Chief Technology Officer, Digital Health AI

Bausch + Lomb; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 275,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement program

Disability and life insurance

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Bausch + Lomb in the United States (remote) is seeking a Head of Technology, Digital Health Services, to own the architecture, set technology direction, and hire the first engineering team. You will lead AI/ML initiatives,Partner with product and clinical stakeholders, and establish regulatory-ready data governance from day one.

You will design a scalable patient-facing platform for pre-operative education and future eye-care applications, ensuringHL7 FHIR interoperability and robust security

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with leadership in architecture
• Proven track record taking a product from early architecture to live in production
• Builder mentality with hands-on coding and architecture decisions
• Deep experience with AI/ML systems in production
• Strong command of modern cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience in regulated healthcare environments and data governance
• Comfortable with ambiguity and making architectural decisions early
• Strong communicator and partner to product, clinical stakeholders, and vendors

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical architecture, cloud infrastructure, AI/ML systems, data platform, security, and scalability
• Lead build-vs-buy-vs-partner evaluations for core tech components
• Select and manage initial development partner relationships
• Architect for EHR interoperability and HL7 FHIR compliance from day one
• Design scalable patient-facing architecture across eye care continuum
• Own data governance and HIPAA compliance infrastructure
• Partner with product to align roadmap with clinical and commercial goals
• Lead AI model selection, evaluation, deployment, and governance
• Build and shape engineering culture from day one

Skills

AI/ML systems

Cloud architecture

EHR interoperability

HIPAA compliance

Regulated environments

External partnerships

Strong communicator

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

HL7 FHIR

Job description

Bausch + Lomb in the United States (remote) is seeking a Head of Technology, Digital Health Services, to own the architecture, set technology direction, and hire the first engineering team. You will lead AI/ML initiatives,Partner with product and clinical stakeholders, and establish regulatory-ready data governance from day one.

You will design a scalable patient-facing platform for pre-operative education and future eye-care applications, ensuringHL7 FHIR interoperability and robust security