IT Director – Clinical Applications Programs

CommonSpirit Health; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 204,333,000 - 337,144,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health seeks a Director to lead the strategic vision, implementation, and ongoing management of the Community Connect and Growth programs. The role serves as the executive liaison between the health system host, National Real Estate, internal IT, and affiliate practices to ensure smooth EHR implementations.

You will drive partner satisfaction, optimize workflows within the Epic platform, provide training, and mentor a team of Epic-certified analysts and project managers to uphold a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field; experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in relationship management, strategy and roadmap development.
• Minimum five years of relevant technical and business experience.
• Minimum three years IT leadership experience.
• Experience supervising and building relationships with people at various levels.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic roadmap for the Community Connect and Growth programs, ensuring alignment with ministry goals and Epic Gold standards.
• Develop and nurture executive relationships with affiliated hospitals and clinics, including SLAs and partner advisory boards.
• Oversee multiple projects, manage program governance, scope, timelines and budgets across all phases.
• Direct ongoing Epic workflow optimization post-implementation and drive user training and adoption.
• Lead and mentor Epic-certified analysts and project managers, managing staffing and performance.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Program management

Stakeholder management

IT leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Epic Systems

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Director will lead the strategic vision, implementation, and ongoing management of Common Spirit’s Community Connect and Growth programs. This executive serves as the primary liaison between the health system host, National Real Estate, internal IT departments, and external affiliate practices. The core objective is to ensure seamless EHR implementations, maintain high partner satisfaction, and optimize workflows while enforcing Common Spirit’s Gold standard across all connected networks.

Job Responsibilities

• Program Leadership & Strategy: Define the strategic roadmap for the Community Connect and Growth programs, ensuring they align with the broader goals of the ministry and the Epic Gold standards.
• Partner Relationship Management: Develop and nurture strong relationships with affiliated hospitals, clinics, and community stakeholders. Serve as the executive point of contact for contracts, service level agreements (SLAs), and partner advisory boards.
• Project Management & Governance: Provide oversight for multiple simultaneous Connect and National Real Estate projectss. Manage program governance, scope, timelines, and budgets across design, build, testing, and go-live phases.
• Workflow Optimization & Support: Direct the ongoing operational support and optimization of the Epic platform for Community Connect partners post-implementation. Ensure continuous user training and adoption.
• Team Development: Lead and mentor a team of Epic-certified analysts, build teams, and project managers. Manage staffing decisions, evaluate performance, and promote a culture of high performance and exceptional customer service.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other Related business areas or equivalent work experience, upon hire.
• Experience in business relationship management, strategy and roadmap development.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant technical and business experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years Information Technology Leadership Experience.
• Experience supervising and building relationships with people at a variety of levels.

Preferred

• Masters degree, upon hire.

Where You’ll Work

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.

Pay Range

$71.31 – $117.66 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.