Director of Enterprise Radiology Information Technology Services

General Summary

The Director of Radiology IT Services & Enterprise Imaging is the senior technology leader accountable for the strategy, deployment, integration, and operational performance of all imaging-centric clinical applications and infrastructure at Henry Ford Health (HFH).

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Enterprise PACS Consolidation - Lead the migration and decommissioning of Philips, Fujifilm Synapse, and Merge PACS environments onto a single Imaging platform, unifying worklists, hanging protocols, and reading workflows across the HFH enterprise.
• Establish the HFH Enterprise Imaging Program and VNA - Stand up the governance, operating model, and Vendor Neutral Archive that extend imaging services beyond Radiology to Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Pathology, Wound Care, GI, OB, Surgery, Orthopedics, and other image-producing specialties.
• Integrate Epic Radiant and Imaging AI - Align the VNA, and the Digital Enablement Hub's AI roadmap with Epic Radiant, Ascension Wave 2 readiness, and the enterprise Epic cloud hosting strategy.
• PACS Consolidation - Own end-to-end execution of the consolidation program, including data migration from Philips, Fujifilm Synapse, and Merge PACS, prior-study reconciliation, worklist unification, and orderly decommissioning of legacy environments.
• Define and enforce migration sequencing - Balance clinical risk, radiologist read-pool disruption, capital phasing, and Wave 2 dependencies.
• Lead clinical validation and cutover planning - Hanging protocols, user preferences, advanced visualization parity, mammography/3D workflows, and reporting/dictation continuity.
• Manage the vendor relationship - Retire legacy PACS assets and contracts on a disciplined schedule, capturing the run-rate savings and infrastructure footprint reduction committed in the business case.

Enterprise Imaging Program & VNA

• Stand up the HFH Enterprise Imaging program - Include charter, governance structure, operating model, funding model, intake process, and service catalog for non-Radiology imaging consumers.
• Deploy the VNA - Onboard image-producing specialties progressively, delivering an enterprise image-sharing and exchange capability, and establishing a zero-footprint enterprise viewer strategy.

Radiology Clinical Systems & Operations

• Direct the acquisition, deployment, integration, and ongoing support - Direct the acquisition, deployment, integration, and ongoing support of the VNA, worklist orchestration, advanced visualization, mammography/3D platforms, structured reporting, and speech recognition.
• Ensure systems are optimized - Ensure systems are optimized for high availability, interoperability, cybersecurity, and compliance with healthcare regulations.

Epic Radiant & Clinical Integration

• Lead integration strategy - Lead integration strategy between Epic Radiant, the VNA, dictation, AI inference platforms, and enterprise data platforms supporting analytics, research, and the Digital Enablement Hub.
• Partner with other systems - Partner with the Director, Cardiology Systems and the Director, Cancer Care/Radiation Oncology Systems on shared dependencies.

AI-Enabled Imaging & Innovation

• Guide the evaluation and operationalization of AI/ML imaging applications - Guide the evaluation and operationalization of AI/ML imaging applications, including triage, detection, quantification, and workflow orchestration tools.
• Partner with other departments - Partner with the CMIO, Chief Analytics Officer, and Chief AI Officer on the governance, validation, and safe deployment of AI-enabled imaging tools.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure seamless operations - Ensure seamless operations and support for all Radiology and Enterprise Imaging technology systems through robust governance, monitoring, and incident response processes.
• Implement ITIL and best practices - Implement ITIL and best practices for system maintenance, upgrades, and lifecycle management.

Strategic Planning, Vendor & Advisory Management

• Own the multi-year Radiology IT and Enterprise Imaging roadmap - Own the multi-year Radiology IT and Enterprise Imaging roadmap, aligning the VNA, AI/ML imaging platforms, and Epic Radiant optimization with HFH's enterprise clinical, financial, and cloud strategies.
• Drive measurable ROI and decision velocity - Drive measurable ROI and decision velocity from advisory relationships and clinical vendor partnerships.

Governance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Chair the IT Medical Imaging Committee - Chair the IT Medical Imaging Committee and establish the Enterprise Imaging Governance Committee.
• Build durable alliances - Build durable alliances across clinicians, engineers, regulatory and compliance officers, legal, vendors, and IT staff.
• Serve as a trusted advisor - Serve as a trusted advisor to clinicians regarding the optimal use of imaging technology in patient care.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary team - Lead, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary team of managers, application analysts, integration engineers, and PACS/VNA administrators.
• Address vacancy risk - Address concentration-based vacancy risk with deliberate hiring plans for JV and critical single-threaded roles.
• Cultivate a culture - Cultivate a culture of clinical empathy, technical rigor, and executive communication in which analysts grow into strategic partners to Radiology and specialty department leadership.

Education/Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Health Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MS Informatics) preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive healthcare IT leadership experience, with a deep technical background in imaging clinical systems and at least five (5) years in a director-level role in a multi-site integrated delivery network.
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one multi-vendor PACS consolidation or large-scale imaging migration, including data migration, prior-study reconciliation, worklist unification, and legacy decommissioning.
• Leadership experience with Epic Radiant implementation, optimization, or integration; familiarity with Epic cloud hosting and multi-instance merger scenarios preferred.
• Experience collaborating with Clinical Engineering and medical device management teams on modality and device integration.