Director, Strategic Initiatives (AI Platform)

Evolent; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Evolent is building a new AI platform from the ground up. As Director, Strategic Initiatives, you will own the end-to-end program delivery, guiding the strategy and execution of AI-native platform components used company-wide.

The role requires deep expertise in large-scale technology program leadership, platform modernization, and cross-functional delivery. You will lead a team of project managers, drive platform migration and adoption, embed responsible AI and security, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 7–10 years of program management experience leading complex technology programs.
• Experience leading architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business stakeholders to deliver platform modernization.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across competing stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program delivery of the AI-native platform, managing governance, risks, dependencies, and execution across multiple workstreams.
• Align architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business teams to ensure scalable, measurable outcomes and adoption.
• Establish KPIs and value realization metrics; provide executive reporting on progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Technology/Healthcare Administration or related field

Master’s degree in Business/Technology/Healthcare Administration or related field

Job description

Work at Home

Full time

JR-916784

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they’re supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That’s one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they’re supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That’s one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Evolent is building a new AI platform from the ground up, and this role owns the end-to-end program delivery. As Director, Strategic Initiatives , you will lead the strategy and execution of the AI-native platform components that every AI capability across the company will be built on. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in large-scale technology program leadership, platform modernization and application migration, and cross-functional delivery, with a demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, align diverse technical and business stakeholders, and drive sustainable delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Program Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end program delivery of the AI-native platform — managing program 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, accelerate decision-making, and ensure platform capabilities deliver scalable operational outcomes, measurable business value, and sustainable adoption.

• Establish and monitor KPIs and value realization metrics, including delivery milestones, platform performance, quality, adoption, financial impact, and stakeholder satisfaction; provide 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.

Platform Migration & Adoption

• Lead migration of AI agents and applications onto the new platform, including planning, testing, validation, and cutover.

• Facilitate platform onboarding standards, architecture patterns, and development requirements to ensure future AI capabilities are built natively on the platform.

• Drive architecture and design decisions that accelerate adoption while minimizing technical debt.

Technical Governance, Risk, and Responsible AI

• Embed responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, and clinical safety requirements into platform delivery.

• Ensure adherence to contractual, regulatory, and organizational requirements.

• Identify and mitigate delivery, operational, technical, and compliance risks.

Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.

• Program management certification (PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent).

• Experience delivering event‑driven architectures, document or data processing pipelines, cloud‑native platforms, or AI/ML and intelligent workflow solutions.

• Working knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards and prior authorization workflows.

• Healthcare, payer, provider, utilization management, or regulated industry experience preferred.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead the build‑out of an AI‑native platform from the ground up.

• Collaborative environment with cross‑functional teams, including architecture, engineering, product, data science, and operations.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Technical Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router.

Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [e-mail] for further assistance.

The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $130,000-140,000. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.