Chief Information Officer UCHealth

About the role

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) serves as the senior executive responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and operational performance of all information technology functions across a complex, multi-site health system including a quaternary academic referral center. This leader will drive enterprise-wide digital transformation, ensuring technology enables clinical excellence, operational efficiency, and a best-in-class patient and provider experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a bold, forward-looking IT and digital-first strategy that directly advances clinical excellence, quality and operational performance
• Balance transformational long-term initiatives with operational discipline - ensuring reliability and resilience are never sacrificed for innovation
• Continuously assess capability gaps and emerging opportunities, translating them into a coherent roadmap for next-generation digital infrastructure
• Own the availability, resilience, and performance of all enterprise systems - including the electronic health record platform, the enterprise resource planning platform, the imaging platform, clinical applications, enterprise analytics, biomedical equipment, core data and voice infrastructure, end-user computing, and mobile application development
• Champion scalable digital solutions that meaningfully improve quality and safety, patient access, care delivery, patient experience, research capabilities, and financial performance
• Set the strategic direction for enterprise cybersecurity while remaining hands-on in enterprise risk assessment, incident response, and mitigation
• Establish clear accountability frameworks that tie IT delivery to measurable business and clinical outcomes
• Elevate IT service management with a relentless focus on end-user experience, service quality, and operational responsiveness
• Create the organizational conditions for sustained innovation: structured experimentation, rapid iteration, and disciplined scaling of what works
• Proactively surface emerging risks, opportunities, and tradeoffs to senior leadership, ensuring full transparency and no surprises
• Build a proactive, intelligence-driven posture that anticipates vulnerabilities rather than reacting to them
• Build credibility across clinical, operational, and administrative stakeholders by consistently delivering on commitments and communicating with clarity
• Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing IT organization capable of executing at the pace and complexity of a leading health system
• Cultivate a culture defined by accountability, intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward action

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field required; Master's degree (MBA, MHA, or equivalent) preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive IT leadership in large, multi-site healthcare systems with enterprise oversight of complex environments
• Proven leadership of enterprise IT strategy, digital transformation, and large-scale implementations
• Deep experience and a successful track record or partnership with clinical leadership
• Expertise in cybersecurity, data governance, and enterprise risk management
• Experience integrating artificial intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies into enterprise IT environments
• Ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution, ensuring high availability and performance
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing IT organizations
• Strong partnership with executive leadership to align technology with clinical and business priorities
• Experience supporting enterprise platforms (e.g., Epic, Infor, ServiceNow) and healthcare technology ecosystems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field required; Master's degree (MBA, MHA, or equivalent) preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive IT leadership in large, multi-site healthcare systems with enterprise oversight of complex environments
• Proven leadership of enterprise IT strategy, digital transformation, and large-scale implementations
• Deep experience and a successful track record or partnership with clinical leadership
• Expertise in cybersecurity, data governance, and enterprise risk management
• Experience integrating artificial intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies into enterprise IT environments
• Ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution, ensuring high availability and performance
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing IT organizations
• Strong partnership with executive leadership to align technology with clinical and business priorities
• Experience supporting enterprise platforms (e.g., Epic, Infor, ServiceNow) and healthcare technology ecosystems

Skills

• Strategic thinking and vision
• Operational discipline and reliability
• Continuous improvement and innovation
• Financial management and budgeting
• Collaboration and partnership
• Leadership and management
• Technology integration and implementation
• Security and risk management
• Customer service and end-user experience
• Scalability and innovation

Benefits

• Recognition Performance bonus
• Annual Merit Pay Increase
• Market reviews to ensure pay competitiveness
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources
• Free Care.com membership
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs
• Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan
• Access to academic degrees and certificate programs
• Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees
• Up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities
• Free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting federal student loans for forgiveness

Pay

$605,196 - $907,774 annual base pay. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience