Director, Strategic Initiatives (AI Platform)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program delivery of the AI-native platform – managing program governance, risks, dependencies, and execution across multiple parallel workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business teams to manage dependencies, accelerate decision-making, and ensure platform capabilities deliver scalable operational outcomes, measurable business value, and sustainable adoption.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and value realization metrics, including delivery milestones, platform performance, quality, adoption, financial impact, and stakeholder satisfaction; provide executive reporting on progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• · Lead, coach and guide project managers, fostering a culture of high performance, innovation, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Lead migration of AI agents and applications onto the new platform, including planning, testing, validation, and cutover.
• Facilitate platform onboarding standards, architecture patterns, and development requirements to ensure future AI capabilities are built natively on the platform.
• Drive architecture and design decisions that accelerate adoption while minimizing technical debt.
• Embed responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, and clinical safety requirements into platform delivery.
• Ensure adherence to contractual, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
• Identify and mitigate delivery, operational, technical, and compliance risks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of program management experience leading complex, cross-functional technology programs, including the development and implementation of net-new platform capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business stakeholders to deliver platform modernization initiatives and application migrations.
• Demonstrated success leading highly complex cross-functional initiatives and aligning business, operational, and technology stakeholders toward shared outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across competing stakeholder groups.
• · Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and monitoring KPIs and value realization metrics to track delivery performance, adoption, risks, trends, and business outcomes.
• Masters’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• Program management certification (PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent).
• Experience delivering event-driven architectures, document or data processing pipelines, cloud-native platforms, or AI/ML and intelligent workflow solutions.
• Working knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards and prior authorization workflows.
• Healthcare, payer, provider, utilization management, or regulated industry experience preferred.
• Why Join Us?
• Opportunity to lead the build-out of an AI-native platform from the ground up.
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams, including architecture, engineering, product, data science, and operations.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
• If you are passionate about building the technology platform that powers AI in healthcare and want to play a pivotal role in shaping AI-driven transformation, we’d love to hear from you! #EvolentAI To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.
• We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact recruitingteam@evolent.com for further assistance. The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $130,000-140,000. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.