Clinical Applications Director, Oncology, Transplant & Therapeutic Services

Stanford Health Care; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Director of IT Clinical Applications to lead modernization across Oncology, Transplant, Pharmacy, and related domains. You will drive AI adoption with governance and collaborate with IT and clinical leaders to enhance patient care through technology modernization.

The role requires building long-range roadmaps, managing vendor strategies, and developing leaders while ensuring alignment with enterprise AI governance and clinical validation standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in an applicable field required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Ten+

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Modernization of the domain's technology stack.
• 1Develop and maintain a long-range roadmap for the assigned domain, balancing near-term delivery against technical debt reduction and platform modernization.
• 2Identify legacy systems, integrations, and processes carrying disproportionate risk, cost, or maintenance burden, and build the business case for remediation, consolidation, or replacement.
• 3Maintain direct knowledge of current and emerging capabilities of core platforms and adjacent point solutions relevant to the domain.
• 4Advise IT and Operations leaders on system status, roadmap tradeoffs, and modernization priorities.
• 5AI Leadership: Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply AI within the domain, partnering with governance functions.
• 6Ensure AI-enabled workflows within the domain are implemented responsibly with oversight and validation.
• 7Stay current on AI tooling landscapes and recommend pilots or retirements as needed.
• 8People Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop Managers; set performance objectives.
• 9Hire, evaluate performance, and implement corrective action for assigned leaders.
• 10Build succession depth and identify future Director-level talent.
• 11Planning & Resourcing: Own budget and forecast technology and staffing needs.
• 12Evaluate and negotiate vendor contracts and manage agreements within the domain.
• 13Requirements, Design & Governance: Guide requirements gathering and solution-design activities.
• 14Participation in enterprise governance forums representing domain needs.
• 15Define and implement procedures aligned with policy and monitor adherence.
• 16Delivery & Performance: Own delivery and SLA outcomes for the domain's applications.
• 17Develop domain-level metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• 18Serve as incident commander for significant service disruptions.
• 19Ensure high customer satisfaction among clinicians and staff.

Skills

Strategic leadership

AI leadership

People leadership

Budgeting & governance

Vendor management

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in an applicable field

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

1.0 FTE Full time Day - 08 Hour R2659577 Hybrid 108480006 TDS Ambulatory Care and Oncology Systems Technology & Digital Solutions PALO ALTO, 1830 Embarcadero, California

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

"The Clinical Applications Director for Oncology, Transplant and Therapeutic Services will:"

'- Lead technology strategy and modernization for Oncology, Transplant, Pharmacy, and Specialty Diagnostics, spanning Epic Beacon, Phoenix, BMT, Epic Willow, and specialty diagnostic applications across ENT, Ortho, Neuro, Behavioral Health, GI, Sleep Lab, Pulmonology, Allergy, and Nutrition.

• Navigate a dense, fragmented specialty vendor landscape (CancerLinQ, Omnicell, First Data Bank, InsightRx, and others) spanning clinical, pharmacy and regulatory needs, with growing reliance on AI-enabled tools for cancer care, medication safety and specialty applications.
• Own vendor strategy for a wide bench of specialty and pharmacy vendors, including contract strategy and total cost of ownership decisions shaped by the clinical, pharmaceutical and regulatory complexity unique to this domain.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

The Director – IT Clinical Applications is accountable for the strategic direction, modernization, and full lifecycle management of technologies within an assigned application domain. This role leads a team of Managers and/or Senior Managers, translating enterprise technology strategy into domain-level execution, with a strong emphasis on modernizing the technology stack, reducing technical debt, and building long-range roadmaps that anticipate future clinical and operational needs rather than simply maintaining current-state systems. The Director champions responsible adoption of AI within their domain — identifying opportunities, ensuring appropriate guardrails and clinical validation, and aligning domain-level AI use with enterprise standards as the organization's AI governance model continues to take shape. This position reports to an Executive Director or Vice President, depending on area, and serves as a key advisor to IT and operational leaders on the health, direction, and modernization of their assigned systems.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What You Will Do

• Strategic Leadership & Modernization
• Develop and maintain a long-range roadmap for the assigned domain, balancing near-term delivery against technical debt reduction and platform modernization.
• Identify legacy systems, integrations, and processes carrying disproportionate risk, cost, or maintenance burden, and build the business case for remediation, consolidation, or replacement.
• Maintain direct knowledge of current and emerging capabilities of core platforms and adjacent point solutions relevant to the domain.
• Advise IT and Operations leaders on system status, roadmap tradeoffs, and modernization priorities.
• AI Leadership
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply AI within the domain, partnering with enterprise governance functions as they continue to mature.
• Ensure AI-enabled workflows within the domain are implemented responsibly, with appropriate human oversight, clinical validation, and risk review.
• Stay current on the AI tooling landscape relevant to the domain and bring forward recommendations for pilots, adoption, or retirement of existing tools.
• People Leadership
• Lead, coach, and develop Managers and/or Senior Managers; set and measure performance objectives and provide regular one-on-one feedback.
• Hire, evaluate the performance of, and implement corrective action — up to and including termination — for assigned leaders.
• Build succession depth within the domain, developing Managers toward Senior Manager readiness and identifying future Director-level talent.
• Planning & Resourcing
• Own the budget for the assigned domain, including the investment case for modernization and technical debt reduction; participate in enterprise portfolio budgeting.
• Forecast technology and staffing needs against the long-range roadmap.
• Evaluate and negotiate vendor contracts and manage vendor service agreements within the domain.
• Requirements, Design & Governance
• Leveraging through Digital Success Partners and Platform Experts, guide requirements-gathering and solution-design activities, including workflow design, for the domain.
• Assist team to negotiate resolution of conflicting requirements across departments and IT portfolios.
• Participate in enterprise governance forums as they are established, representing the domain's needs, constraints, and modernization priorities.
• Define and implement procedures consistent with hospital and departmental policy. Monitor adherence.
• Delivery & Performance
• Own delivery and SLA outcomes for the domain's application suite; guide incident, problem, maintenance, and enhancement processes.
• Develop and publish domain-level metrics; drive continuous improvement, including measurable reduction of technical debt over time.
• Serve as incident commander for significant service disruptions within the domain.
• Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction among supported clinicians and staff.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in an applicable field required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience Qualifications

• Ten