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University of Utah

Director, Technical Projects

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193

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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:

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

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

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

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