Executive Director IS Applications

Providence; Renton (WA); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence seeks a strategic leader to guide enterprise portfolio management and transformation across Information Services. You will align technology investments with organizational priorities and drive governance, execution, and value realization.

The role emphasizes partnering with executives, improving PMO standards, and delivering large-scale initiatives with measurable business impact. A hybrid onsite/remote work model and cross-ministry collaboration are expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Portfolio Strategy: Develop and oversee enterprise PPM practices aligning technology investments with priorities for the Oracle ERP Cloud portfolio.
• Drive Governance and Prioritization Excellence: Establish robust governance, prioritization frameworks, and decision structures to guide investment and planning across Information Services.
• Champion Strategic Execution: Partner with executives and business leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and guide initiatives from concept to delivery.
• Optimize Portfolio Performance: Oversee portfolios with data-driven metrics, financial oversight, and capacity planning to maximize outcomes.
• Advance PMO Standards and Methodologies: Lead development and improvement of project management standards, governance, reporting, and tools.
• Build Trusted Executive Partnerships: Advise senior leadership with visibility into portfolio health, risks, and value realization.
• Lead Organizational Transformation: Drive change management, process improvement, and operational excellence across portfolios.
• Develop and Inspire High-Performing Teams: Attract and mentor PM professionals, fostering accountability and collaboration.
• Drive Financial Stewardship: Support capital planning, budgeting, and value measurement with responsible resource use.

Job description

Calling All Strategic Portfolio Leaders!

Are you a transformational leader who excels at guiding enterprise portfolios, driving organizational strategy, and delivering large-scale technology initiatives that create meaningful business impact? Do you thrive in highly collaborative environments where governance, innovation, operational excellence, and customer value intersect? If so, this leadership opportunity may be your next challenge.

The Role

This role carries responsibility for value analysis, advancing portfolio management best practices, strengthening governance frameworks, optimizing resource investments, and ensuring projects align with strategic business objectives. As Providence continues to transform and innovate, you will serve as a trusted advisor and influential leader who helps connect vision to execution through disciplined portfolio management and operational excellence.

What You'll Do

• Lead Enterprise Portfolio Strategy: Develop and oversee enterprise Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) practices that align technology investments with organizational priorities, ensuring projects deliver measurable value and support long-term strategic objectives for “Enterprise Business Applications (Oracle ERP Cloud)” portfolio.
• Drive Governance and Prioritization Excellence: Establish and maintain robust portfolio governance processes, prioritization frameworks, and decision-making structures that support effective resource allocation, investment oversight, and strategic planning across Information Services.
• Champion Strategic Execution: Partner with executive, business, operational, and technology leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and guide enterprise initiatives from concept through delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational strategies, budgets, and timelines.
• Optimize Portfolio Performance: Oversee project portfolios through data-driven management practices, performance metrics, financial oversight, and capacity planning to maximize delivery effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Advance PMO Standards and Methodologies: Lead the development and continuous improvement of project management methodologies, governance standards, project accounting practices, performance reporting, and portfolio management tools that create consistency across the organization.
• Build Trusted Executive Partnerships: Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, ministry leaders, regional stakeholders, and governance councils by providing visibility into portfolio health, risks, opportunities, resource needs, and business value realization.
• Lead Organizational Transformation: Support enterprise transformation initiatives by driving change management, process improvement, operational excellence, and organizational learning that enhances project delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and Inspire High-Performing Teams: Attract, develop, and lead talented project and portfolio management professionals while creating an environment focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth.
• Drive Financial Stewardship: Collaborate closely with finance and operational leaders to support capital planning, budgeting, portfolio investment decisions, and value measurement while ensuring responsible stewardship of organizational resources.

Why Join Us?

• Enterprise Impact: Lead strategic portfolios and initiatives that influence technology investments and organizational transformation across Providence.
• Executive Visibility: Partner directly with senior leaders and governance teams to shape priorities and guide critical business decisions.
• Strategic Influence: Drive organizational alignment between technology, operations, and business objectives.
• Transformation Leadership: Play a pivotal role in advancing innovation, operational excellence, and enterprise modernization efforts.
• Collaborative Partnerships: Work alongside talented leaders across ministries, regions, shared services, and Information Services teams.
• Mission-Driven Work: Help deliver technology solutions and strategic initiatives that support caregivers, patients, and communities served by Providence.

Ready to Lead Enterprise Transformation Through Portfolio Excellence? If you are a strategic, collaborative leader with a passion for portfolio management, organizational transformation, and delivering enterprise-scale results, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and help shape the future of Information Services while driving meaningful impact across the organization.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

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.

Pay Range: $75.14 - $132.87

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.

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. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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.