Director of Applications & AI-Driven Azure Solutions

Molina Healthcare; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Molina Healthcare is seeking an accomplished senior leader to direct teams delivering Azure-based applications for Medicare/Medicaid processes. You will drive AI-first development, leverage Azure services, and promote cloud-native architectures with strong governance and security.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with business stakeholders, and advancing enterprise automation and QA. Remote-friendly hybrid arrangements and a focus on payor operations are possible depending

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years IT applications/coding development in large organizations; healthcare/payor experience preferred.
• At least 3 years of management/leadership experience.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services (App Services, Functions, AKS, Azure SQL, Data Factory, Synapse, DevOps).
• Expert proficiency with Visual Studio and AI-assisted development using GitHub Copilot and Azure AI services.
• Experience leading enterprise QA automation strategy and implementing testing frameworks at organizational scale.
• Advanced experience with low-code platforms (Pega, Salesforce, Sitecore) and enterprise architecture patterns.
• Hands-on with .NET framework and Azure serverless technologies.
• Fluent in modern DevOps frameworks based on Azure DevOps or Atlassian framework.
• Ability to build strategic relationships across executive leadership and influence organizational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own Claims Custom Solutions portfolio supporting adjudication, payment integrity, provider reimbursement, accumulators, authorization integration, workflow, and regulatory programs.
• Govern solution intake, prioritization, funding, and lifecycle management across all claims-related custom solutions.
• Partner with Claims Operations, Product, Payment Integrity, Provider Services, and Health Plans to identify business problems and deliver scalable solutions.
• Drive AI-enabled claims automation, decision support, anomaly detection, and operational intelligence initiatives.
• Establish KPIs for claims inventory reduction, auto-adjudication improvement, processing efficiency, and operational cost reduction.
• Oversees team of Forward Deployed Engineers responsible for developing software applications on Microsoft Azure to meet key business objectives; establishes performance metrics aligned with health care payor outcomes.
• Drives team culture of end-to-end ownership, ensuring engineers take ownership of business problems rather than functioning as point solution experts.
• Project manages applications implementation, integration, and enhancements using Azure DevOps and Agile methodologies at scale.
• Leads enterprise quality assurance automation strategy and ensures team adoption of automated testing practices.

Skills

Azure cloud

Visual Studio

GitHub Copilot

Azure DevOps

AI/ML development

Leadership

CI/CD

DevOps

Low-code platforms

Healthcare domain

Tools

Pega

Salesforce

Sitecore

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Trizetto QNXT

Job description

Molina Healthcare is seeking an accomplished senior leader to direct teams delivering Azure-based applications for Medicare/Medicaid processes. You will drive AI-first development, leverage Azure services, and promote cloud-native architectures with strong governance and security.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with business stakeholders, and advancing enterprise automation and QA. Remote-friendly hybrid arrangements and a focus on payor operations are possible depending