Vice President, Imaging Services

Job overview

Vice President, Imaging Services in Palo Alto, CA. This is an onsite position with a salary range of $140.00 - $185.19 per hour. This role provides strategic, operational, and financial leadership for all imaging services across the enterprise, ensuring quality, access, and sustainability.

What you'll do

• Set and execute a multi year imaging services strategy aligned with hospital, academic, and system priorities.
• Lead service line growth, program development, and market positioning for imaging across inpatient, outpatient, and academic settings.
• Represent the organization externally with regional, national, and industry partners to advance innovation, reputation, and collaboration.
• Ensure delivery of high quality, safe, and patient centered imaging services across all modalities.
• Establish and monitor performance standards related to quality, access, patient experience, and clinical outcomes.
• Partner with faculty and clinical leadership to support education, research, and evidence based practice.
• Maintain full accountability for operating and capital budgets, ensuring fiscal sustainability while advancing best practice care.
• Lead long range capital planning for imaging equipment, facilities, and space, balancing near term needs with long term strategy.
• Drive benchmarking, productivity optimization, and cost effectiveness initiatives across imaging services.
• Provide executive oversight for imaging technology, PACS, and information management systems.
• Champion adoption of emerging technologies and data driven practices that improve efficiency, quality, and clinical decision making.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and all applicable information governance standards.
• Build, lead, and sustain a high performing leadership team across imaging services.
• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Partner with Human Resources on executive workforce planning, succession, and talent development.
• Ensure full compliance with Joint Commission, Title XXII, and all federal, state, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish policies and procedures that promote safety, quality, and operational integrity.
• Serve as an executive leader in enterprise decision making, governance forums, and cross functional initiatives.
• Operate as a trusted executive partner to faculty, physicians, and senior administrators.
• Lead through influence, collaboration, and data driven decision making.
• Translate complexity into clarity for diverse stakeholders.
• Model Stanford Health Care values and C I CARE principles in all interactions.

What we're looking for

Education

Master's degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited institution required. PhD or MD acceptable.

Experience

Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in imaging services, healthcare operations, or related clinical environments required. Demonstrated executive level responsibility for strategy, finance, operations, and multidisciplinary leadership required.

Skills & competencies

vice president imaging services

palo alto ca

stanford health care

full-time

day shift

imaging

radiology

healthcare leadership

11-1011.00

ca

About the employer

Stanford Health Care is hiring for this role. Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals. Sector: 62.