Director in West Orange, New Jersey at RWJBarnabas Health

Job Title: Director

Location: SBC Corporation

Department Name: IT S Clinical Third Party Apps

Req #: 0000268005

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $153,045.00 - $233,000.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Setting the Stage

The Director of IT Applications provides strategic and operational leadership for a portfolio of enterprise applications across RWJBarnabas Health. This position oversees the full application lifecycle, including design, development, implementation, integration, support, optimization, and governance.

Partnering with senior IT, clinical, operational, and administrative leaders, the Director translates organizational priorities into technology strategies that advance health system goals. This leader is responsible for application strategy, team development, project delivery, resource planning, budgeting, vendor partnerships, and operational performance while supporting large-scale transformation across the organization.

As the Director of IT Applications, a typical day may include:

• Leading, coaching, and developing application managers and team members while establishing clear performance expectations

• Providing strategic direction for enterprise application design, implementation, support, integration, and optimization

• Partnering with senior operational and IT leaders to align technology priorities with clinical and business strategies

• Directing complex enterprise application implementations, standardization initiatives, upgrades, and optimization efforts

• Overseeing application governance, configuration standards, security, documentation, change prioritization, and release planning

• Managing project portfolios, timelines, risks, resources, dependencies, and executive-level status reporting

• Evaluating current-state workflows and guiding integrated future-state processes across applications and operational areas

• Prioritizing application requests and balancing organizational needs, available resources, and strategic objectives

• Preparing and managing operating and capital budgets

• Incorporating operational priorities into annual and five-year IT strategic planning

• Evaluating emerging technologies, vendor roadmaps, application releases, and opportunities for innovation

• Overseeing customer support, enhancement requests, application performance, and on-call support models

This Role Might Be For You If

• You have led enterprise application teams within a complex healthcare or similarly regulated environment

• You have experience implementing large-scale clinical, financial, or enterprise information systems

• You can translate organizational strategy into actionable technology and application roadmaps

• You have successfully led managers, technical teams, consultants, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders

• You are comfortable managing budgets, staffing, competing priorities, and complex project portfolios

• You understand healthcare operations, workflows, integrations, and regulatory requirements

• You can build strong relationships with senior executives, operational leaders, clinicians, technical teams, and vendors

To Be Considered for the Director of IT Applications position, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience

• 5+ years of relevant experience

• Leadership experience implementing financial or clinical information systems and/or large-scale enterprise applications

• Experience leading complex enterprise EHR or application standardization and implementation initiatives

• Demonstrated people leadership, including staff development, performance management, coaching, and accountability

• Experience leading complex projects, implementations, system installations, and go-lives

• Experience with application governance, integration, optimization, and operational support

• Experience managing project priorities, resources, risks, timelines, and cross-functional dependencies

• Experience with operational and capital budget planning and management

• Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, workflows, technology, and regulatory requirements

• Strong executive communication, relationship management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

• Application-specific licensure or certification as required for assigned application oversight

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Healthcare, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

• 7 to 8 years of leadership experience in a healthcare setting

• Leadership experience with enterprise EHR or large application portfolios

• Experience developing annual and long-term IT strategic plans

• Experience leading clinical, financial, operational, or administrative technology transformation

• Experience with workflow redesign, application integration, and enterprise standardization

• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and vendor roadmaps

• Experience partnering directly with senior and executive leadership

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance

• Dental and Vision Insurance

• Retirement Plans

• Short & Long Term Disability

• Life & Accidental Death Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Wellness Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)

• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey, whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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