Senior Director of Information Technology

Position Title:

Senior Director, Information Technology

Program/Dept: IT / Corporate Administration

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer

Classification:
Regular, Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: 193k-220k + Full Benefits Package

Remote

Caminar is a leading behavioral health organization that supports thousands of youths and adults across multiple counties in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. With decades of experience since our founding in 1964, we provide comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment, and wrap‑around services, delivered through evidence‑based, whole‑person care. Caminar's vision is to be a beacon of safety, compassion, and fulfillment, supporting all those in our communities who need it most.

Our mission is to build strength and stability through comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment delivered through evidence‑based, whole‑person care.

Caminar values diversity. People of all races, ethnicities, countries of origin, faiths, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities are welcome here. To learn more, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Senior Director of Information Technology, reporting to the COO and serving as a member of the agency’s Senior Executive Management Team (SEMT), shall provide leadership and management to the Information Technology (IT) department in its charge to provide, operate, and maintain computing and telecommunication facilities, equipment, and services that meet the needs of the administrative and service programs of the Agency and in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The Senior Director of IT is responsible for all aspects of information technology management and control, including supervision of information technology employees; budget preparation and management; recommendations for technical acquisitions; and development of guidelines, standards and procedures. The Senior Director fulfills the role of Information Security Officer (ISO) and is responsible for the security of EPHI at Caminar, coordinating with the Agency’s Privacy Officer to ensure that security policies, procedures and controls support compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Further, the Senior Director is charged with strategic planning, tactical action, and operational decision‑making to fulfill the mission of the IT department.

• Provide leadership, vision, and management to the IT department
• Oversee the revision of the IT Strategic Plan on an annual basis ensuring its coherence with the overall agency strategic plan
• Oversee the Agency policies and procedures necessary to appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Caminar information systems and EPHI.
• Work with Senior Executive Leadership Team (SELT), SEMT and staff to assess and respond to agency IT needs
• Work with SELT to ensure Staff onboarding protocols concerning access to all IT‑related systems supports ready‑to‑work goals, and to ensure Staff offboarding protocols comply with the Agency’s timeliness requirements for eliminating system access.
• Work with SELT to develop strategies to prepare staff for technological changes and reinforce the critical requirement to appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Caminar information systems and EPHI, identifying training tools that can be deployed with support from the IT Team.
• Hold regular departmental meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives, promote team building and work to provide growth paths for staff.
• Supervise the ongoing operations of the agency IT helpdesks (General and Electronic Health Record E.H.R.) providing quality and timely support to employees concerning hardware and software needs
• Provide day‑to‑day supervision, conduct performance appraisals, and delegate work assignments for all IT personnel;
  Manage recruiting, hiring, and providing appropriate training for IT support staff
• Administer the department budget.
• Serve as a member of the organization’s Senior Executive Management Team;
  Serve on planning, project and policy‑making…