Information Technology Program Director

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Department: Office of Medical Education

Job Title: Information Technology Program Director

Position #: 00819057 – Requisition #:39712

Job Summary:

The OME IT Program Director is responsible for collaborating closely with the Office of Medical Education (OME) Associate Dean of Medical Education Administration & Strategy and the SOM IT Director to manage information technology solutions for the Office of Medical Education. The position will recommend IT strategy, manage technology human resources, implement IT best practices for technology development and delivery, and remain current on emerging technologies.  The OME IT Program Director will have the authority to act on behalf of the Associate Dean.

The OME IT Program Director is responsible for leading the design and delivery of education technology services, oversees the educational technology staff and provides strategic vision for technology to support the mission of OME. Additionally, the IT Program Director in collaboration with SOM-IT will work with the OME directors in units – Office of Research Education (ORE), Center for Advancing Professional Excellence (CAPE), Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) – to strategize and implement technical solutions to support their missions. The IT Program Director keeps current on emerging technologies and develops and leads the team to successfully implement technology services, dashboards, and project software solutions. The IT Program Director will work closely with the IT teams across the Anschutz campus and the School of Medicine to align with the university’s technology goals with the requirements to procure, implement, and maintain technology for the Office of Medical Education. The role will evaluate technology solutions on an ROI basis and will strategically prioritize limited technology resources.

Key Responsibilities:

25% - Supervision of OME Technology Team

• Hire and onboard new IT team employees.

• Develop and coach program managers to lead and supervise.

• Conduct the annual review process for direct reports; oversee the review process for indirect reports.

• Manage performance and talent, merit, compensation planning, productivity, recognition, retention and morale, and implement training and development for the team.

• Oversee leave, resource scheduling, disciplinary matters, and disputes for the education technology team.

• Prioritize and assign work to teams, balancing workloads to available resources

25% - OME Technology Processes and Implementation 

• Scope requirements for the OME technology roadmap and technology team.

• Implement best practices for software development, including lifecycle development process, scoping required resources, gathering project requirements, software project management, version control and SOPs.

• Ensure standard operating procedures and process maps are created, updated, and retained across business team functions, prior to technology implementation.

• Follow project management best practices to successfully deploy all technology and manage successful resource allocation for all assigned proj