Job Details

Director, Technical Projects

Position Number: 6475152
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Computing - Management/Director

Director, Technical Projects

Job Summary

The Director of Technical Projects will coordinate and streamline the development of Project Galene's biorepository-integrated cloud health data platform. This platform will integrate biorepository specimens with clinical data from multiple sources (EDW, OpenSpecimen, REDCap, PACS) to create one of the nation's leading AI-enabled database and biobanks, serving both academic researchers and pharmaceutical partners.

Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities:

Project Management (45%)

Coordinate technical requirements across stakeholders including U of U Health IT, ARUP IT, Compliance, biorepositories, and research teams
Assist with development processes including sprint planning, backlog management, and release coordination
Support HITRUST certification process and audit preparations
Develop and maintain project plans, Gantt charts, technical documentation, and architecture decision records
Interface with technical stakeholders at ARUP and University of Utah
Track deliverables from PTP, Vanta, Workstreet consultants
Monitor project budgets and timelines
Coordinate activities amongst platform development team members Technical Operations (40%)

Technical Operations (40%)

Process and audit user access controls for PHI and research data, review new user access requests
Implement platform configurations for multimodal healthcare data
Support architecture reviews and technical designs from consulting partners
Execute technical standards for data ingestion, processing, and access patterns
Monitor critical security incidents and implement prescribed remediation strategies
Perform platform optimization tasks through hands-on AWS management
Monitor automated monitoring and alerting systems
Hands-on troubleshooting of technical issues
Support 24/7 platform availability for clinical and research workloads

Stakeholder Coordination (15%)

Facilitate technical design sessions with University IT and ARUP teams
Coordinate with compliance teams on security reviews and audit requirements
Support data governance discussions with technical input

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related computer science, Business Administration, or related area, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); eight years of progressively more responsible management experience; and demonstrated leadership, human relations and effective communications skills required.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences
Preferred Experience:

4-6 years managing technical projects in healthcare settings, with at least 2 years focused on clinical data platforms
Minimum 2 successful implementations of cloud-hosted healthcare data platforms
Proven track record delivering HIPAA-compliant cloud data solutions in academic medical centers or health systems
Hands-on experience with healthcare data warehouses, particularly Oracle-based EDW implementations
Direct experience working with technical service vendors and distributed development teams
Platform operations experience with high availability requirements

Preferred Technical Skills

Strong AWS proficiency: Core services, security, and cost management
Knowledge of healthcare data standards: HL7 FHIR, DICOM, genomic formats
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines
Programming skills in Python and SQL for data access and monitoring
Understanding of security best practices and threat detection
Familiarity with clinical research systems (REDCap, OpenSpecimen) and biorepository workflows
Knowledge of HIPAA/HITRUST compliance requirements
Ability to review code, evaluate technical proposals, and support technical decisions

Preferred Domain Knowledge

Understanding of HIPAA/HITRUST compliance and healthcare cybersecurity
Knowledge of clinical research workflows and IRB/regulatory requirements
Experience with multimodal data types (genomics + imaging + clinical)
Familiarity with precision medicine initiatives and research platforms
Understanding of pharmaceutical industry data requirements
Knowledge of clinical data types, research workflows, and PHI handling procedures
Understanding of modern data platform concepts (data lakes, microservices, API management)

Preferred Education & Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
Active AWS certification preferred (Solutions Architect or Security)
HITRUST knowledge beneficial
PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred
Biobanking or translational research platform experience a plus
Previous work on commercial/academic partnerships valued

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN42843B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: 8am-5pm / Monday - Friday (hybrid: must work 3 days in the office per week)
Department: 00639 - VP for Research
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $128,350 - $180,017
Close Date: 10/14/2025
Open Until Filled:

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/187307