Senior Director IT Business Operations

Kaiser Permanente Lancaster, CA Open
Kaiser Permanente is looking for Senior Director IT Business Operations in Lancaster, CA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3919580454 is live since 2026-10-27 02:09:27.
Overview

This senior leadership role oversees analytics, performance metrics, and operational solutions to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness in healthcare IT. You will partner with executives and cross-functional teams to define requirements, ensure security and controls, and guide strategy and resource planning. You'll lead talent development, drive continuous improvement, and translate business needs into technology-enabled outcomes. This position offers a strategic impact at scale in a healthcare technology setting.

Responsibilities
  • Direct operations of multiple units and departments by assessing needs, resources, and forecasts; align with strategic priorities and drive cross-functional support
  • Translate business strategy into actionable requirements and allocate resources accordingly
  • Set standards, measure progress, and implement contingency plans to close performance gaps
  • Oversee talent development, recruitment, and performance management to build a skilled workforce
  • Direct requirements development for cross-domain process or system solutions with IT teams (Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, EA)
  • Manage solution design alignment with business strategy, budgets, and SLAs
  • Oversee standardized tools and processes to support continuous process improvement
  • Communicate lessons learned to leadership and consulting teams; foster best practices across IT consultancies
  • Drive workforce planning and partnerships between IT consultants, PMs, and planning leaders
  • Assess costs, ROI, and TCO for proposed solutions and ensure alignment with functional and non-functional needs
  • Monitor capacity and demand for IT resources; manage budgets and capital plans across departments
  • Approve staff augmentation via managed services when needed
  • Travel: up to 25%
  • Ensure security controls (physical, infrastructure, network, application) and inform cross-divisional teams
Key requirements
  • Minimum six (6) years of management experience
  • Minimum five (5) years managing operating or capital budgets
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, CIS, Mathematics, or related field and minimum ten (10) years experience in business operations, IT consulting, or related field
  • Travel willingness (25%)
  • Equivalent work experience may substitute for the degree requirement
  • Strategic thinking
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Influence and negotiation
  • IT consulting
  • Business analysis
  • Solutions Delivery
read more

Required Skills

My Compatibility Score

Choose Match Score option:

Automatch with LinkedIn
Choose Match Score option:
Automatch with LinkedIn