We are seeking an experienced Radiology Imaging Applications Manager to lead a team supporting mission-critical clinical imaging applications within a large health system. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity requiring a strong combination of people leadership, imaging informatics expertise, and technical understanding of enterprise imaging environments.

Contract to Hire

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid on-site)

Pay: $90-100/hour

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Clinical Applications and Imaging IT analysts.
• Partner with IT and departmental leadership on strategic planning, team priorities, processes, and objectives.
• Oversee support and service delivery for enterprise imaging applications, including PACS, VNA, Epic Radiant, diagnostic and enterprise clinical viewers, voice recognition, and imaging post-processing systems.
• Provide leadership across imaging workflows and technologies involving DICOM, HL7, networking, interfaces, and image storage/distribution.
• Manage and develop technical staff, including coaching, performance management, workload prioritization, and professional development.
• Support project delivery, change management, application portfolio management, and ongoing technology/infrastructure initiatives.
• Partner across clinical, technical, and operational teams to develop patient-centric imaging solutions.
• Maintain strong ITIL and SDLC practices across the team.
• Participate in after-hours/on-call coverage as required.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing technical staff.
• Strong experience within Imaging IT, radiology applications, PACS, VNA, or enterprise imaging environments.
• Working knowledge of DICOM and HL7.
• Experience managing a software/application support team in a complex healthcare environment.
• Understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, firewalls, load balancers, and network security.
• Experience leading change management initiatives across multiple teams or departments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Epic Radiant and/or Bridges certification.
• Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP).
• Experience with HL7 FHIR and DICOMweb.
• ARRT or other clinical license.
• Advanced degree.