Executive Director, Epic Program Director

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

. Provide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for the organization’s Epic program .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeAmherst • New York • United StatesLead💰 $152,241 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strategic leadership in managing Epic programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and regulatory requirements while overseeing implementation, optimization, and governance. Possesses expertise in clinical care, operational performance, and digital health strategy.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Epic Implementation LeadershipProgram Governance ManagementStrategic Planning and ExecutionHealthcare Technology Leadership CertificationExperience in Oncology and Clinical Research

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Hard Skills

Epic Program PlanningOptimization Portfolio ManagementReadiness PlanningTraining and TestingBudget ManagementRisk ManagementInteroperabilityPatient EngagementDigital Health StrategyClinical Trials Integration

Soft Skills

LeadershipCollaborationCommunicationStrategic ThinkingStakeholder Engagement

Tools & Technologies

Epic PlatformCommand Center OperationsAnalytics ToolsResource Planning ToolsGovernance Frameworks

Certifications & Qualifications

Epic CertificationPMPPgMPCHCIOCPHIMS

Industry Keywords

Clinical Research WorkflowsRevenue Cycle ManagementComplianceCybersecurityPrecision Medicine

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for the organization’s Epic program
Develop and execute the Epic vision, roadmap, operating model, implementation, stabilization, optimization, and continuous improvement strategy
Direct Epic program planning and delivery across clinical, operational, revenue cycle, research, analytics, interoperability, patient engagement, and enterprise technology domains
Align program activities with organizational priorities, regulatory requirements, quality and safety objectives, financial goals, and digital health strategy
Lead and oversee a multidisciplinary Epic program structure
Translate strategic plans into short- and long-term goals
Coordinate enterprise-wide implementation and optimization activities
Maintain program governance and manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, readiness, adoption, and value realization
Ensure the Epic platform supports clinical care, research, operational performance, financial sustainability, regulatory obligations, and digital strategy
Collaborate with executive leadership, clinical and operational leaders, revenue cycle leadership, research stakeholders, IT teams, Epic representatives, implementation partners, and governance bodies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Doctoral degree and equivalent of two (2) years of progressively responsible senior-level experience, including eighteen (18) months in a supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive capacity; or
Master’s degree and equivalent of four (4) years of progressively responsible senior-level experience, including eighteen (18) months in a supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive capacity; or
Bachelor’s degree and equivalent of six (6) years of progressively responsible senior-level experience, including eighteen (18) months in a supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive capacity; or
Any combination of education/experience/training demonstrating ability to perform executive-level duties; minimum Bachelor’s degree and at least eighteen (18) months’ experience in a supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive capacity required
Degrees must be conferred by an accredited or recognized institution
Recognized licensure, if required, to perform the functions of the position
Epic certification, Epic accreditation, or demonstrated Epic implementation leadership experience
Experience leading Epic implementation from planning through go-live, stabilization, and optimization
Experience with Epic governance, application team models, readiness planning, training, testing, cutover, command center operations, and optimization portfolio management
Experience in oncology, academic medicine, clinical research workflows, clinical trials integration, precision medicine, or research data requirements
Experience partnering with clinical, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, privacy, cybersecurity, analytics, interoperability, infrastructure, and digital patient experience teams
Experience managing implementation partners, consultants, vendors, budgets, statements of work, resource plans, and executive reporting
PMP, PgMP, CHCIO, CPHIMS, or comparable healthcare technology leadership certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full comprehensive state benefits package