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NorthBay Health · 1 month ago

Director, IT Program Management

4500 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, CA, 94534, US

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

NorthBay Health is seeking a Director of IT Program Management to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for their IT project portfolio. This role involves ensuring that all technology initiatives are delivered on time and aligned with organizational priorities while leading a team of project managers and mentoring staff in project management standards.

Health CareHospitalMedical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale healthcare IT initiatives (e.g., Epic EHR implementation, technology upgrades, clinical transformation, regulatory compliance, or enterprise technology rollouts) from initiation through closure

Oversee the complete IT project portfolio, including demand intake, prioritization, resource alignment, and status reporting

Partner with Senior Leaders across clinical, operational, and administrative domains to translate organizational strategy into actionable project roadmaps

Monitor project performance and provide escalation support for complex, high-visibility initiatives such as EHR, ERP, cybersecurity, infrastructure and digital health implementations

Ensure portfolio transparency through dashboards, KPIs, and standardized reporting for executive leadership and governance committees

Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints; execute strategies to optimize throughput and value delivery

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project managers, including senior and junior-level staff. Conduct regular coaching, performance evaluations, and professional development planning

Establish and ensure adherence to project management standards, methodologies, templates and best practices. Maintain and evolve the IT project management framework, incorporating Agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches as appropriate

Support formal governance processes, including project intake, business case development, prioritization, and approval workflows

Promote strong stakeholder engagement and ensure communication plans are effective, timely and audience-appropriate

Drive continuous improvement efforts through post-implementation reviews, process optimization, and lessons-learned activities

Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and customer service excellence within the IT project management team

Champion equitable workload distribution, skills development, and succession planning

Champion standard project and portfolio management methodologies, tools, and templates ensuring quality and consistency across all projects. Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives and help build project management competencies across IT service lines

Conduct contract reviews, vendor negotiations and monitors vendor and 3rd party service level commitments

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Healthcare IT project managementStrategic leadershipProject management methodologiesAgile methodologyStakeholder engagementContinuous improvementCommunication skillsTeam mentoring

Required

Deep healthcare domain knowledge

Strategic thinking

Strong communication skills

Experience in leading large-scale healthcare IT initiatives

Ability to oversee IT project portfolio management

Experience in partnering with senior leaders across various domains

Ability to monitor project performance and provide escalation support

Experience in ensuring portfolio transparency through dashboards and reporting

Ability to identify risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints

Experience in leading and mentoring a team of project managers

Knowledge of project management standards, methodologies, and best practices

Experience in supporting formal governance processes

Ability to promote strong stakeholder engagement

Experience in driving continuous improvement efforts

Ability to foster a culture of collaboration and accountability

Experience in championing project and portfolio management methodologies

Experience in conducting contract reviews and vendor negotiations

Company

NorthBay Health

NorthBay Health is a locally based, nonprofit health care organization serving Solano County since 1960.

Founded in 1956

Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.northbay.org/

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