Director of Engineering

Vizient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,200 - 236,600; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a senior engineering leader to provide strategic and technical leadership across teams delivering AI-enabled analytics applications that transform enterprise data into actionable insights.

You will develop engineering talent, translate enterprise strategy into technical roadmaps, and lead cross-functional initiatives to drive excellence and delivery while partnering with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, and Security to ensure secure, scalable, cloud-native

Qualifications

• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations within a matrixed environment and aligning technical strategy with business objectives required.
• Experience building, scaling, and leading software engineering teams delivering enterprise SaaS, cloud-native, AI-enabled, or analytics applications required.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent to strengthen organizational capability and succession planning.
• Define and execute technical roadmaps aligned with enterprise, product, and business strategies.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, Data Engineering, Security, and business leaders to deliver AI-enabled analytics applications and intelligent solutions.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices that ensure quality, security, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Performance management

Roadmaps

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

DevSecOps

Education

Relevant degree preferred. Advanced degree preferred.

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Azure OpenAI

Job description

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees and instill an environment where you feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute your unique skills and talents while living and working as your authentic self. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Our people make all the difference in our success.

Summary:

In this role, you will provide strategic and technical leadership across engineering teams delivering AI-enabled intelligent analytics applications that transform enterprise data into actionable insights. You will develop engineering talent through coaching and performance management, translate enterprise strategy into technical roadmaps, and lead cross-functional initiatives that drive engineering excellence and delivery. Partnering with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, Data Engineering, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders, you will deliver secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions while establishing modern engineering practices and AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) governance to ensure the responsible delivery of innovative, data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering teams through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent to strengthen organizational capability and succession planning.
• Define and execute technical roadmaps aligned with enterprise, product, and business strategies.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, Data Engineering, Security, and business leaders to deliver AI-enabled analytics applications and intelligent solutions.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices that ensure quality, security, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including Agile delivery, AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC), DevSecOps, MLOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and observability.
• Lead the delivery of secure, scalable, cloud-native applications that leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation.
• Champion Responsible AI principles and AI-DLC governance, including model evaluation, monitoring, data governance, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Lead technical risk assessment, resource planning, dependency management, and resolution of complex engineering challenges across multiple teams.
• Define and monitor engineering metrics that measure application quality, AI solution effectiveness, reliability, engineering productivity, customer adoption, and operational maturity.
• Communicate engineering strategy, delivery progress, risks, and outcomes with executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred. Advanced degree preferred.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations within a matrixed environment and aligning technical strategy with business objectives required.
• Experience building, scaling, and leading software engineering teams delivering enterprise SaaS, cloud-native, AI-enabled, or analytics applications required.
• Experience developing and executing technical roadmaps aligned with product strategy and organizational priorities required.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions on Microsoft Azure or other public cloud platforms required.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud-native engineering, and platform engineering practices required.
• Experience partnering with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Security teams to deliver AI-enabled products and data-driven solutions required.
• Experience implementing modern engineering practices including Agile, AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC), DevSecOps, MLOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and automated testing preferred.
• Experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), intelligent automation, or analytics platforms preferred.
• Experience with modern data and AI technologies such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, lakehouse architectures, vector databases, or similar platforms preferred.
• Experience in healthcare, healthcare analytics, SaaS, or other regulated industries preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, coaching, organizational development, and strategic planning skills.

Career Framework:

Management - Director (M3)

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 $135,200.00 to $236,600.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers