Director, Digital Access, Epic
Santa Barbara, CA · HybridFull-time$165–265K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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The Director, Digital Access, Epic is accountable for directing the full systems development lifecycle of enterprise applications for support services and implementations, in accordance with enterprise data and process standards. The role directs ongoing software, environment, and process support to ensure data quality and integrity, and monitors software functionality and use across Sutter Health and its affiliates, with emphasis on evolving best practices for distribution.
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We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
Organization: SHSO-Sutter Health System Office - Santa Barbara Position Overview: Is accountable for the direction of the full systems development lifecycle management of enterprise applications for both support services and implementations adhering to enterprise data and process standards. Directs the ongoing support and services of the software, environments, and processes required to ensure data quality and integrity. Monitors the functionality of the software and its use throughout Sutter Health and its affiliates with particular emphasis on evolving best practices for distribution across affiliates.
*Epic MyChart, Cadence, and Prelude certification or proficiency is highly desired. Job Description: EDUCATION: Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
Bachelor's: Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, or related field
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
12 years recent relevant experience.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Expert technical and business knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), quality assurance, and project management.
Expert knowledge of specifying user requirements.
Expert knowledge of healthcare operations and structure.
Expert understanding of hospital inpatient and clinic outpatient operations.
Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with clients, IS team members, management, and executive personnel/staff.
Verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate with diverse groups such as: executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely manner.
Analyze information, problems, situations, practices, or procedures in order to identify patterns, tendencies, and relationships resulting in the formulation of logical and objective conclusions
Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams committed to carrying out initiatives in environments that may be resistant to change.
Make presentations to persuade others to accept a specific opinion or action, or to provide information and instruction.
Job Shift: Days Schedule: Full Time Days of the Week: Monday - Friday Weekend Requirements: As Needed Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Exempt Weekly Hours: 40 Employee Status: Regular Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $165,339.20 to $264,555.20 / annual salary The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
How this job compares
Set against the 630 open Healthcare IT jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$165–265K/yr
- California median$95–148K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$82–166K/yr470 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $215K, is 74% above the California median midpoint ($123K) — in the top quarter of Healthcare IT salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Healthcare IT jobs in California and 630 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Healthcare IT postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 449 postings).
- Education
- 152 of the 630 open Healthcare IT jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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