AI Enablement, Product & Platforms, Senior Director

Elevance Health (Anthem); Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking a Senior Director for AI Enablement, Product & Platforms. This role leads strategic AI integration across our health services portfolio, collaborating with clinical product owners to advance AI-driven capabilities across Health, Insights, Rx, and Operations.

Reporting to the Staff VP of Product Platforms and AI Platforms, you will influence product strategy, governance, and ROI, guiding enterprise initiatives and cross-functional teams in a dynamic, hybrid work

Qualifications

• Requires a BA/BS degree and a minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• MBA preferred for strategic leadership in health tech.
• Experience in healthcare product development and management is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee a competitive AI-enabled product platform strategy.
• Drive AI adoption and governance across clinical products and platforms.
• Consult with product managers and clinical leaders to deploy AI solutions.
• Collaborate with Digital Platforms & AI Office and IT to deploy AI solutions.
• Track product performance and ROI, identifying AI enhancement opportunities.
• Lead enterprise-wide initiatives including AI strategy and policy changes.

Skills

Strategic thinking

AI strategy

Healthcare product

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

BA/BS degree

MBA preferred

Job description

AI Enablement, Product & Platforms, Senior Director

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.

The AI Enablement, Product & Platforms, Senior Director is responsible for leading the strategic integration and enablement of AI across our diverse health services portfolio. Reporting to the Staff VP of Product Platforms and AI Platforms, this role requires a dynamic leader capable of collaborating across all products and platforms and with business clinical product owners across Health, Insights, Rx and Operations to identify and implement innovative AI use cases. Will serve as a strategic consultant, inspiring clinical product leaders to embrace AI-driven enhancements that elevate product capabilities.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Develop, implement, and oversee a competitive products and product platform strategy with a focus on AI integration to drive innovation and operational excellence.
• Will drive the adoption of AI, Carelon's AI Governance, AI Enablement of PLM, transforming our clinical products and platforms to deliver groundbreaking health service solutions.
• Partner with product managers and clinical product leaders, offering strategic advice and consulting on AI deployment to elevate product capabilities and adoption rates.
• Collaborate with Elevance Health's Digital Platforms & AI Office and Carelon's IT organization to build and deploy AI solutions that resonate with business objectives.
• Track individual product performance, identifying opportunities for AI enhancement by analyzing benefit design, market segment, and sub-region metrics.
• Support the development of both short- and long-term strategic plans, aligning them with AI-driven market, sales, and profitability objectives.
• Identify and communicate system needs to support AI strategy, develop system requirements and measure ROI for AI initiatives.
• Lead and manage project teams through complex, enterprise-wide initiatives, including AI strategy implementation, portfolio repositioning, and legislative or policy changes as they pertain to AI deployment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a BA/BS degree and a minimum of 7 years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• Strategic thinking skills with a deep understanding of AI's potential within clinical product environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience developing innovative AI enhancements to clinical products and platforms is preferred.
• Experience fostering high-level business conversations that translate into actionable AI opportunities for the product portfolio is preferred.
• Healthcare Product development and management experiences with clinical products and related product platforms such as utilization management, case management, care management, and disease management is preferred.
• Experience developing clinical products for health plans or health services is preferred.
• Successful experience working in a complex, matrixed business environment is preferred.
• MBA preferred.

Job Level:

Director Equivalent

Job Family:

MKT > Product, Prog/Proj & Support

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include