Director - IT - McKennan

Location:

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview
The Director - IT – McKennan provides strategic and operational leadership for hospital information technology, driving alignment between clinical and business priorities and IT services. This role oversees budgeting and financial management, vendor and contract governance, service level performance, and the successful delivery of technology initiatives and support, The director partners with hospital and system executives to plan, prioritize, and execute multi-year roadmaps that enhance patient care, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance across the Avera McKennan Region.

What you will do

• Strategic Leadership & Planning:
  • Partner with hospital leadership to align IT strategy with clinical and business priorities.
  • Develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps and strategic initiatives.
  • Align IT investments with organizational priorities, financial plans, and clinical initiatives
  • Anticipate regulatory, technological, and organizational changes to adjust IT strategies.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on emerging technologies, digital transformation, and healthcare IT trends.
• Financial & Vendor Management:
  • Participate in annual budgeting and financial stewardship for IT.
  • Partner for vendor and contract governance including negotiation, compliance, and renewals.
  • Evaluate and select new technologies to support operational and strategic goals.
• Governance & Risk Management:
  • Collaborate on IT governance processes including change management.
  • Partner to ensure cybersecurity, HIPAA compliance, and risk mitigation strategies are in place.
  • Communicate disaster recovery and business continuity readiness plans.
  • Oversee the regional IT project portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategy, timelines, budgets, and expected outcomes.
  • Coordinate IT support for hospital projects such as new facilities, expansions, renovations, and service line growth.
• Operational Excellence:
  • Direct IT operations, supporting McKennan Regions on incident management, infrastructure, applications, end-user support, and clinical systems.
  • Monitor service level agreements (SLAs) for performance and availability.
  • Drive process improvements and accountability measures across IT services.
• Relationship & Communication:
  • Facilitate communication between system IT and hospital leadership.
  • Provide executive-level reporting on IT plans, status, risks, and outcomes.
  • Coach leaders on effective engagement with IT to improve outcomes.
• Team Development:
  • Facilitate teamwork across IT and business units to ensure alignment and team goals.
  • Conduct regular communication points to provide feedback and foster growth.
  • Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative team culture.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years experience with a record of progressive accountability people, process, and technology.

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org.