Director of Clinical Specialty Solutions

The Opportunity

Director of Clinical Specialty Solutions

The Director of Clinical Specialty Solutions provides strategic and operational leadership for a portfolio of clinically intensive and procedure-based technology domains, serving as the primary bridge between clinical operations and information technology. This role exists to balance leadership workload across the IT director team while ensuring strong clinical voice, credibility, and advocacy in enterprise decision-making.

This leader is responsible for end-to-end ownership of clinical specialty application strategy, performance, and adoption across Operating Room (OR), Radiation Oncology, Pharmacy, Neurosciences, Clinical Engineering applications, and other clinical specialties.

The Director will partner closely with physician, nursing, pharmacy, and operational leaders to ensure technology solutions are safe, effective, user-centered, and aligned to clinical workflows and enterprise priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for clinical specialty applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and clinician adoption.
• Serve as the clinical-facing IT leader for assigned solutions, building trusted relationships with physicians, nursing leaders, pharmacists, and operational executives.
• Translate frontline clinical workflows, regulatory requirements, and patient safety considerations into technology roadmaps and execution plans.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, partnership, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with enterprise clinical informatics, quality, safety, EPIC leadership and operations leaders to standardize workflows, optimize systems (including EHR-integrated solutions), and support enterprise initiatives.
• Oversee vendor relationships, contract performance, service levels, and issue resolution for assigned application portfolios.
• Direct budgeting, resource planning, staffing, and prioritization for clinical specialty solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial stewardship.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, legal, security, and patient safety standards applicable to clinical systems and specialty technologies.
• Participate in enterprise governance structures, providing informed clinical perspective in technology, prioritization, and investment decisions.

Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership role supporting clinical applications, clinical informatics, or healthcare operations.
• Demonstrated experience operating at the intersection of clinical practice and information technology, with credibility among clinical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead complex teams and influence peers in matrixed, enterprise healthcare environments.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to speak fluently with clinicians and technologists, translating between clinical needs and technical execution.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, negotiate, and lead across disciplines.
• Decisive judgment, critical thinking, and comfort operating in fast-paced, high-acuity environments.
• Proven people leader with a track record of developing high-performing teams.
• Financial and operational acumen, including budgeting and resource management.

Pay: $144,872 - $231,795 annual base pay. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

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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.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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