AI Intelligent Automation, Director

Vizient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Vizient seeks an experienced leader to drive the maturation of its AI Intelligent Automation organization, translating strategy into an executable portfolio that delivers measurable business value. You will own portfolio management, budgeting, governance, and performance reporting while aligning investments with enterprise objectives.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise technology or automation leadership, plus 5+ years of people leadership.

Qualifications

• Requires experience in enterprise technology or automation leadership.
• Experience with portfolio management, budgets, staffing, governance, and vendors.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills are essential.
• Healthcare experience preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional technology programs from initiation through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise automation intake, assessment, prioritization, and portfolio governance.
• Manage roadmap planning, business demand, and portfolio sequencing.
• Lead workforce planning, hiring, contractor strategy, and resource allocation.
• Own operational budgets, licensing, vendor management, and financial reporting.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define priorities and measure business value.
• Monitor portfolio KPIs, operational health, customer satisfaction, and ROI.
• Provide executive reporting and regular portfolio updates.
• Ensure governance and AI-DLC compliance and operational excellence.
• Identify and remove delivery risks with engineering leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement and organizational maturity.
• Develop integrated project plans, RAID logs, and executive status reporting.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Portfolio management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Healthcare experience

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

UiPath

Microsoft Power Platform

AI-enabled automation

Job description

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Summary

In this role, you will lead the operational management and continued maturation of Vizient’s AI Intelligent Automation organization, translating enterprise AI and automation strategy into an executable portfolio that delivers measurable business value. You will own portfolio management, intake and prioritization, roadmap planning, workforce and capacity planning, budgeting, vendor management, governance, performance reporting, and business value realization. You will partner with business and technology leaders to identify high-value opportunities, establish priorities, and ensure investments align with enterprise objectives. Working closely with the Manager, AI Automation Engineering, who owns engineering delivery and AI Automation Delivery POD execution, and the Lead AI Automation Engineer, who owns solution architecture and engineering standards, you will ensure initiatives move predictably through the AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC). As a key partner to the Senior Director, AI Intelligent Automation, you will provide visibility into portfolio health, organizational capacity, financial performance, delivery risks, and business outcomes while continuously improving the organization’s operating model, capabilities, governance, and delivery maturity.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise automation intake, assessment, prioritization, and portfolio governance.
• Manage roadmap planning, business demand, and portfolio sequencing.
• Lead workforce planning, hiring, contractor strategy, and resource allocation.
• Own operational budgets, licensing, vendor management, and financial reporting.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define priorities and measure business value.
• Monitor portfolio KPIs, operational health, customer satisfaction, and return on investment (ROI).
• Provide executive reporting and regular portfolio updates.
• Ensure governance, AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) compliance, and operational excellence.
• Partner with engineering leadership to identify and remove delivery risks.
• Drive continuous improvement and organizational maturity.
• Provide project management leadership for strategic, complex, and cross-functional AI Intelligent Automation initiatives, ensuring clear scope, milestones, timelines, dependencies, ownership, and delivery commitments.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, RAID logs, decision logs, action-item tracking, milestone schedules, and executive-level status reporting for priority initiatives.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise technology or automation leadership.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience with portfolio management, budgets, staffing, governance, and vendors.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Healthcare experience preferred.
• Experience with portfolio management, roadmap planning, capacity planning, governance, and KPI reporting.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders, communicating with executives, and managing financial and vendor relationships.
• Experience with UiPath, Microsoft Power Platform, and AI-enabled automation.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technology projects from initiation through implementation, including project planning, milestone management, dependency coordination, risk management, and executive status reporting.

Preferred Experience

• Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) leadership.
• Enterprise transformation experience.
• Healthcare or regulated-industry experience.

Estimated Hiring Range

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances.

The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.