Program Director, EIA Health

The Program Director of EIA Operations is responsible for aligning EIA strategies with UCSF Health’s goals, overseeing governance structures, and assisting in the management of the EIA portfolio to ensure operational and strategic excellence. This role will: * Ensure that the organization's strategic initiatives are prioritized effectively in collaboration with other IT and Operational leaders across the organization. * Oversee the continual professional development and engagement of the EIA staff and partners with leadership to address organizational and operational challenges. * Manage change initiatives and ensure clear and effective communication across teams. * Play a pivotal role in advancing UCSF Health’s mission and strategic priorities by fostering cross-departmental collaboration and optimizing IT operations. * Champion continuous improvement of the department’s efficiency and effectiveness to meet the evolving needs of UCSF Health. * Advance UCSF Health’s mission and strategic priorities by fostering cross-departmental collaboration and supporting enterprise data, analytics, and AI initiatives that strengthen health and drive impact across patient care, research, education, and operations. IT Program and Portfolio Management * Oversee the EIA Portfolio, with primary accountability for enterprise data, analytics, integration, and AI initiatives, including analytics products and data assets. * Partner with executive leadership on enterprise restructuring efforts to consolidate and optimize analytics platforms, data pipelines, and supporting technologies. * Collaborate with the Enterprise Portfolio Manager to standardize analytics and data portfolio management tools, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities, governance, and value realization. IT Governance * Ensure strong EIA representation within enterprise governance forums, partnering with operational and IT leaders to guide prioritization, inform decision-making, and align analytics and technology initiatives with organizational goals. * Partner with the Data Governance Architect to stand up and mature the EIA Data Governance Office, aligning with Health IT governance to ensure consistency and shared accountability. * Support the Enterprise Chief Data and AI Officer in preparing AI and data materials for executive governance forums (e.g., SET, CEO Council). * Coordinate UC-wide participation in analytics and data governance efforts, tracking adoption and applied learnings at UCSF Health. Strategy * Collaborate across UCSF Health to fulfill key elements of the UCSF Health strategic plan by defining how enterprise data, analytics, and AI capabilities enable measurable outcomes, performance management, and decision-making. * Coordinate and oversee the EIA portfolio of analytics initiatives to ensure alignment with Health System Executive Team priorities and the delivery of actionable insights and operational value. * Lead the integration of UCSF Health’s data, analytics, and AI roadmap and investment strategy in collaboration with cross-functional IT leadership, including the Associate CIOs for Research and Education, VP of Enterprise Systems, VP of Infrastructure, Chief Information Security Officer, and IT operations leaders, ensuring coherence, interoperability, and shared analytics capabilities across institutional missions. Human Resources * Lead the EIA People Development Program, including analytics and data training, data literacy advancement, continual professional development, role-based operating models, and adoption of emerging analytics and AI capabilities. * Collaborate with HR Strategic Business Partners to understand key trends, including staff retention/turnover, recruitment time, and vacancies, and identify diversity gaps and related initiatives. The incumbent is a strategic business partner to the senior clinical, business, and operational leaders of UCSF Health, and with the research, teaching, and patient care missions of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry as they relate to care delivery. Department Overview The Enterprise Information & Analytics team serves as a liaison between organizational customers and partners — including clinical, financial, administrative, education, and research domains — and technical resources to deliver optimal analytics solutions that solve problems, answer questions, and meet customer needs. The team supports both strategic and operational initiatives aimed at driving behavioral change and improving outcomes through data, analytics, and AI. About UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells. Pride Values UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values [ In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here [ Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Salary Information The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement. To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: [