Senior Contract Salary Package
3 Year Fixed-term Contract
Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde
Macquarie University Hospital is embarking on a multi-faceted Electronic Medical Record (EMR) program, a transformative initiative designed to enhance the delivery, experience, and optimisation of clinical care across the organisation.
As an EMR Program Director, you will be the strategic architect and delivery leader of a major, multi-year Electronic Medical Record (EMR) program that will redefine how clinical care is designed, delivered, and experienced. It is a hospital-wide digital transformation which sits at the intersection of technology and clinical excellence. You will bring the leadership gravitas to guide executive decision-making and the program delivery expertise to ensure commitments are met.
This role goes beyond traditional IT program delivery, it is a strategic leadership appointment that will shape how digital clinical care is envisioned, built, and sustained at MUH. You will mobilise a multidisciplinary delivery team (Squads) from the ground up, partner with our EMR vendors, and translate clinical aspirations into a technically robust, patient-centred digital environment.
About the role
Reporting to our Director, IT Health, you will be entrusted with the strategic ownership and decision-making authority needed to shape, mobilise, and lead this program from the ground up. Your key responsibilities will include:
End-to-end delivery of the EMR program which includes planning, governance, phasing, and execution across multiple workstreams while ensuring delivery to agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality outcomes.
Defining the overarching EMR delivery strategy, ensuring the digital environment reflects MUH's clinical excellence and research-led mission.
Partnering with the Senior IT Health Operating Model Manager to ensure the EMR roadmap is aligned with the IT Health Strategy.
Ensuring the EMR budget is invested in features and workflows that drive tangible clinical value, patient safety, and operational agility, while maintaining strong financial oversight, forecasting, and benefits realisation tracking.
Managing external EMR partners, holding them accountable to outcomes, including system usability and clinician satisfaction as well as delivery milestones, SLAs, and contractual obligations.
Establishing and leading governance structures including steering committees, executive reporting, and RAID management, ensuring clear visibility and proactive risk mitigation.
Coordinating across clinical, technical, and operational delivery streams, managing interdependencies while building sustainable internal capability so MUH can continue to evolve EMR.
About Us
Macquarie University Health is a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research. Australia's first and only fully integrated academic health sciences centre brings together Macquarie University Hospital, Clinics and the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. We foster a collegiate environment and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Macquarie University Health is Australia's first fully integrated academic health sciences centre. We combine excellence in clinical care with teaching and research to enhance patient outcomes and improve lives. Researchers also benefit from our unique model because they can see the immediate effects of their research on patients.
About You (Selection Criteria)
Minimum of 10+ years of senior IT leadership experience, preferably within a hospital or healthcare environment.
Demonstrated successful leadership of at least one major hospital EMR/EHR deployment.
Proven expertise in leading large-scale, complex IT programs with accountability for timelines, budgets, governance, and delivery outcomes.
A transformation mindset demonstrated ability to position IT as a lever for hospital-wide business and clinical change.
Strong stakeholder relationship skills, with the confidence and versatility to engage meaningfully across clinical, technical, and senior executive settings.
Experience operating in a dual-leadership model, partnering with change and adoption leaders to align technical velocity with organisational readiness.
Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or certifications and or experience in Academic Health Science Centres or tertiary hospital settings is highly desirable.
How to Apply
To be considered, please apply online with your CV and a cover letter outlining how your experience aligns with the selection criteria (above).
Applications Close
Applications will close on Wednesday 13th May at 11.00 PM (AEST), kindly please note we reserve the right to progress or decline an application prior to the application closing date.
Why Join Us?
Macquarie is a university engaged with the real and often complex problems and opportunities that define our lives. Since our foundation over 60 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university. Over the years, we have grown to become the centre of a vibrant local and global community. Connect with us today.
We rank amongst the top employers in the Australian Workplace Employers Index, having recently earned a five-star rating in the QS World Rankings with the highest rating for employability. Take a look at the fabulous staff benefits on offer when you work at Macquarie University:
Flexible, hybrid work arrangements
17% Superannuation
Subsidised onsite parking options
Extensive training and professional development programs
Onsite childcare facilities to support working parents
Onsite vacation care during school holidays
Discounted health insurance
Subsidised membership at our Sport & Aquatic Centre
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for free and confidential support
Convenient onsite GP, imaging, and physiotherapy clinics
Pre-Employment Checks
Macquarie University cultivates a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity. Prior to completion of an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
Your employment is conditional upon the completion and maintenance of all role-required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University.
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Applications Close:
13/05/2026 11:59 PM
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