Associate Director - Digital Solutions and Delivery

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 169,000; Full time

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Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

SA Health is seeking an Associate Director - Digital Solutions and Delivery in Adelaide to lead strategic digital health initiatives across SALHN. You will guide enterprise solutions, governance and delivery, aligning with organisational priorities and risk management.

You will partner with executives, clinicians and vendors to translate complex requirements into sustainable digital outcomes and build a high-performing team to drive transformation.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Digital Health, or a related discipline.
• Experience providing strategic leadership and direction for digital health initiatives aligning with technology, cyber security, and AI strategies in a health environment.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into sustainable digital outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in shaping and implementing enterprise-wide digital health initiatives.
• Oversee planning, governance and delivery of enterprise digital solutions aligned to SALHN's priorities.
• Lead the delivery of project portfolios with risk management and stakeholder alignment across multiple workstreams.
• Build and lead a high-performing team and engage executive, clinical and vendor stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Digital health

Education

Tertiary qualification in IT / Digital Health

Job description

Associate Director - Digital Solutions and Delivery

Job no: 954486
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Administration, Business and Management, Corporate Services, Executive, Public Health

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – SALHN Digital Health
• Salary $153,887 p.a. (Pro Rata) SS/SM2 | Full Time – Ongoing Position

Join our SALHN Digital Health Team!

Digital transformation in healthcare isn't abstract — it shapes how clinicians make decisions, how patients experience care, and how a health network of significant scale operates day to day. At the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN), the Associate Director Digital Solutions and Delivery is the person who makes that transformation real.

About the role

Reporting to theDirector of SALHN Digital Health, this role is integral to providing strategic leadership and oversight of digital solutions and delivery across SALHN, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. You will drive digital transformation and innovation for improved care outcomes.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide leadership in shaping and implementing enterprise-wide digital health initiatives
• Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Service and strategic plans.
• Lead the planning, governance, and delivery of enterprise digital solutions aligned to SALHN's clinical and operational priorities
• Oversee project portfolios, ensuring delivery discipline, risk management, and stakeholder alignment across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and clinical partnership
• Engage executive, clinical, and vendor stakeholders to translate complex requirements into sustainable digital outcomes

About you

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Digital Health, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership and direction, planning and implementing initiatives that align with SALHN’s technology, cyber security, and AI strategies within a complex health environment.
• Proven capacity to think and act strategically, analyse complex problems, and deliver innovative, business-focused solutions that support organisational transformation and improved patient outcomes.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, influence and motivate senior teams and stakeholders to achieve objectives in a climate of significant change and digital transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to understand diverse stakeholder perspectives, ensuring responsiveness to clinical, operational and consumer needs while balancing strategic imperatives and resource constraints.
• Highly self-motivated and organised, demonstrating initiative and the ability to operate independently while managing competing priorities effectively.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact

Alli DeLaine, Project Officer , [e-mail]

Application Closing Date

11.55 pm Sunday 8th November 2026

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Applicant Information

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 954486

Advertised: 26 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 08 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time