Chief AI Capability & Operations Architect

Vizient, Inc; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible work options

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks an enterprise AI leader to translate priorities into an integrated capability roadmap and operating model, accelerating governed AI adoption across the organization.

You will partner with senior technical and functional leaders to identify gaps, evaluate technologies, and deliver actionable recommendations that improve quality, reliability, reuse, and investment efficiency.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Extensive software engineering and cloud architecture experience.
• Strong knowledge of AI technologies, including LLMs and governance.
• Excellent executive communication and influencing skills.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Develop an 18- to 24-month enterprise AI capability roadmap recommendation integrating functional priorities, technical dependencies, maturity, risks, and investment opportunities.
• Evaluate AI capabilities across engineering delivery, AI Factory, application operations, quality and reliability, tooling, automation, clinical data, and governance to identify gaps, duplication, and optimization opportunities.
• Establish cross-functional capability and ownership models that clarify decision rights, service interfaces, technical dependencies, contribution pathways, and operational handoffs.
• Analyze emerging AI technologies, platform capabilities, and engineering practices to recommend opportunities for innovation, standardization, investment, consolidation, or retirement.
• Develop organization-level maturity and performance measurement frameworks encompassing AI adoption, enterprise reuse, delivery efficiency, quality, reliability, governance, cost, and engineering experience.
• Advise executive leadership on AI capability decisions, investment tradeoffs, organizational risks, and value realization through evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations.

Skills

Executive comms

Analytical

Influencing

Cloud architecture

AI/ML strategy

DevSecOps

Education

Relevant degree preferred

7+ years experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Observability

Job description

Vizient, Inc. seeks an enterprise AI leader to translate priorities into an integrated capability roadmap and operating model, accelerating governed AI adoption across the organization.

You will partner with senior technical and functional leaders to identify gaps, evaluate technologies, and deliver actionable recommendations that improve quality, reliability, reuse, and investment efficiency.