Executive Director of Information Technology

Executive Director of Information Technology Position Details

New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an Executive Director of Information Technology for the Office of Information Technology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical Schools. The Executive Director of Information Technology provides strategic leadership, vision, and oversight for all information technology, telecommunications, and digital services across a complex, academic health sciences environment spanning multiple medical schools and their affiliated departments and programs.

Working closely with senior leadership, the Executive Director develops and executes technology strategy, directs technology operations and infrastructure, and ensures the delivery of innovative, reliable, and secure services that support education, research, clinical, and administrative missions. Develops and implements a unified technology strategy, working in conjunction with enterprise/Office of Information Technology strategies and policies, that supports the missions of education, research, patient care, and administration while advancing institutional priorities and innovation across both schools.

This role has overall responsibility for technology governance, IT operations, project portfolio management, resource allocation, cybersecurity, user support services, and technology-enabled business transformation. Serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, the Executive Director drives the development of an integrated technology ecosystem that advances institutional priorities, promotes operational excellence, and positions the organization to meet evolving academic, research, and healthcare needs.

The position reports to the Executive Vice Dean. Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Provide Rutgers Medical School with executive leadership and strategic oversight for information technology, digital transformation, technology-enabled services across both medical schools and their affiliated academic, research, clinical, and administrative areas.
• Lead organization-wide technology governance, establishing policies, standards, and operating models that promote effective service delivery, cybersecurity, and compliance in line with Rutgers University policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Serve as the senior technology advisor to executive leadership, responsible for providing guidance on emerging technologies, strategic investments, digital transformation initiatives, while optimizing IT strategy and minimizing risk.
• Partner with the Office of Information Technology, Rutgers Health IT Leaders, institutional leadership, governance councils, and advisory committees to align technology initiatives with organizational…