensuring integration success and accountability across business relationships. Cultivate Key Relationships: Leverage industry best practices and explore emerging technologies through building connections with thought leaders. Innovate Service Delivery: Elevate core application functions for the enterprise and caregivers, enhancing service delivery. Drive Performance: Oversee application KPIs and budgets, developing strategic initiatives to achieve financial goals. Facilitate Teamwork: Foster consensus and action amidst diverse perspectives, adeptly managing and escalating critical issues to optimize service delivery. Execute Strategic Plans: Focus on application roadmaps that align with organizational strategies and objectives, ensuring team success in Epic programs like Gold Stars and Honor Roll. What Youll Bring: Educational Excellence: A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Information Services, or a related field; a Masters Degree is highly preferred. Extensive Experience: Over 10 years of relevant experience, including 10 years in Information Services leadership and 5 years in the healthcare sector managing supply chain application portfolio. Business Process Knowledge : Deep knowledge of supply chain business processes and leading practices, preferably in healthcare. Advanced Certification: Achieve advanced application certification upon hire for specific suites. Analytical Acumen: Demonstrated analytical prowess and strong communication skills. Team Leadership: Proven ability to build and manage effective teams, influence stakeholders, and drive projects to completion. Strategic Balance: Expertise in aligning organizational objectives with customer needs while respecting cultural nuances. Operational Proficiency: Skillful in organizing responsibilities amidst dynamic demands and managing systems efficiently and cost-effectively. Exceptional Planning: Superior planning and organizational capabilities. Collaborative Spirit: Proven ability to collaborate, communicate, and build relationships and teams to fulfill organizational and community needs. Respected Leadership: Comprehensive knowledge of Epic applications and vendor strategies. Why Join Us? Transformative Impact: Be part of an organization that is revolutionizing healthcare and making a positive difference in countless lives. Innovative Environment: Enjoy the freedom and support you need to bring your visionary ideas to life. Collaborative Excellence: Work alongside a team of dedicated and talented professionals committed to excellence in healthcare. Dynamic Atmosphere: Thrive in the fast-paced, ever-evolving landscape of healthcare technology. Ready to Drive Change in Healthcare? If youre a visionary leader with a passion for healthcare technology, we encourage you to apply! Join our team and help us create a healthier future for all. Salary Range: Renton, WA or Irvine, CA: Minimum: $78.33 Maximum: $138.50 Portland, OR: Minimum: $75.14 Maximum: $132.87 At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead. About Providence At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. About the Team Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise. Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement. Pay Range: $ see posting - $ see posting The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

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