Director, AI Platform Strategy & Delivery

Evolent; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Comprehensive benefits

Remote work option

Job summary

Evolent is building an AI-native platform and this role drives end-to-end program delivery, leading strategy and execution across architecture, engineering, product, data science, and operations.

The Director, Strategic Initiatives will shape platform modernization, migrations, and governance, ensuring responsible AI, security, and compliance while delivering measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of program management experience leading complex, cross-functional technology programs, including the development and implementation of net-new platform capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business stakeholders to deliver platform modernization initiatives and application migrations.
• Demonstrated success leading highly complex cross-functional initiatives and aligning business, operational, and technology stakeholders toward shared outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across competing stakeholder groups.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and monitoring KPIs and value realization metrics to track delivery performance, adoption, risks, trends, and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end platform program delivery of the AI-native platform – governance, risks, dependencies, and execution across multiple parallel workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business teams to manage dependencies and drive measurable business value.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and value realization metrics with executive reporting on progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Lead, coach and guide project managers, fostering a culture of high performance, innovation, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

PMP

PgMP

Agile

SAFe

Job description

Evolent is building an AI-native platform and this role drives end-to-end program delivery, leading strategy and execution across architecture, engineering, product, data science, and operations.

The Director, Strategic Initiatives will shape platform modernization, migrations, and governance, ensuring responsible AI, security, and compliance while delivering measurable business value.