Chief Information Officer

Overview

UCLA Health is currently accepting applications for its next Chief Information Officer. UCLA Health is a leading healthcare system, ranked #1 in California by U.S. News & World Report. It is a trusted provider of patient care, education, and groundbreaking research.

UCLA Health has earned the highest HIMSS designation in analytics, electronic medical record adoption, and outpatient EMR adoption, with Stage 7 in all three areas. This underscores UCLA Health’s commitment to innovation, digital maturity, and technology-enabled excellence.

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences, with dotted-line relationships to the President, UCLA Health, and the Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) serves as the senior executive for UCLA Health Information Technology. The UCLA Health Sciences enterprise includes the UCLA Hospital System, the UCLA Faculty Practice Group, the David Geffen School of Medicine, and the Schools of Dentistry and Nursing.

The CIO will lead a strategic, integrated, and enterprise-wide information technology function that supports the full scope of the health system’s clinical, academic, and research missions. The CIO will build and sustain high-performing teams, cultivate a culture of inclusion, transparency, and fairness, and demonstrate a deep commitment to mentoring and developing staff. The CIO oversees approximately 10 direct reports and 922 full-time employees, with oversight of about $240M in labor and operating costs and $29M in capital expenditures.

This position provides leadership, vision, and oversight for information systems and technology with a strong focus on service excellence. The CIO is responsible for the direction, coordination, and management of all IT business and clinical functions. The CIO is accountable for the IT Security program, ensuring that all required controls, safeguards, and processes are implemented, operationally effective, and continuously optimized. The clinical informatics program, encompassing nursing and physician informatics, also falls within the CIO’s portfolio.

The CIO will collaborate with UCLA Campus IT to support the academic mission and with UC Health and UCOP IT partners to ensure alignment and interoperability across the UC system.

The ideal candidate will be a visionary and collaborative leader with familiarity with cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence, and with progressive experience as a senior information technology executive within a large, complex academic medical center. Required qualifications include a demonstrated track record of supporting and optimizing electronic medical records, driving innovation, improving customer satisfaction, and ensuring strong fiscal performance. The candidate should understand the impact of advanced information systems, analytics, and artificial intelligence on patient care, and the role of data science in advancing biomedical research.

The ability to lead in a matrixed environment and foster cooperation across organizational boundaries is essential.

Education:

a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus 5+ years of progressive IT leadership in a large, research-intensive academic medical center or comparable environment. A Master’s degree in informatics, data science, or a related field, or at least 10 years of progressive leadership experience in higher education or academic medicine, is strongly preferred.

Confidential inquiries, recommendations, or applications are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made. Interested candidates should submit a resume along with a cover letter describing relevant experience, previous roles, and accomplishments, and any other materials deemed relevant to:

David Hough, Senior Executive Recruitment Consultant, UCLA Health

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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment…