Director, Clinical & Business IT Systems

Rutgers University; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, and dental

Paid vacation and holidays

Competitive retirement benefits

Educational benefits

Life insurance

Employee discount programs

Job summary

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) seeks a Director of Information Systems & Technology (Clinical & Business Systems) to lead IT strategy, planning and delivery across UBHC’s clinical and business applications.

You will direct lifecycle management, security, and compliance while coordinating cross-functional teams and reporting metrics to senior leadership. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and robust program governance within a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Graduate Degree preferred) in Hospital/Business Administration, a Health-related discipline, Computer Science, Business Administration, Arts, Science, or a related field.
• Requires a minimum of ten (10) years of IT and business/healthcare work experience, with at least five (5) years of management or leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
• Equivalent experience, education and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Directs the design, development, testing, implementation, life-cycle management and support of existing and new applications including their alignment with supporting clinical and business processes. Plays the lead role in driving successful adoption across all levels.
• Responsible for the efficiency, availability and reliability of managed clinical and business systems, and for providing the framework for the security and confidentiality of all organization, patient, financial, research, student and client information.
• Responsible for Capital Plan, and Operational and Project Budgets, keeping senior administration informed of expenses.
• Directs the development of technology specifications, standards, governance policies, service delivery standards and procedures, technical system documentation and training of the end-user community; and, ensures compliance.
• Works closely with UBHC leaders to identify and prioritize strategic IT business issues and develop strategic goals and objectives to address those issues.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of detailed plans, processes/procedures and documentation for system installation, testing, maintenance, change management, security, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Ensures that new or existing technologies and trends are constantly being researched, evaluated and leveraged to improve the speed, efficiency and reliability of technical deployment and support.

Skills

Multi-system projects

Communication skills

Organizational skills

SDLC knowledge

Change management

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (Graduate Degree preferred)

Tools

Visio

Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) seeks a Director of Information Systems & Technology (Clinical & Business Systems) to lead IT strategy, planning and delivery across UBHC’s clinical and business applications.

You will direct lifecycle management, security, and compliance while coordinating cross-functional teams and reporting metrics to senior leadership. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and robust program governance within a hybrid work model.