Lead Healthcare AI Strategy & Architecture (m/f/d/x)

Deutsche Telekom; Bonn; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Telekom Healthcare and Security Solutions GmbH seeks a Lead Healthcare AI Strategy & Architecture to shape and advance the Healthcare AI program for the DACH region and beyond. You will define the target architecture, portfolio, and roadmaps for secure, governed AI in healthcare, and guide interdisciplinary teams across functions.

You will advise senior management, drive use cases and business cases, and ensure alignment with GDPR, EU AI Act and MDR while collaborating with hospitals,

Qualifications

• Degree in business informatics or business management.
• At least 10 years in technology, data, analytics or AI.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences or regulated environments.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary teams and complex programs.
• German and English at C1 level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Healthcare AI strategy and architecture within T-Systems International.
• Develop target picture, portfolio, roadmap and reference architectures for secure data & AI in healthcare.
• Advise management, manage cross-divisional teams and partners.
• Represent the company in strategic customer meetings and market analyses.
• Ensure governance, compliance and due diligence in partnerships and initiatives.

Skills

Data AI strategies

GenAI architectures

AI governance

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in informatics or business management

Job description

Deutsche Telekom Healthcare and Security Solutions GmbH (DTHS) Deutsche Telekom Healthcare and Security Solutions GmbH (DTHS) is a 100% subsidiary of T-Systems. As part of Deutsche Telekom, we at "T Health" pursue the goal of making the healthcare system in DACH and other regions better through networking and digitalization. "Smart Health for better care with AI" is the connecting element for everything we want to achieve with our solutions and offerings. We develop networked and interoperable solutions for the various players in the healthcare system, such as insurance companies, hospitals, doctors or pharmacies, thus enabling them to offer patients and insured persons even better and consistent care as well as better prevention services.

Tasks

As Lead Healthcare AI Strategy & Architecture (m/f/d/x), you will shape the development and further development of Deutsche Telekom Healthcare Solutions' Healthcare AI business within T-Systems International. You will be responsible for the strategic and technological orientation of the Healthcare AI program with a focus on the DACH market and a complementary international perspective. Therefore, you will develop the target picture, portfolio, roadmap and reference architectures for secure and sovereign data & AI solutions in the healthcare sector. The role combines strategy, enterprise and solution architecture, portfolio development and market development. You will advise the management, manage cross-divisional teams and partners and represent the company vis-a-vis strategic customers and relevant market players.

Other tasks

• Technical responsibility for the healthcare AI and analytics strategy as well as advising the management on positioning, technology decisions and implementation
• Architecture and evaluation of GenAI/LLM solutions, RAG architectures, AI agents, secure data access models and AI governance mechanisms
• Management of interdisciplinary portfolio, product, architecture, technology and delivery teams in the development of new AI offerings
• Development and evaluation of AI use cases and business cases from conception to market launch
• Establishment and further development of strategic technology, platform and development partnerships including due diligence and integration concepts
• Preparation of decision templates for management and senior management
• Conducting market, competition and technology analyses to further develop the healthcare AI portfolio
• Conception and establishment of governance and compliance structures for trustworthy AI
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, in particular EU AI Act, GDPR and MDR
• Representing Deutsche Telekom Healthcare Solutions in strategic customer meetings, management meetings, conferences and expert committees
• Cooperation with decision-makers and experts from hospitals, health insurance companies, life sciences and other stakeholders in the healthcare sector

Requirements

You have a degree, ideally in (business) informatics or business management, at least 10 years of professional experience in technology, data, analytics, AI or comparable fields, as well as several years of relevant experience in healthcare, life sciences, medtech, health insurance or a comparably regulated environment. You combine in-depth experience in the healthcare sector with a deep understanding of data & AI technologies and the ability to represent complex strategic and technical topics at management level.

• Proven experience in building or fundamentally developing data & AI strategies, platforms or portfolios
• Very good knowledge of modern AI and GenAI architectures, especially Foundation Models / LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, AI Evaluation, Guardrails and Model Governance
• Strong experience with enterprise, data or AI architectures as well as with the definition of target and reference architectures
• Robust knowledge of GDPR and EU AI Act as well as practical experience with governance for trustworthy AI
• Ability to develop and evaluate use cases, business cases, platform strategies, and technology decisions
• Several years of experience in the management of interdisciplinary teams and complex matrix organizations
• Experience in selecting and evaluating strategic technology partners as well as vendor or partner due diligence
• Excellent communication and presentation skills at management, C-level and senior management level as well as diplomatic skills, assertiveness and high persuasiveness
• High willingness to travel (national and international) as well as flexibility
• Business fluent in German and English (both minimum on C1-level)

This position is also available on a part-time basis.

Severely disabled persons will be given priority if they are equally qualified.